More Gingerbread! Yay!

I spent much of Sunday putting together my own little gingerbread creation. I had some leftover mini-house parts. So I used some to construct a gingerbread sampler of sorts.

On one end, you've got your nifty woodsman's cabin with a tootsie roll stump and necco wafer axe. In the middle is the quaint, country church with the white wrought iron fence and bench and a wafer cookie doorway. And on the far right is the more traditional gingerbread house with golden graham cedar shingles, Big Red gum door and tootsie roll mailbox.

I incorporated many of my favorite gingerbread techniques and had a nice time doing it. And the best part is, the family's still speaking to me. See, I am mellowing out!

Donald's senior picture is due today if he's going to make it into his senior yearbook. Hopefully they accept a digital copy. We snapped this one yesterday in the yard as he was on his way back out the door to go to youth group at the church...