On the Eve of Christmas Eve, we had the missionaries over for dinner and a serious gingerbread house building competition. 
All of our buidling materials
We split into 3 teams and the competition began. 
They were all very serious about their creations
About and hour later we had the finished projects. Elder See and Elder black constructed an Indian Reservation. Complete with a Teepee, bonfire, slot machine, a buffalo, a bed of coals, and of course a giant Indian man. They won the creativity award for sure!
Elder Schroeder and Elder Baker were the most focused on their house. They used up most of their time creating the structure, which is why they won the stability award. It looked like a mini house! They managed to get "Ho ho ho" on the roof and a snow covered hot tub and garage.
Of course we won the overall competion! Brooklyn was a totally un-biased judge and not influenced in any way by the amount of candy on our house... Greg was in charge of the house construction and I of course was in charge of landscaping. Our house is complete with a sunroof, water fall, palm trees, swimming pool, and melting snowman. 
We all had so much fun and were pretty proud of our creations!
On Christmas Eve we had our friend Jennifer and her two boys Tristan and Logan over for dinner and games! We gave the boys play-doh and the game Ants in the Pants and they gave us huge box of chocolates! After dinner we had yummy cinnamon rolls and homemade hot chocolate while we played Don't Break the Ice and Ants in the Pants.
Greg and the boys playing with the play-doh we got for Tristan
Jennifer and her boys
Logan and Brooklyn had so much fun playing and laughing together!
Tristan and Logan were so excited for Santa to come! They kept going outside on the balcony and looking at the sky trying to spot Santa! It was so much fun to see their excitement! We loved having them over!
Me and my pjs
And Brooklyn looking thrilled about her pajamas!
Just before Brooklyn went to bed she put out milk and cookies for Santa, and crackers and carots for his reindeer!
All of our buidling materials
We split into 3 teams and the competition began. They were all very serious about their creationsAbout and hour later we had the finished projects. Elder See and Elder black constructed an Indian Reservation. Complete with a Teepee, bonfire, slot machine, a buffalo, a bed of coals, and of course a giant Indian man. They won the creativity award for sure!Elder Schroeder and Elder Baker were the most focused on their house. They used up most of their time creating the structure, which is why they won the stability award. It looked like a mini house! They managed to get "Ho ho ho" on the roof and a snow covered hot tub and garage.Of course we won the overall competion! Brooklyn was a totally un-biased judge and not influenced in any way by the amount of candy on our house... Greg was in charge of the house construction and I of course was in charge of landscaping. Our house is complete with a sunroof, water fall, palm trees, swimming pool, and melting snowman. We all had so much fun and were pretty proud of our creations!On Christmas Eve we had our friend Jennifer and her two boys Tristan and Logan over for dinner and games! We gave the boys play-doh and the game Ants in the Pants and they gave us huge box of chocolates! After dinner we had yummy cinnamon rolls and homemade hot chocolate while we played Don't Break the Ice and Ants in the Pants.
Greg and the boys playing with the play-doh we got for Tristan
Jennifer and her boysLogan and Brooklyn had so much fun playing and laughing together!Tristan and Logan were so excited for Santa to come! They kept going outside on the balcony and looking at the sky trying to spot Santa! It was so much fun to see their excitement! We loved having them over!We also have started the tradition of opening new pajamas on Christmas Eve!
Here is Greg showing off his new "pajamas"
Me and my pjs And Brooklyn looking thrilled about her pajamas!Just before Brooklyn went to bed she put out milk and cookies for Santa, and crackers and carots for his reindeer!
This Christmas has been so much fun for us, and we have started so many fun traditions that we are so excited to do year after year!
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