so 5-year-old johnny torres from valhalla, new york, is proud of his work. look at that.ork. >> 9-year-old seth ackerman from oakdale, california, and his little brother, liam, worked hard on this one. their younger sister, reese, helped, too, but she was off to the side eating candy, which kids are really good at. >> the nola family from pittsburgh has been making gingerbread houses for 30 years, and their daughters continued their tradition with their own children. >> fun. thanks for sending those. keep them coming. we like to see them. >>> meantime, it's a tradition, every half hour we go over to her. >> i do the gingerbread house thing with my boys every year. they love it. one piece of candy on the house, one in the mouth. >> one for the house, one for me. >> do you use actual glue? rubber cement? >> frosting is really sticky. it works better. >> you should try it. >> i'm thinking about doing it. >> got some headlines now to bring you at 33 minutes after the hour. a u.s. marine dies during a trip that he won on "the ellen degeneres show." brandon mcgraw was killed in