Gingerbread.
Jan. 3rd, 2007 06:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
navygreenA week before Christmas, we went on an adventure together. A friend had told me of amazing displays of gingerbread each year at the Mormon Trail Center in historic Florence. It's a free event, and I wanted to check it out. Philip was a bit skeptical - how amazing could gingerbread houses really be? - but he obliged me and we drove off in search of the place.
It was SO worth it! We found the place easily enough, only about 25 minutes away. We parked our car and entered the Center, where we were greeted by two women. They handed us small programs, and the boys were set on a mission: find certain things on a list (example: a melted snowman), and then make note of the letter near that item. Once all letters were found, they had to be unscrambled to come up with the title of a Christmas carol, and then they received a prize (a small candy cane).
A.J. was excited about the excitement, and he rushed around the tables with Jack following closely behind him. Philip helped Jack to complete his work, and then a sweet lady listened as Jack guessed through every single Christmas carol he knew before finally getting the right answer!
Meanwhile, I was taking pictures... and HOW. There's really nothing I can say to fully impart the magnitude of some of these works of art. Each gingerbread display was created by a family or a ward in one of the many Mormon churches in this area, and they were amazing! I'd never heard of this event before (though it takes place each year), and I fully intend to go back next year as well!
A gingerbread shepherd, complete with candy "cane" and his adorable, fluffy marshmallow sheep - so cute!
There was also a giant, life-size gingerbread house for kids to play in, and of course the boys spent some time in there. Oh, and a cut-out for folks to pose in. I snapped a picture of Philip as a gingerbread woman - heehee!
Boys posing in the gingerbread house.
She's the man - ha!
As for the rest, if you are curious, I will put the images behind a cut. There are many, but they are so worth the look. There are temples, carols, candy lakes and even a Sydney Opera House! I promise you - you've never seen gingerbread quite like this!
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It was SO worth it! We found the place easily enough, only about 25 minutes away. We parked our car and entered the Center, where we were greeted by two women. They handed us small programs, and the boys were set on a mission: find certain things on a list (example: a melted snowman), and then make note of the letter near that item. Once all letters were found, they had to be unscrambled to come up with the title of a Christmas carol, and then they received a prize (a small candy cane).
A.J. was excited about the excitement, and he rushed around the tables with Jack following closely behind him. Philip helped Jack to complete his work, and then a sweet lady listened as Jack guessed through every single Christmas carol he knew before finally getting the right answer!
Meanwhile, I was taking pictures... and HOW. There's really nothing I can say to fully impart the magnitude of some of these works of art. Each gingerbread display was created by a family or a ward in one of the many Mormon churches in this area, and they were amazing! I'd never heard of this event before (though it takes place each year), and I fully intend to go back next year as well!
A gingerbread shepherd, complete with candy "cane" and his adorable, fluffy marshmallow sheep - so cute!
There was also a giant, life-size gingerbread house for kids to play in, and of course the boys spent some time in there. Oh, and a cut-out for folks to pose in. I snapped a picture of Philip as a gingerbread woman - heehee!
Boys posing in the gingerbread house.
She's the man - ha!
As for the rest, if you are curious, I will put the images behind a cut. There are many, but they are so worth the look. There are temples, carols, candy lakes and even a Sydney Opera House! I promise you - you've never seen gingerbread quite like this!
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