Cocoa Balls!

Every year about this time, we start to bug Gemma about making cocoa balls -- the definitive Christmas cookie in the Benjamin household.  Out of self defense, she makes at least a double, if not a triple batch to satisfy the hungry herds.  We have also added more mouths to feed as Scott and Shelby both have been converted to the culinary delights of the chocolaty cookie.

This year, Gemma had a new helper.  She and Shelby made the cocoa balls while Daddy and Grandpa went out for a quick round of golf and Mommy got off her feet to rest a bit.  As we were expressing our desire to consume said cookies, Shelby wagged her finger and scolded us saying, "No.  You can't eat them all!"  So we negotiated on two apiece and the rest went home with the Lawrence family to be put into the freezer for our Christmas get-together.