Gingerbread Houses 2015

We have a tradition as siblings to build gingerbread (a.k.a graham cracker) houses every Christmas season.

8 years ago, when Tyler and I were dating, we had this idea to do with Ellie and Isaac.  And since then it's grown into a yearly Christmas tradition that involves ALL the siblings- Tyler and me, Ellie, Isaac, Grey and Ashley!

I love that!

Here's Tyler's house this year:

It collapsed under the weight of the roof, so he just went with it.

Here is Ellie's:

I love her detail!  Beautiful!

Here's Grey and Ashley's (they're newlyweds, so they collaborated):

Complete with skylight and rooftop fire pit!

Here is Isaac's:

It blows me away how far he's come since we've started!  Isn't that a great house?

And here's mine:

Aaron woke up from a nap early, so I wasn't able to complete it.  I got the structure and one side of shingles done, and had to tend to my motherly duties (Aaron was angry every time I tried to glue down a shingle- he wanted to eat it.  Regardless of how many he could eat that were in front of him... someone was still a little tired...)  So Isaac finished it off for me!  I love what he did with it!

I love my brothers and sisters!

Here's to many more years of gingerbread houses!