.. gingerbread houses ..

this year we were invited to a gingerbread decorating party put on by my sweet sister in law e*. cody and i in our 5 years of being married have never once made a gingerbread house. we always talked about it and had plans for it but it never really did pan out. this year was perfect. we had a fun night with family and some friends and got the chance to decorate gingerbread houses. we decided to be original and go outside the box and not buy a prefab house. we made our own. we settled on a mobile home. the night before we perfected our designs and i baked the gingerbread. we spent about an hour building and decorating it all up. i have to admit it was pretty great.

we used licorice nibs for the walk way to the street. nerds for gravel, pretzels for the playground, bench, and the broken tire swing. oreos for the tires, a dead pile of them and also the spare on the house. and gummy bears for the little kids and of course dots {my favorite} for the bases of a lot of things.

we won the best gingerbread house of the night, but i think everyone had great houses.. here they are!

.. matson & erica's house ..

.. kevin & heather's house ..

.. kellyn, chris & jarett's house ..

.. our trailer sweet trailer ..

.. side view of ours, notice the spare tire ..

.. the broken tire swing, our gummy children were upset ..

.. the overseeing mother ..

.. kiddies sitting on a bench ..

.. a few kiddos playing soccer by the teeter totter ..

.. gingerbread white trash dad peeing in the snow, yes he did pee matson's name ..

.. the stoplight on the corner ..

.. the path to our front door and gravel ..

.. our kiddie play pen, yes one did fall out cry and pee his pants ..

did you decorate a house this year? any creative ideas for next year?