Gingerbread Home Construction

last saturday sandi and i were invited to build gingerbread houses with Luanne and Leah from church. Dan, Luanne, Josh and Leah have been so kind and generous to us...we feel as though they have welcomed us into their ohana. so...GB home construction it was!

originally the plan was to bake the walls and roofs from scratch. in the end, however, the "wall and roof recipie" proved elusive and was nowhere to be found. oh well, plan B: GB houses in a box. i didn't even know they sold those. but apparently they do. all sorts and sizes can be purchased in a box complete with icing and candies for decorating. this may sound like cheating, but let me tell you, it consumed a good amount of our time and energy. (perhaps next time we'll set aside a WHOLE day and build it from scratch!)

well, it was a great day...lots of fun (and eating on the job=). ...i didn't realize how competitive GB home building could be!!=) ALL of the GB houses turned out BEAUTIFUL!! see for yourself. mahalo again to Luanne, Leah, and Dan (the REAL home builder/extender). it was great spending that time with you!!