Grubbs Gingerbread....Gala...;-)

Every year...we have "The Annual Grubbs' Gingerbread Party"

4 years and counting!!

We do it in two weekends...b/c we like being social....and the groups get too large...so we divide them!

I'm going to let the pictures speak for themselves.....with minimal directing..;-)..late night...and busy...busy...

so....here goes...the first phase....
This all happened on December 6...at 3:00 p.m...

Mama and bebe' girl

Kent and Tree


da G' unit

Daddy laying the tarp down...

Sophia being sweeper...Kai tying his shoe...

Kai being hammer boy..Fost-man sniffing...like usual

Our helper

she asked me to take this one...looking at brother....

getting ready...to decorate the table...

For the TEXAS peeeps....cute plates..huh?!

Yeehaw!

The houses...Kent and John made these houses out of wood..and painted them white...so we didn't have to make that much icing to slather on...;-)

The table decorated.....with candy...you take a platter....fill it up with candy...and take it to your spot to decorate your house.....

The Fost-man investigating...

Daddy being cutie pie...he is do cute...b/c when I tell him to pose...he does...hehehehe

When Sophia's friend shows up...they are HYPER!!!

Ring around the Rosie's....

Erin and Tucker....cuties!

Deep in thought...which candy will I take...

oooh..you caught me!

Yo!

The "HOT Tamale's"

Hanging....

The Aponte's...they just found out they are preggo with child number 4....God is good!

Sophia enjoying her time with Daddy and Kai...

The coffee bar...

Aponte's again...

Me!

Tucker eating candy...which is usual at parties like these....hehehehehe

Concentrating...

Like daughter like father...he took over Sophia's Christmas tree...

Our finished gingerbread house...not nearly done...hehehe..but the kids thought so...

I was tooooooo busy hosting....making sure my guests ate mah' chili...drank the coffee...made hot cocoa.....tasted my tea...etc...so this is our bare house...believe me... I could of been more creative...;-)

Cutie Pie!

Eric and John

Carlos and Santiago...

Kai's best friend to the left...

A wild party...icing in the hair

Hanging...being chill

Kai...Araceli...Rachelle..Sophia..

Gingerbread...take II

Sophia and Mama...waiting for guests...

Lack of sleep+ Gingerbread house crazy day + 4 year old with camera... = this picture.....

woops...for reals tho...too sleepy to delete...*yawn*

The red-heads...Christa..and Em!

Kai and Aden

Kent acting mad....such a softie...

Liz..Willow..and Mason

Molly...and mama Michelle

Beth and Casey

This is the first time it has rained us out...and it is evident on Allen's shirt....

Mary Ann and Liz..

The Green's and Grace

These two babes actually got their higher , higher eductaion from WVU...but you wouldn't think so...hehehehehehe

Lil' Willow...and lil' Molly

Daddy James...Milo...Em...and Jackson...

Precious

Love the "OkI' familia

Madori our magical sitter...and her Cool mama (which helped me do all the dishes from the WHOLE party...it was so much fun reflecting on how we are so similar on how we did and do things as a mother...from past to present!Thanks Linda!!!)

Kent-o and Gracie...and mama Em...sweetie's...

Grace and Christa...

Tim..Beth...Casey and Kyans AWESOME ginger bread bouse...do you see the santa on the house..*splat*

Cute side angle

some finished houses...

Our house from last weekend...gonna be lit up...and we are gonna make smores...YUM!

Hangin'

awww...my cakes..being so happy...and Emma...and Michelle and Milo

Pillow fight...OMG...I LOVE pillow fights....they pillowed for about an hour..I'm not kidding...so fun!

Then Emma and sophia...did ballet....

the boys tuckered out...watching a movie

Emma and Sophia

The girls

This video is of Midori..Kai and Soph's babysitter and her mom Linda...letting the bugs help decorate a house....and right before this....Sophia suck up two twizzlers like Soba noodles...so funny!!

I hope you enjoyed the annual Grubbs gingerbread house Party....

I'm a bit tired from the holidays...and cleaning my house...and shuttling my kids ar0und town...and waking up for bootcamp...so I hope you enjoy the pictures.....

*yawn*

Until I blog again...

Ttothe*yawn*G