New Traditions

We are enjoying the Christmas season with some new found traditions from our eldest daughter and her husband. Mari and Tyson have eagerly embraced creating their own family traditions and wanted to continue them while visiting with us. The first on the list is making gingerbread houses, sans gingerbread. Graham crackers work just fine.

Care was taken to mix the right shade of colors:

Of course, special tools were used to apply the "glue":

After some diligent work, a few mishaps (Emily's roof caved in, but was happily transformed into an adobe style) the projects were completed:

Some special features: a lego horse and rider, candy fences and a licorice pathway. I hear another project underway in the kitchen!