Gingerbread Festival and 4 Extra Kids

We went over to the Gingerbread House Festival at Thanksgiving Point today. There were some incredible houses on display. My favorite was one of the Salt Lake Temple. It was so pretty and had big windows that were light up from the inside. There were lots of different cool ones. Like this island one.

This Japanese house was also incredible.

This Candy Land game one was Little Hema's favorite.

And this one was huge and so cool. Little Hema came home asking if we could make one this year. It is going to be fun to get creative this year and make something besides the kits we've bought in the past. You'll have to wait until December to see what we come up with.

Tonight Jake's four oldest kids are sleeping over. They are such great kids and we are having a great time with them here. Our kids are going to be so sad when they go home tomorrow! I love having a house full of kids. It always makes me stop and think, man it would be great to adopt a sibling group. Imagine four extra kids in our house permanently. That would be awesome!
Abby (my 11 year old niece) and I each made 2 little nativity crafts while the others played. It was fun and they turned out pretty cute. This little advent took forever with all the little pieces, but we had a great time doing them. I can't wait until Vela is old enough to do some projects other than coloring with me!!