Gingerbread House

We took a break from the housework last weekend to decorate some cookies and put together gingerbread houses with some of Kristen's former dental hygiene classmates.

These cookies are from a Williams and Sonoma cutter that lets you put in whatever words you want.









Kali and Jennifer working hard on their gingerbread houses and cookies.


The finished product. Kristen and I made three houses but we figured that it was way too dusty at home to have them out. So, we left them at Kali's. It worked out well because she ended up with a small little village of houses as decoration. (Plus Poppy likes to hunt around the house for hidden food and this would have been a goldmine for her)

Baby Hat

I made a hat for Shawn and Amanda's baby Eliza who is due in April and now that they opened it up, I can post a picture.

Electrical

We have been running all the electrical for the kitchen - lots of work fitting wires through little ceiling spaces. Hopefully we're all done until the cabinets are in place and we figure out where to put all the outlets.

Making a Pantry

One of my major renovation goals was to create more storage space with a big walk-in pantry. We decided to do this by making the office smaller and using some of that space for a pantry, some for our fridge. Stuart framed us out a wall and Marianne spent countless hours with the joint compound and sheet rock giving us a permanent wall.

Christmas Lights at Night

Here is a shot of the lights at night, as requested.