I brought three gingerbread house kits to the Christmas dinner.  My boys and Southern Belle were in charge of the teams and they could each pick a partner.

Middle Boy picked me.  Southern Belle picked K's friend from Bible study, and Younger Boy picked the college age son of J's friends.  The woman from Afghanistan joined the last team.

What a mess.  The icing was like glue.

We laughed a lot.  They turned out marginal, but everyone had a good time...even the observers.