Gingerbread Houses

Last Sunday we went to Ashlee's house to make gingerbread houses (out of graham crackers, of course:)). Ashlee made her fantastic frosting glue and the houses held together really well.

We had a large assortment of candy to choose from.

Coleman was one of the first to finish. He was pretty proud of the two doorknobs his house had.

Jordan was the very fist. He used all his glue pretty quickly. His little gummy bears are having a very white Christmas!

Cam added lots of gingermen to hers.

Doug made a candy display shelf.

I used Ashlee's idea of making a log cabin with pretzels.

Mackenzie was really happy with how hers turned out. She kept asking me throughout the rest of that day "Do you like mine?" 

Jackson's turned out great too!

Kimber made a beach hut, complete with sand, water, and a palm tree (made of lettuce:)).

Alli's turned out so cute! I love all the snow on the ground.

Everyone with their houses.

Konrad made two this year, an igloo out of marshmallows and a tent.

Ashlee's was cute as always. She had to use some toothpicks to keep the snowman standing up.

We stayed after and played, ate dinner, and watched the Seahawks game.

Sam spent a couple more hours working on hers and it turned out amazing! 

I especially loved the little gingerbread houses she put in her giant house. So cute!

Another notable thing that happened, was that the men and some of the kids learned how to throw cards. For most of the time (when they weren't decorating gingerbread houses) they stood in the living room throwing Skip-Bo cards. Doug and Konrad did it the most. Doug almost broke Ashlee's Christmas plates decorations. The next day his arm was sore from doing it so long.