Yesterday was the 8th Christmas in a row that Brian and I (with
significant help from Brian's mom) threw a gingerbread party. Here are
some pictures from the past years that I posted last year. This year I was tempted to call it off on account of first trimester utter exhaustion, but I just couldn't quite give it up. It's such a cool tradition for us and for a lot of other families now. The first two or three years there were no kids at the party because no one had them. Yesterday I think there were 22 kids, all covered in candy and frosting. Here are the pictures from yesterday's bash. A lot of pictures.
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Nick, Cal, and Clark decorate their gingerbread man and gingerbread robots. |
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Robot A gets his candy |
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Can we eat them now?!! |
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He lasted for maybe two minutes. |
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Kids dig in |
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The boys show Alex how to eat gingerrobots. |
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Christian and Luke do the whirlwind party tour, gingerbread in hand. |
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"No, Mom, that is NOT the design I had in mind." |
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Careful Katie works on the chimney. |
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I love the Twizzler hair ribbons! |
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Brought to us by Melissa, Chelsea, and Natalie! |
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Cal took advantage of limited parental supervision and ate more candy than
he should have. Fortunately Uncle A swooped in with some mac 'n cheese
amidst the M&Ms and Mike and Ike's. |
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Uncle John sets the scene for this year's masterpiece. |
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Christian and Luke share a brother hug.
I'm pretty partial to brother hugs. |
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Seasoned gingerbread party veterans confer. |
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This year Kendra and Charissa went for the big gingerbread man.
I see a house next year! |
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Maureen and Katie- new guests this year! |
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Lisa, Kyle, and Ella weren't quite able to salvage this...
but it will still taste good! |
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The Clarkes also had some structural difficulties, but a good first year of
gingerbreading! |
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Philip and Susan's man with a marshmallow shirt |
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Aaron and Kierra created each other. So romantic. |
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Finley directs decoration and construction. |
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The Korin's annual house! |
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Since Jessica the Elf didn't show up, Alex filled in for our traditional
picture pose. |
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The Cupolos did it again! 4th year in a row |
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Jackson's first gingerbread party! |
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Meanwhile, Aunt Julie is hard at work decorating BOTH
sides of their flag football players. |
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Somehow, expert holders Gammy and Aunt Kristi manage to keep theirs standing. |
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No hands! |
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Proud of their creation! |
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Jim and Vania build yet another masterpiece. |
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Flag football game referee |
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Line of scrimage |
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Second year of an amazing masterpiece- Julie and John |
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Goal posts |
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This year I decided to not make anything...
but after the dust settled I decided I'd try to use up some gingerbread pieces...hard to tell,
but it's a boathouse, dock, and fisherman being surrounded by giant shark fins in the water. |
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