Gingerbread houses!

Last night we had our annual gingerbread decorating contest at Lisa's house.

Girls vs. Boys.

Here are the girls with their house. They made and decorated the North Pole complete with elves and presents inside! They even decorated one side of the roof with an 80's style pattern, hoping to appeal to the judges!

And here are the boys with their gingerbread "house." The boys declared before the contest began that they felt as though they have been "ripped off" in past years because the judging panel (the mom's) don't always appreciate their designs. Reminder: last year they decorated the death of Osama Bin Laden complete with army men and blood. They tried to explain that would mean world peace, but still lost to the Girls.



So this year, the boys went for full out judge manipulation! They made a decoration in honor of Seour Pearce, who is serving a mission in Paris France, and "sharing the Gospel, and spreading Good will and Peace!" heehee
Notice the church building (where Jordan attends church and the "Called to Serve" (in french) banner at the top.

(Anyone who has been a missionary mom knows that there is no way I wasn't voting for this "house" to win.)




Here are the highlights, you can see the Eiffel Tower, and I loved the missionary tag complete with Jordan behind it with her blond hair!


From the top view you can see the outline of France with the ocean (blue) and Spain, Germany & Italy (Purple) around the edges. Also the brown thing in the corner is a book of mormon.



And here are the boys celebrating their victory!



And here are the judges. We have told everyone we will start accepting bribes for next years contest, beginning....now!