The Collapse......

I try..... truly, I do try to like living in Florida, but when you work really hard at something and it is 100% Florida humidity's fault it makes you want to scream!

This is our adorable little gingerbread house, from scratch mind you, prior to the destruction.


Then we had a warm spurt. I was so happy. No more pants and closed shoes for a while and then I said to Frank, "If it gets any more humid we should probably close up and put on the air." Well, I waited one day too long. When I woke up the morning AFTER I made the air comment this is what we found.

Mush.....

Squashed......

Flattened....

How upsetting. Now we know, moisture will bring the house down.

We will try again next year.

Wow! What a project.......

Frank and I thought that it would be fun to build a gingerbread house from scratch. Neither of us had ever done one and thought Lance would do well with it.

The mixing, cutting and baking was a breeze. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Three days later it was time to assemble it. Lance thought that Frank and I should do the assembly work and we could all decorate it together.


What a pain in the.....

.....family fun, my butt!

Once we got the hang of the "glue" we were in business.

Before the roof was put on we had to install the hard wood floors.

On goes the roof....


...and the chimney.

Now it is time for the decorator to get to work.

He used Pezz as pavers for the walk way.

They took a lollipop with a dot of red icing for the mailbox.

What a great way to spend some time together.

Halloween....

Every year Lance thinks long and hard about who he wants to dress up as for Halloween. This year he didn't stop to think, he knew that he wanted to dress up as Ozzy Osbourne.

It was a fairly easy costume for us to put together and I think it turned out pretty well.

He was cracking me up! He talked with an English accent and every now and then would yell out "Sharon"!

The picture in his hand is what he used as a guide.