I realize blog viewing is much simpler without having to sign in each time to view or comment. So I am temporarily removing the private setting for this blog. I am still not sure how comfortable I am with it so I am going on a trial run.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Gingerbread Houses

I have never been a big New Year's Eve kinda girl.  I usually spend it at home falling asleep on the couch as we watch movies. 

Last year we tried to make it a party at my Sis's and although the night started out with a lot of fun, it didn't end on such a great note!

So this year we decided to spend it with my Aunt and her family!  They have a tradition of making gingerbread (graham cracker) houses every New Years Eve and my kids were really excited!

We had a great time!!  The kids had lots of fun and got pretty creative with their "houses"!  Katie ended up making a present!




We stayed up way too late, or should I say early and laughed til we cried, played games and just enjoyed each other's company!

It was a wonderful way to ring in the New Year and I hope it becomes tradition for us!

4 comments:

Donna said...

Okay, I want to know how you do these slide shows. This one is WAAAYYYY cool.

We had so much fun, too. Thanks for coming. I hope you plan on next year, or should I say this year! LOL

GG said...

I think it'll be our new New Year's tradition! Or at least, I hope so!

The slideshows are easy! Slide.com is the easiest I have found and they have lots of fun things you can do. I usually keep it simple, but I liked this one for our "houses"!

Donna said...

We hope so too!!

blogger has a slideshow option but I have to make my pics album public to be able to use the feature. Does slide.com do it differently?

GG said...

If you don't sign in, I don't think it keeps them up. At least, I know that if I don't sign in and just make the slideshow I haven't been able to find them afterwords. I'm still trying to figure out how I like it best. Because I like being able to go back and have my pics saved too. Pros and cons.