James' 10th Birthday

Tyge's Double Birthday Party

 

Who's Tyge?  Troy's classmate in CVCA.

Goodbye, Donna! (Sniff!)

Farewell parties for our dear friend, Donna Bearden.

 

Jandell's Madagascar Cake

Occasion:  Jandell's 8th Birthday Party

Who's Jandell?  Troy's classmate in CVCA.

Lance's 9th Birthday Pizza Party

Lance's Optimus Prime chocolate cake

Venue: Central Valley Christian Academy, Ceres, CA
Cake Created By: Cost Less Bakery, Ceres, CA
Additional Cake Design By: Mommy

Lance's Surprise 9th Birthday Party

Lance's Indiana Jones cake

Venue: the gazebo at Roeding Heights Park, Ceres, CA
Cake Created By: Raley's Bakery, Ceres, CA
Flavor: chocolate with strawberry filling
What does it say? "Have a Whipping Happy Birthday, Lance!"
(Lance's idea. I guess he really likes Indie's whip.)
Why is the #9 candle marbled? Because Mommy dropped it so Daddy had to use a knife heated on the grill to reattach the parts!



Surprise! Happy Birthday, Lance!

Janelle's 5th Tinkerbell Party

Created by: Baskin Robbins
Venue: Janelle's home, Modesto, CA
Who's Janelle? Reanna's friend

Happy Birthday, Debye!

Given By:  Donna Bearden, who also wrote the dedication!

Debye's Flower Birthday Cupcake

Given By:  Lorenzo and Renee

Dad's 39th Birthday

Dad's Birthday Cheesecake Baked by: Mommy
Mommy's little helpers: Lance, Troy and Reanna!

Wedding Anniversary, 2008

Created By: Richland Market Bakery, Ceres, CA
Details: Patterned after Richland's famous "Signature Cake", this cake was perfect for our 8th wedding anniversary. It's a 2-layer chocolate cake filled with a generous layer of chocolate pudding and topped with cream cheese icing and a blanket of chocolate ganache. White roses, which also decorate the Signature Cake, were our wedding flowers. I requested that they write "Happy Anniversary, Lorenzo and Renee" with silver icing and dot the white roses with silver "leaves". Yum!
Shared With: our close friend Debye and family, after she graciously watched our kids while we had a one-hour couples massage near her home.

Troy's 7th Birthday Pirate Cakes

FIRST CELEBRATION, June 5, 2008

chocolate w/ raspberry

Venue: CVCA, last day of school. party for Troy's teacher, Mrs. Tank
Cake Created By: Raley's Bakery, Cares, CA
Details: "Pirates of the Caribbean" two-layer chocolate cake with raspberry filling which Troy brought for the last day of school because not all of his classmates will be able to celebrate his birthday with him during the summer.

SECOND CELEBRATION, July 17, 2008

tres leches w/ strawberry mousse

Venue: Sunbeam Room and poolside, Salvation Army Red Shield Community Center, Modesto, CA.
Cake Created By: Mi Pueblo Pasteleria, Modesto, CA
Details: "tres leches" cake with strawberry mousse filling. "Tres leches" cake is made and infused with three kinds of milk, hence the name.
Trivia: Mommy thought the actual cake was executed better than Raley's' cake, but the writing was so bad, she went to the Manager to insist that the "Happy Birthday Troy" be redone!

Reanna's 4th Birthday Party

CARE BEAR CAKE


Design by: Mommy
Created by: Raley's Bakery, Ceres, CA
Details: Mommy already had a cake topper, which she got from the dollar store, so she just designed a cake with sky blue icing, two clouds and a rainbow.
More Trivia: Mommy originally ordered 2-layer a round cake, but Raley's ran out of round cakes after Mother's Day, so they made a quarter sheet cake for the same price!

PINK PURSE ICE CREAM CAKE


Created by: Baskin-Robbins Standiford, Modesto, CA
Details: This was a featured Mother's Day cake, which Daddy actually wanted to get for Mommy for Mother's Day, but Mommy just opted to get it for Reanna's party!

Lola Arlyne's 62nd Birthday

Cake From: Richland Market, Ceres, CA
Details: Lance, Troy and Reanna blew out the candles while Lola Arlyne (Renee's Mom) was listening over the phone from her home in New York.

Alexander's 7th Birthday

Venue: Alexander's home, Modesto, CA
Who's Alexander? Troy's classmate and close friend from CVCA
Cake by: Alexander's Mom.

Mom's 40th Birthday

Venue: Chuck E. Cheese's, Modesto, CA
Guests: Daddy, Lance, Troy, Reanna and Patrick
Baked by: Richland Market, Ceres, CA
Details: Spring-inspired cupcake bouquet with dragonfly decor

Nanay's 72nd Birthday

Venue: Sereno residence, Milpitas, CA
Details: surprise birthday party for Lorenzo's Mom

Valentine's Day flan

Baked by: Renee
Occasion: First Grade Valentine's Day luncheon
Venue: Central Valley Christian Academy
Guests: Troy's classmates and parents