Gingerbread House Party

We had such a great time with our friends at our first Gingerbread Party in England. It has been a tradition for us to make Gingerbread Houses every year at Christmas time and this year we invited over some friends from church and the Missionaries and we had a blast. We had a big snowstorm and the power was out for several days, which forced us to check in to a hotel at the base, so we had to scramble to get ready for our party. Luckily the hotel room had a full kitchen, so were able to make and bake all the gingerbread and were ready to go for our Sunday night party. We had heavy hors d'oeuvres and everyone brought candy to contribute to the decorating. We had a little struggle making frosting with the British organic powdered sugar that we had, but it all worked out and everyone was able to get their houses constucted. Only two out of the six houses collapsed, including the Missionaries' house, but they persevered and recreated a beautiful temple with snow-white stucco frosting and a Gummi Bear Moroni at the top. We had houses with Shredded Wheat thatched roofs, Swedish Fish ponds, and Gumdrop walkways. There were truffle snowmen and Lifesaver wreaths and Dum-Dum sucker trees. Our kids made a house together and after we took a photo, they started eating... and then were bouncing off the walls until bedtime. It was a fun and delicious evening and everyone had a great time.