If you have a birthday cake recipe that's in high demand at family celebrations, you could win $2,500!

Silver Dollar City is celebrating its 50th birthday in 2010! To commemorate the occasion, Taste Of Home is searching for the best birthday cake you can make. Here's your chance to join in the festivities and create Silver Dollar City's birthday cake, which will be featured throughout the park all year long! 

My mom and I decided it was about time we try out one of the Culinary & Craft School Classes.  We both love making and eating chili so we decided on the Great Chili Round-Up.  Wow, what a treat! 

Fall is in the air and that means the National Harvest Festival is in full swing at Silver Dollar City! My family and I headed down to the City this past weekend to check out the Festival...especially one of the new events, A Salute to the Great American Cowgirl!

If you haven't been to Silver Dollar City during the National Harvest Festival, then let me tell you what your missing. The City celebrates the Harvest in full Fall color complete with scarecrows, pumpkins and fall decor. It's a welcome sight to my eyes. I love walking up the lane and through the Hospitality House onto the City Square to see all the craftsmen and flurry of Harvest activity.

Silver Dollar City received a total of 5 International Awards at The Golden Ticket Awards held September 10th at LEGOLAND in Carlsbad, California, hosted by Amusement Today newspaper. Following an international poll, smiles are even more evident today at Silver Dollar City, named the "Friendliest Park" in the entire theme park industry!

 

This September, I have never been so ready to enjoy Labor Day. The traditional last hurrah of summer greeted me like a winning lottery ticket. Who could ask for more? Well, maybe my teenage son… he worked all Labor Day weekend and Monday experienced “the busiest day ever” at his poolside job. It’s important to note that many people still labor on Labor Day. Thankfully, I didn’t. Not this year. I simply walked my Cocker Spaniel, planted purple mums and enjoyed one of the most beautiful summer days of 2009. Sunny, warm (but not too hot) and just all around pleasant.  If you have some Labor Day thoughts, log on and share! Did you visit Silver Dollar City?