With candy saved from Halloween we started a new tradition of making gingerbread houses.
Barry looked up a recipe for Royal frosting. It was nice and stiff so the houses did not crumble.
Maddy made a gluten free gingerbread house.
We ALL had fun and I think we'll do it again next year!
Yum, Yum!
We made the houses on Christmas eve.
We demolished them and ate them the week after Christmas.
Christmas Eve pajamas we exciting this year with the addition of toe socks!
And they all came tumbling down...
The kids got Mario Kart for the wii and 3 steering wheels. So fun!
Mackensey had gotten a bow and arrow set with her own money a few months ago. She has had so much fun shooting it and teaching her siblings how. For Christmas she got a few more arrows and Barry made a stand out of 2 hay bales stacked up to attach her targets on. Here they are on Christmas day.
As part of an old tradition we had hot chocolate and cinnamon rolls for breakfast. We added egg nog as a new tradition. Not all the kids liked it, so there was more for those who did! Marianne is being silly to make us laugh.
Hangin' out. We had a nice long Christmas break this year. Last years break was only 10 days, so we are enjoying the full two weeks off. Barry and I were even able to get away for a night to celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary on Dec 27th.
Took the kids skiing for night skiing on both Saturdays of break. Last night it was really cold so we didn't stay the whole time. We also took the kids to dinner and a movie the day after Christmas. We went to see Frozen and everyone loved it. We don't go out to the movie theater very often and this was a fun day. We went to see it in Colville because the tickets were $2 cheaper per person. It was a small theater and our family took up the entire middle row (there were 8 seats). Maddy spent a lot of time over Christmas break with her close friend Bessie who moved to Alaska this fall and was here with her family over the break.
Have a great week!
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