11 January 2012
On Thursday, December 22nd, we held our annual gingerbread house party. This year was a family only party. Craig's immediate family recently moved up to Utah, so they all came; as well as my brother, Matt, and his family; and Craig's Aunt, Alissa, and her family.
We originally stated that it would be a contest, but at the last minute we waved the contest part. Too many competitive personalities. ;) We started the evening out with a potluck dinner, and then proceeded to decorate our gingerbread houses. The children played and helped decorate the houses as well as some extra gingerbread cookies we made.
Laura, Sarah, and Roark worked on a cute gingerbread house kit from Costco. They sell the kits pre-assembled now, so they just pulled it right out of the box and started decorating.
Matt and Sharee's family brought two small houses made from graham crackers. Clara was a big help with the decorating, and Andrew mostly played with Mason's cars. :)
Joe worked alone, and created a two story mansion. It took so long to build that he didn't have time to decorate it!
Chad also worked alone, and made a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. ;)
Mason, Emmeline, and Hazel decorated sugar cookies, and Charlie walked around stealing candy from everyone!
Craig, Elaine, and I decorated a homemade gingerbread house. I made it the same way I do every year, but this time I added a chimney and two gable windows.
A big thank you to everyone that came! We had a blast!
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