Christmas Catch-up Part 2: Gingerbread Construction

The afternoon of Christmas Eve found Grandma and Grandpa's house abundant with Duerschs (and Andersons and Cutlers) big and small busy building gingerbread houses (and other delightfully sweet creations).

Paul, the master gingerbread house builder

Ruth, fresh home from four months in China

KristiAnne and Jason

Alene, Kelv, and Grandma

Cute Camden watching the fun

Paul, unsatisfied with the simple look, remodeled his house to include dormers and a garage

Alene's gumdrop paradise, alongside Ruth's China-inspired house

I loved Alene's gumdrop Santa with his sack of toys!

Ruth's "Great Wall"

Kelv's house

Jason's tree house

Marianne's snowy A-frame in the woods

Grandma's licorice cottage

Grandpa's fiber-rich palace

Paul's custom gingerbread home, decked out in colorful lights

Vicky's icicle-draped house (unique roof architecture courtesy of Paul)

The entire gingerbread village!

During the entirety of the construction party, Benjamin insisted that he wanted me to do his house for him as he was too busy playing trains with Braeden. Of course, after all of the houses were done (and all of the gingerbread used up) he declared his desire to make his own house.