.. r. o. u. s. attack ..

well since you saw our cute gingerbread houses, yes they were cute. well we had left our cool gingerbread house on the table and went to bed. the next morning around 9am we awoke to the sound of pitter patter on the floor above us. cody has a very low tolerance for noises when he is sleeping and being irritated he we upstairs to see what the fuss was. when he returned he had news.. some r.o.u.s.'s had attacked our gingerbread house. {roxy and daisy}

here is the damage..

.. the got the corner of the trailer, the mama, 3 kiddos, the bench, white trash dad, the tire pile and all the licorice walkway ..

.. we are so sad, can you tell ..

so.. word to the wise, put your gingerbread houses up on the counters not the tables, because you never know when R.O.U.S's might just attack.

.. 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?