Gingerbread Houses

This year we broke tradition and didn't get to make our gingerbread houses with the Woods family. The Woods have been very busy preparing to adopt their second child from China, so we just couldn't find a time to get together. We are excited for the Woods and can't wait to make gingerbread houses next year with all FIVE of their kids! If your interested in their adoption journey, check out their blog: www.theroadtorhett.blogspot.com. They leave for China the day after Christmas! We love you guys and will be praying for you!

The neighbors happened to be over at our house when I was finally ready for the kids to decorate our gingerbread house, so we invited them to join in. I let them start by decorating individual houses made from graham crackers. They came up with some very unique creations!

The kids loved covering their houses with powdered sugar "snow". They went a little overboard and there was snow everywhere!

After they finished their small houses, we moved on to the big house. I love this picture with Dixie licking the extra frosting from Camden's fingers: