a tale of gingerbread

on saturday night we made gingerbread houses with our friends krystal and jesse. it was such a fun night! kyle impressed everyone with his mad house-building and decorating skills. and team krystal and jesse came up with the most creative gingerbread house i've ever seen! as for me, my house had its ups and downs. literally. about halfway through, my house suffered a cave-in and i had to start all over. but i came back! all of us had a blast playing with all the different candies and decorations, and seeing what we could come up with. and with christmas music playing in the background it was the perfect christmas-y double-date!

krystal and jesse putting together their masterpiece

you can already tell that kyle's house is going to be awesome!

my house was coming along so nicely...

and then earthquake 2011.
 but we will rebuild!!

dang look at that house!
with its m&m roof, clearly defined twizzler property  lines, patio, garden, chimney, and SHRUBS!!!

seriously how creative is my husband?!!
he even crushed up some graham cracker to be the dirt in his garden!

yes, that is a palm tree in front of their house.
and yes that is a helicopter landing pad on the roof!

hahaha so funny/creative!

i had to scale back my plans a little after the collapse, but i thought my small house turned out cute!

and then i added a deck, a fire pit, and a....dog?

we seriously just kept adding, and adding to our houses...

then jesse built a helicopter for his landing pad!

and i built a person to walk my dog!

and kyle made a covered patio and then made chickens for his backyard!!

hahaha i told you this boy impressed!