Building houses….

As a real estate agent I am known to sell a house or two, even help others work with a builder to build there dream home. But once a year The Carideo Clan gets to build a house! That’s right we build a house and bring it home!
It is way past Christmas but I just got the nerve to throw away the house we built in December. Of course I am speaking of our gingerbread house!
A fab family hosts many other family’s each year in building our houses. We all bring decorations to share and there is always snacks and then we get to work! It is a messy job, filled with sticky icing, stained outfits, candy filled teeth, and decorations everywhere. The sugar rush from eating the decorations keeps everyone excited too.

Every year we walk around and marvel at everyone’s creative handiwork.
This year we added a sleigh and reindeer, it took so long we did not have time to decorate the house HA.
Here are some amazing creations…

Of course the workers are very serious!

Our hostesses….Thank you Offutt Ladies.

The sled…

Till next year!!

About Melonie

A busy Managing Real Estate Broker, active soccer Mom, professional volunteer, missionary wannabe. Living in the Cherokee National Forest area of Tennessee, vacation in the Apuan Alps of Italy...found rural Tuscany and love to talk about it!
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