Gingerbread House Fun!!!

Jason and I had this great idea to start a new tradition with my family.

We had the first annual Gingerbread house contest and were amazed at how creative my family is. Everyone was divided up into teams and given the exact same amount of material. They had a time limit and the rest was up to them. The only rules were no eating the candy and all the candy had to be used on the house. We had a blast! Next year is sure to be bigger and even better! I am so glad that my family was such good sports and everyone participated.

This is Toby's dog house to go along with the barn theme. Go figure it was made by Grandpa's team (Baylee, Shannon, Paula and Grandpa Warner)
This was the "S&W Christmas" (sorry the picture is sideways)
Yes they do celebrate Christmas in a double wide! Made by Guppy, RJ, Trent and Kenzie.

This is the guard dog for the S&W double wide. RJ made it out of one piece of gum and some royal icing. Oh and a lot of patience.

This is Christmas at the OK corral. Complete with a stream and yes a corral with a horse. This house was made by Dori, Graig, Tristan and Jaycee.

This is the Christmas Cottage. Made by the "Master Gingerbread House Maker" aka MOM and Jackie. Raynee was on the team for moral support. This house won the award for most "Christmas Like"

This was the winner for Best Construction. Made by Karl, Toni, Bo, Brek, Easton and Xander. Yes we stacked this team with most of the little kids, being that Toni and Karl have the most patience we figured they could handle it. This house was amazing, Karl even cut the pieces of graham cracker to make a chimney and dormer.

Team Grandpa. Making sure the animals aren't left out.

Trent trying his best to focus while Guppy constructs the house.

Shannon eyes up the house to make sure its all in square. Yeah Right!

Jackie and Mom look lost. Good thing they've already got the house up and standing.

Karl and Easton concentrate while making the cuts for their house.

Xander spying on the competition while Shannon attempts to assemble the barn.

Raynee is just here for the Candy!

Dori and Tristan are all smiles now that they have a original idea for their construction.

Guppy, Kenzie Trent and RJ are trying to improvise after the roof collapses on their house. Thus comes about the S&W Christmas, Double wides=Flat Roofs.

Thanks everyone for making this new tradition so much fun! Can't wait to see what we all come up with next year!