Aidan's Birthday 2009

Aidan had a great birthday this year! His Grandparents came and he got to talk to Aunt Ginger, Uncle Chris and his cousin Tekoa for a few minutes. We communicate with them by Skype because they live in Brazil. Here's a few pictures of the Birthday Bash:

Give Aidan a set of Star Wars Legos and you'll have a happy kid, guaranteed!

Doesn't matter the size or theme, Aidan loves all Legos.

Aidan's new crash kit. Boy does he need this!

Once Aidan opens a set of legos, he'll spend hours with it. It was hard to get him away from his new collection to eat his cake.

This helmet was Aidan's big surprise this year. He's been wanting this clone trooper helmet for months! This picture doesn't do his excitement level justice, he was bouncing off the walls when he found it waiting on his chair!

The man and his cake.

Happy Birthday buddy! We sure do love you!

Aidan's Indiana Jones Birthday Cake

One of Aidan's favorite characters is Indiana Jones. So for Aidan's birthday, Tisha made a theme cake. Take a look! Yet another great cake to add to her collection!

Another Aidan Costume

Aidan has come up with yet another costume. This one takes the cake! He tells us it's his clown suit, but it looks more like a demented super hero thing to me. He sure has the imagination wouldn't you say?

Grandma Mickey's Birthday Cake

Grandma Mickey had a Birthday recently. I'm smart enough to NOT tell you how old she is, but you'll notice there are no candles on the cake; that's because they wouldn't fit. :)

As always, Tisha made a cake and it came out beautiful. She has such a talent! She made the fondant on this cake herself from marshmallow. What do you think?

The Mermaid Cake

Lilly had a fun birthday at Chucky Cheese last night!  Tisha once again out did herself with her special cake.  Lilly wanted a mermaid, and Tisha came through with flying colors.

She put three days into this cake and Lilly absolutely loved it.  When she saw it, she screamed! :)

It was a near perfect night, the only draw back was we have a sick girl again, so Mia and Tisha had to sit this one out.

Happy Birthday Lilly!!!!!

A Time for War

What do you get when you have 7 boys, 3 girls and a bunch of nerf guns?  A whole lot of fun! One of Ian's best friends just celebrated his Birthday, and a group of his friends came to do battle as they ushered in another year for Charles.

It was epic and brutal, much to the boys delight, as the war continued late into the evening.  

When the group finally had enough, after multiple kills of course, Charles had his cake and ate it too.

The kids all had a blast and they look forward to another war in the near future!

Happy Birthday Charles!!!

The Finished Wedding Cake

Sorry for the delay in sending this, but with Courtland and Ya here in the States we are trying to soak up as much time with them as we can.  They head back to China this coming Sunday. :(

As promised, here is the cake.  As you can see, Tisha is an artist.

We'll post about the wedding after Court and Ya head back to China.

The Making of Ya and Court's Wedding Cake

Tisha continues to amaze us with her incredible cake making talent.  She is once again hard at work, this time on a wedding cake for her brother Courtland and future sister-in-law Ya.  She's been at it for about 3 days now, and will finish the cake at the church tomorrow.  Here are some pictures of her progress...

Tisha using her favorite tool.  This Kitchen Aid Mixer is one of the best investments we've ever made.

Here is some of Tisha's homemade icing.  You would not believe the amount of butter and sugar that goes into this stuff.  It will absolutely put you into a sugar coma!

She is marbling chocolate and vanilla together for this cake.

Here is the rough up of the top piece.  The cake is going to look great.  I'll show you a picture of the finished cake after the wedding.

  

Mia's 8th Birthday

Mia celebrated her 8th birthday this week. Here are a few pictures of her party.

Mom, as always, made an outstanding cake. She worked on this one for two days.

Mia is a gum freak! It's a gift she looks forward to every year.

Ian's gift was a hit! Aidan gave her one of his teddy bears.

We got her a much needed case for her guitar.

Mia and her cake!

She also got a Cinderella Barbie and a flower arrangement for her bedroom. She enjoyed her special day. Happy Birthday Mia!

PS - Tisha makes some of the best birthday cakes, to see more of them, click here.

Ian's Birthday Party

The West's, the O'Donnell's, and Michael (one of our neighbors also known as our 4th child) got together to celebrate Ian's birthday this past week. Here are some pictures of the fun and festivities:

Ian and Michael.

Ian opening the watch we bought him. Ginger is also getting an early look at the baby jumper she'll be getting when Grandma Mickey goes to Brazil to see her 4th Grandchild.

Mom helping Ian set his new watch.

Ian's Zelda Shield Cake made by Tisha "The Queen of Birthday Cakes" O'Donnell.

All the kids ready for the birthday song.

Happy birthday Ian!

To see more pictures, visit Jim's Photo albums on his Facebook page.

Great Job on the Cake Mom!!!

Putting the Cake Together

The ingredients.






Mom's favorite toy!










The cake in rough form.








Starting the frosting.

We'll show the finished product tomorrow!

Fire Truck Accessories

The first step Tisha and the kids had to do was buy some candy for the Fire Truck Cake. The candy will be used to make the lights, hoses and other buttons and accessories on the truck.




It also looks like the attendees have some Fire Truck Tattoos in their future! Fun for all!!

Please excuse the blurry candy picture. Ian had a cold when he took it. :)

Next in line is a good board Tisha can use to build the cake on so she can add the wheels.

Aidan's Big Day!

Aidan will soon be turning five! That means he gets to have his first big birthday party with all his friends. This party will take place at the Camp Croft Fire Department. He is SSOOOOO excited!!!!







Tisha has some pretty big plans for his cake. She will be making it in the shape of a fire truck. Here is a picture of what it will look like when she's done, except Aidan's cake will be yellow to match the trucks at Camp Croft.

As an assignment, Ian will be chronicling the making of the cake. We'll share this with you throughout the week.



Tisha is one of THE BEST birthday cake crafters I've ever seen. My latest favorite was Ian's "Camp Fire Cake".