For the past few days we’ve really been getting into the Christmas spirit around here, with lots of family gatherings, cookie fests and gingerbread-house-making-extravaganzas.
So maybe our cookies didn’t turn out quite as cute as the recipe photo, but I didn’t hear anyone complaining. :)
Squishing the candy cane kisses into the cookies was my favorite job of the evening.
My dad’s pecan puffs were the hands-down favorite of the evening – there were barely any left over for people to take home! That’s pretty much always the case.
I went a little topping crazy. Luckily, the extras came in handy when my sister hosted the gingerbread house extravaganza today!
I know a lot of you were curious as to whether the s’mores bars are as good as they look – and yes, I can attest that they are. :) Oh, and 5 cookies was waaaaay too ambitious for the evening. We never got to these guys, and next time I’ll probably just go for one or two cookies. We may have had a sweatshop vibe going at one point. :)
Here is the gingerbread house that Jason and I made. It was so much fun and we loved the way it turned out! (And sorry for the sub-par iPhone pics!)
Here’s the little village of houses that the whole fam made. (My sister and her husband made the one on the front left – it’s supposed to be the W Hotel in downtown Dallas where Khloe Kardashian and her husband are now renting. :) It even has a rooftop pool!)
My brother’s house was the winner, hands down. It’s supposedly set in Santa Fe and boasts many eco-friendly features (according to him).
And that’s how we’ve been getting in the Christmas spirit! I hope you’ve been having just as much fun, and that your holiday is very merry. See you next week!
