Candy Houses

What a fun Day yesterday! First off Jarin got to sing in the Alumni Choir for his old High School at the annual Candlelight concert. They did a special concert for the Alumni in the afternoon, it is the 100th year since the school was opened so they are doing some fun things to bring back the past! He has had alot of fun practicing each week and seeing old friends, and we could hear his voice out of the whole choir, I will never be tired of hearing him sing!

Afterwards we had a few minutes before heading to his parents house for the annual Gingerbread houses! So we stopped off at Artic Circle for a quick bite to eat first, before the kids are filled with candy, and poor Carli got sick on Jarin's suit and the floor right there while I was ordering our food! I didn't even realize it until I turned around and he was gone and I saw the floor! So while he cleaned up, the other kids ate and luckily he had a change of clothes to be able to make the houses in, so he changed then offered to take her home, luckily we had both cars with us. He got her home bathed her and put her in bed just after 7:00, she was fine after that but missed out on the fun.

The other kids and I went on to make the houses and enjoy the family time. I had fun helping the kids and watching their imagination, never is a house the same with them. Alison used graham Crackers instead and made a Candy Hotel (last year she had a manger and you can't put the extra candy inside a manger for later, this year she went with a 2 story hotel so each floor could hold candy! LOL) Tyler did a Hotel also and Trevin made a normal house with candy sporadically put on there, he keeps saying it looks so yummy! We all snacked on candy and crackers while we enjoyed our family time with the cousins. Another fun night of Christmas tradition, now just have to make the fudge and stay up all night wrapping gifts, then it is truly Christmas!!

Poor Mindy's house collapsed, she was trying to make it fast casue she couldn't stay and it just collapsed, apparently there was a tornado in her houses neighborhood!

This was Trevins' (withe the Stars on top) and his cousin's Amme's (love the still pakages mini M&M's on top hee hee) and cousin Katelyn's candy factory with a Peppermint patty walk in front!

Tyler was sure proud of his creation, the other one is his cousin Jared's.

Alison's Hotel, complete with balaconies on the sides and pool with diving board on the roof, don't forget the pretzel lounge chairs by the pool!! She has such an imagination! Both floor are filled with extra candy inside and if you look at the front door you can see the candy!

Trevin's so proud of his, little kids are fast they jsut throw it all on there! LOL!