Life is a Beach

After eight long and lovely years, our Pastor and his wife retired. I was asked by our church to make a farewell/retirement cake for a retirement party that the church was throwing for them. Of course I said yes and was excited to make a retirement cake because I have not yet made one. I sat down and thought of all the things that came to my mind when I thought of retiring: fishing, reading, traveling, golfing, gardening, painting, and grandkids. I wanted to make a cake that incorporated all of these things. I also wanted to incorporate them relaxing at the beach, because they loooove the beach. Put all these things together and this is what you get. :) I had fun making this cake and was happy with how it came out!