It's only Halloween and all I can think about is XMAS.

Christmas is just around the corner which means..... SUPER OVERLOAD at Cross & Crown. In years past we have done a full out Christmas store where parents come in and shop for their kids. They get so many points per child to shop with. This year we have decided to get the community more involved so we are doing family adoption. I'm pumped.

Since we are doing family adoption, we are going a different route with the Rock Island youth kids. We are having a Christmas party for our 20 most involved kids at my house. At that party we are hoping to buy each of our kids a nice hoodie (which is all the rage and they will wear out in no time) and then we are putting a bunch of good gifts in the middle to play dirty santa( for example, DVD's, video games, CD's, clothes) . I think it will be so much fun. This is where the blog community can get involved. And this is also the part we have a hard time blogging about.

We are thinking of averaging it out to spend about 75-100 dollars on each kid. I know this is alot. But this is the big time of year we do gifts and we want it to be very special. We are asking families that if they would like to sponsor a kid or know of an organization/company that would like to write a big check for all 20 kids... please let me know ASAP. Whoever sponsors is promised some pretty amazing pictures and maybe even some video clips from the party. So, even if your bank account looks like mine...don't feel bad...just put the word out to your friends with money. Ha! Next blog will be lots of photos from our Halloween hangout time on Wednesday. Blessings all!

Oh P.S. If you are interested in sponsoring the Xmas bash... email me at chandy.stout@mac.com