Making Gingerbread Cookies on Christmas Eve

The Dearden Family drove down from Utah on Monday, December 22nd and stopped off in Oak Hills to pick up "Aunt Debi". (Gary stayed home until Christmas Eve.) Debi had made some gingerbread cookie dough using an 1840's pioneer recipe from Nauvoo, and she had Gary bring the dough down to Dad and Mom Greenwood's home. On Christmas Eve (in the afternoon) we broke out the cookie cutters and made gingerbread cookies and decorated them. This picture shows Kyleigh rolling and cutting out the gingerbread dough.

Later that afternoon, Kyleigh enjoyed frosting and decorating the gingerbread men. She couldn't decide which color to use, so she is using two tubes of frosting in this picture.

Here's what Dad and Mom's Christmas tree looked like this year. 

(It looks the same as the tree they had last year!)

Danielle and Denise join in on the decorating of the gingerbread cookies.

Lisa decorates gingerbread cookies.

Taking a break from cookie decorating: Gary convinces Kyleigh to give him an "Eskimo Kiss" inside her cardboard box house that Grandpa made for her. Notice the "snow" that Grandpa incorporated on the top of the roof.

Debi and Kyleigh cut out the gingerbread cookies.

Mom helps decorate cookies.

Kyleigh discovers that holding your tongue just right will help when decorating cookies.

Dad even gets in on the cookie decorating!