Sunday

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i love how david's eyes are shut in the first picture and i love it even more than i posted it. hey it was the only one. he should learn to keep his eyes glued wide open ;o) they must be banking it. they had two cars like this and the place was PACKED. david and i both figured hardly anyone would be at the festival because it was freezing and rainy. boy we were wrong. i love this place!

great news! i tied first place in the gingerbread contest at the german deli.

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the house i tied first place with (we both won a $250 gift certificate). they said it was super hard deciding on the two, so they did something they have never done, gave us both first place lol. i'm not complaining. when i saw her house this afternoon i was FOR SURE i was going to place second. she did an amazing job on it. i congratulated her after we won and found out this was her second gingerbread house ever. just like ME! lol. i asked her if she plans on entering again next year (she is). so i better step up my game. mayyyjah competition lol.


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house that placed 2nd

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placed 3rd.

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i don't know why that second picture came out so blurry but it was the only i had of the inside of the house (i was trying not to hog the entire table up). this house won the "most creative" award.

and now for the rest of the gingerbread houses:

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MY HOUSE! when i started taking picture this one lady was looking at all the houses with a few of the people she was with. she pointed to mine and said, "i would vote for that one". my face lit up. i told her it was mine and she ended up talking to me for like 15minutes about how much she loves it and wonderful it is. talk about ego boost :o). i was so proud.

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the judge... judging. i should have taken a picture when he lifted mine up to announce it made first but i wasn't paying attention lol.

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my boys with the blurry gingerbread houses (my fault).

now for some random pictures of the german deli. YOU have no idea how thankful this place is so close to us! when i need a german fix (which is pretty much every week) i head here. now i have $250 to waste in this spot. (merry christmas to meeeee!).

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that isn't even a fourth of the store. they have everything you can think of (for double the price. but when you have a german craving it sure does beat the expensive flight over there to bring it back lol).

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the gingerbread house that started it all. they had this out on a table a weekend ago with the gingerbread entry forms next to it. i guess someone in the store made it or they had it made. it's supposed to be some buildings from a town (david's favorite german town btw) rothenburg.

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david looks thrilled (wth?!) lol. a german map. you stick pins where you were stationed or from.

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one pin for me and one pin my mother stuck in there awhile back. (the two push pins next to each other by themselves).

2 comments:

  1. I knew you would get first! I think hers just tied because of the time she put in with details and stuff. Yours is totally awsome!

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  2. yours is sooooo much better! no offense to her but hers has a lot of icing...yours has much more detail. congrats on your big winnings!!!

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