David Alan Blanton turned 1-year-old on Nov. 9, 2009. His party was on Saturday, Nov. 14 at his house. The party theme was “sports” and guests had hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, dip, cake and ice cream. David is the son of Buddy and Kristin Blanton of Rockingham. In attendance were grandparents David and Dianne Nutting, grandparents Lawrence and Susan Blanton; Helen Stanton, McKenzie Blanton, Chris, Kellie, Brittany and Blake Perdew; Kimberly, Amanda and Jordan High; Wendy, Kelsie and McKayla Blanton; Whitney Herndon and Caleb Sweatt; Shannon, Mason and Danica Patrick; Ashton Smith, Bob Patrick, Dominique, Aiden Brown; Bro and sis Goudelock; Randy, Kim and Brandon Teal; Josh Gazoo. Others that couldn’t attend the party sent gifts and came later on. David had such a good time.