Annual Gingerbread House Party!

Every year my girlfriends, Sonja and Lauren, and I get together to make Gingerbread houses. Well... OUR rendition of gingerbread houses anyway.

We started this tradition in 2005 and have made every effort to keep it going each year. This year it was at my house. We started the night off with homemade fish tacos for dinner. Lauren had just come home from three months in Europe, so Sonja and I were enamored by her stories of the life and culture over there! While she was in PT school she made friends with people from Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, and Ansterdam. She was lucky enough to be able to couch surf with her friends and see the real sides of the countries. I'm so jealous!

This is the beginnings of our creations.

This is my house... It's tiny and if you look carefully you will see a slug coming out of the door to welcome you to her home. Check out my M&M trees I made!

This is Lauren's flower creation. Isn't she so creative? She chewed the graham cracker to shape the petals! Yes, that's right... We had white AND pink frosting!

Sonja made a UFO with a dome on top. She added a Chinese temple entrance as well.

We are so proud of our gingerbread houses!!!

Merry Christmas!!!!