Gingerbread Houses

I know that I am really far behind on the blog posting and many want to hear about life in Pensacola but I feel I need to at least post something about our Christmas so I know that it happened. As many of you know Zachary was able to be home for Christmas and what a great time we had. Em loved having her Daddy around and hardly let him out of her sight. This holiday season was very relaxing for me seeing as I didn't have a house to decorate, no parties to plan, very little shopping to do, I hardly picked up my camera to take pictures either ( i always regret that after the fact). I do however look forward to next year and having all my Christmas decorations, planning parties,baking, shopping and taking more pictures of our holiday season at our first duty station wherever that may be. One of the things I love doing during the holiday season is decorating gingerbread houses. So we bought 2 houses and went to work. The boys and Em took on one house and Lauri and I worked on the other. The boys were hilarious as they worked on theirs adding all kinds of things to their house including a huge American flag, fire hose and a snow storm that hit the back of the house. Lauri and I opted for more of a traditional look with an awning over the door, lamp post, and a pebble walk way. Em loved adding the sprinkles and eating the candy.