Big shout out to the folks who donated toys to help the kids at W.A.L.K.I.N.I put a little of the video on this site.Didn’t want to go overboard.I also put a picture of our tree on here.Teresa and Cocoa love this  skinny little tree.It cracks me up.Take a look at it and tell me what’s up.

I am really looking forward to the holidays.Homecooked food,seeing all of my peeples,and football  24-7.Life is good.I don’t know if it’s just me or not,but it seems to be calmer,low key,this year.That’s cool with me.I feel blessed to be here.It’s been a rough year for most of us in one way or another,so no need to trip.Just be happy,at least for the reason for the season.So you didn’t get that Wii.So what? Go to a REAL tennis court.

These are some of the great treats we enjoyed as the children decorated the Christmas Tree!!!

Oh this is soo good!!! Pecan Braid which is a pastry dough twisted and braided with pecans coated with light sugar syrup.

Another great mufiin!! This is the cranberry orange muffin!!!It has crumbs of sugar coated on the top with real cranberries inside. These did not make it through the tree decorating process!!

Collin decorating the tree after eating all the Cranberry Orange Muffins!!!

Kristin and Collin finishing up the tree!!

My wife and I entertained overnight visitors this past weekend.  Her little cousin Dray (4 years old….at least till next Friday) spent the night with us.  Now, that’s nothing new cuz the wife likes to make sure he gets to Sunday school the next day…..this week especially, to practice his part in the Sunday School play.  This time, his visit precipitated the arrival of another visitor…….the Tooth Fairy.  Dray’s first tooth came out (bottom incisor) and he was told about the Tooth Fairy; however, the impending arrival of the Tooth Fairy didn’t seem to carry any weight with Dray.  He seemed more interested in the fact that he lost a tooth.  He gently wrapped that tooth in a paper towel but kept unwrapping it, just to see it again and again.  Come find out, he thought the Tooth Fairy would replace the tooth with cash while it was in the paper towel, right before his very eyes.    Uh…No Dray…..let’s explain again how this works.  Finally, it’s his bedtime and the tooth gets put under his pillow.  I ask the wife, how much she thought the Tooth Fairy would bring Dray.  She says $3.00.  I said, “3 dollars……FOR ONE ITTY BITTY TOOTH!!  A TOOTH THAT’S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A GRAIN OF RICE……$3.00!  Man, that boy got a gold mine in his mouth.  Three bucks a tooth times twenty teeth……that’s 60 BUCKS!  SIXTY BUCKS? That’s 2-3 bags of groceries OR a tank and a half of gas OR one Jay Z ticket OR ten five dollar foot looonngs, plus tax (I sound like the father on “Everybody Hates Chris”).  C’mon man!!  Do you remember how much the Tooth Fairy brought you?  I can remember twenty cents…. TOP!  That was enough to buy some bubble gum, a couple of Squirrel Nuts, three Mary Jane’s and five cents worth of two for a penny cookies.”  The Tooth Fairy actually brought Dray a buck fiddy but in his words, “The Tooth Fairy brought me a dollar…..I don’t count change.”  He doesn’t count change….that’s cuz he can’t…but I CAN!  It’s been a long time since the Tooth Fairy showed up some place where I was.  But it got me thinking….most would agree that when you become an adult, the Tooth Fairy ceases to exist.  WRONG!  In actuality, the Tooth Fairy morphs from a mythical entity into someone you can see, talk to and physically touch.  The adult Tooth Fairy is known as …….the DENTIST.  Check out the parallels:  The Tooth Fairy takes teeth from under yo’ pillow…..the Dentist takes teeth straight out of yo’ mouth.  The Tooth Fairy will give YOU money for your teeth……YOU give the Dentist money for taking YOUR teeth.  The Tooth Fairy will only take your teeth while you’re sleeping.  The dentist doesn’t care if you’re sleeping or not.  The Tooth Fairy makes house calls.  The dentist makes you call.  The Tooth Fairy offers assurance.  The dentist accepts insurance.  The one thing they have in common is bringing joy to an unpleasant situation………the Tooth Fairy gives you money, the dentist gives you a prescription.   

I was grinding yesterday,going through all of the pictures of Cash4Clothes,so I didn’t get anything on the website until last night.I’m sorry about that,I’ve got more stuff to show you.For now please enjoy these shots of the wonderful fo;lks who showed their support sat.Including ms.cocoa butter from the family.It was really touching to see  errbody coming out in the rain and wind carrying those bags .There were so many people who refused the money,and asked us to donate it  instead.There were so many folks who brought well over 10 items for their $10.It was a beautiful thing to be a part of and I want to thank each and err one of you who came out.It was God working.There are folks at the salvation army’s centers around the 757 who’s lives will change for the better because of you.  AND I WANT TO THANK MY BIG BROTHERS FOR HAVING MY BACK.Cause it’s hard for a big dude to find clothes.

Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s “Christmastown”……. Open thru Dec. 27th.

1st Family 4 kids
*Kids Boy Age 9
1 Football
2 Basketball Hoop
3 Skates (size 5)
Girl Age 6
1 Board Game
2 Skates (size 1)
3 Doll Head
Girl Age 5
1 Board Game
2 Skates (size 12)
3 Doll Head
Girl Age 3
1 Board Game
2 Skates (size 9)
3 Learning Toy/ABC/123

2nd Family

4th grade boy
1 Nintendo DSI any color but girlie with games
2 G.I. Joe DVD
3 Transformers starter kit for the DSI
4 Assassins Creed 2 for the XBOX 360
5 Darth Maul Double Bladed Light Saber
6 A nice chess set with dragons
2nd grade girl
1 Twilight new moon board game
2 dsi with games
3 easy bake oven
4 Barbie’s everything with clothes and horse
5 fur real friends love the tea cup yorky
6 anything Hannah Montana
7 Taylor Swift CD
8 Jonas brothers CD
9 rescue pets swim to me puppy
10 I Carly designed it

Cheering season has officially started for Kristin. So that means one or two games a week. Plus she is a flyer, so my nerves are shot!!! I can’t take her being up the air like that, but she assures me that she is okay. I just take my nerve pills before every game she cheers at.