Building Houses!

We've made a fun group of friends over the last year and half. We have spent many Sunday afternoons at one another's homes eating dinner and playing board games (Yay Cranium!). The Blevins are getting ready to move to CHINA! and so we thought we'd get together for a last hoorah...and make ginger bread houses! Saturday afternoon, everyone gathered at our home: The Hayashis, The Grimmers, The Blevins, and us.

This is the Ashmore creation. I was glad to have Andrew's home building experience on our side!

Another view of the front. I was covered in frosting by the time we finished. If you look closely, you can even see frosting in my hair.

The back view. We were pretty pleased with ourselves.

The Grimmer creation! (In the background you can see the Hayashis and little Ashlyn.)

Here's Amanda Grimmer hyper on sugar. =) I just love the twirly licorice designs.

Hayashi Creation: The Candyland Temple.

And the Blevin's creation...or what's left of it. It actually looked pretty cool before it fell over. =(
Here is Katrina Blevins, brand-new baby Chloe, and Andrew...stuffing his face. =)