Less Than 3 Weeks...

...I will know if I need this...

or this...

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In the meantime, I'll just have fun making registries =)

So That I'm Not a Liar

You see, my mom's birthday was last week and we threw a surprise party for her. I was in charge of collecting photos to make a slideshow out of. I got some and decided to throw them up on my Google web albums so that my sister could download and print some of them (we were planning on placing pictures on the tables too). Well, I forgot that people could subscribe to your web albums, so I got the following text from my mom:

"Where did u get those pictures?"

Oops! I called my sister to see what I should say and she didn't answer. So, I came up with the following answer:

" I found a box of old photos. There are a bunch of dad as a kid too so I think I must have them from a high school project or something. I figured I'd scan them before returning them."

She seemed to buy it. Now, in my defense this is true...of course, that's not where all of the pictures came from! Then about 5 min later I remembered that I had named the photo album "birthday pics". Original, I know. At this point I'm thinking I didn't really convince my mom and that she's still suspicious. Then my sister gets back to me and says that it's too bad that her birthday is already past because then I could just tell her that I was going to do a birthday post on my blog for her. I decide to try it anyway. So I send my mom yet another text, this one asking if it would be ok if I posted some of the pictures on my blog. That I wanted to do a special birthday post for her and my dad (who's birthday is today...Happy Birthday!) but that I had wanted it to be a surprise but had forgotten that people could subscribe to my photo albums. It worked! Crisis averted! The only problem is that I had to lie to my mom. So, now I'm making my lie true...that works, right?

Happy birthday Mom and Dad!

Bibles Unbound

Daniel and I have decided that this year we don't want to do birthday gifts for ourselves. Part of the reason is that we're tired of all the commercialism surrounding birthdays and holidays, the other part is that we've both been feeling like God has been wanting us to take more notice of Christians who are being persecuted. We've been doing a lot of praying, but have been feeling like we need to do more. So, we decided that for this month we're going to take the money we budgeted for my birthday gift and send Bibles to China instead! Now, I'm not telling you all about this to make you think we're awesome or anything, but rather to see if any of you want to join us! So, here's the deal (for all the info, visit Bibles Unbound):
For $30 Bibles Unbound will send you a box containing 5 New Testaments, packaging supplies and a list of names and addresses for people in China. You then package up the Bibles, say some prayers and send them off! They don't go directly to individuals (for safety reasons), but get sent to a distribution center that sends them off.
So, what do you think? Wanna get in on the fun? It's a great learning opportunity for you kids too ;) The Bibles are $6 each, so if you have $6 or $12 (or even $30!) that you want to add to the fund, let us know. Then when the Bibles arrive, we can all get together and have a Bible packing party!
For my family: I know this is a little to late for some, but if you have yet to get me a birthday gift, this would be a great one! Feel free to take the money you would have used to buy me a gift and add it to the China Bible fund instead =)