Recent Developments

Well as you probably have heard or read there have been alot of events happening in Asia. There has been everything from bombings to threats of boycotting the Olympics. This is already turning out to be an adventure and we haven't even left yet. All of these new developments have us all nervous to say the least. The state department issued a statement that Americans have not yet been labeled as potential terrorist targets as of yet. Well lets hope it stays that way. Just in case it doesn't we here at the Little's have been practicing both our Austalian and Swedish accents in an attempt to throw the Terrorists off our trail. We would have tried to imitate an Indian accent (7-11 Indian not the headband and feather type) but I'm way too big to pull that off as I have never seen one my size plus Bobby and Joey are both too white to pull it off. Now Joanie could pull the head band and feather type off because of her Native American heritage, but when it would come to the 7-11 type the dot keeps slipping off. I have put some interesting links in the link area on the right side of the page for your browsing pleasure. More to come. . .

The Forms Are Being Filled Out

Well the time has come. That's right we are filling out the release of liability and accidental death forms. . .Yippeee!!! We will be sending in our passports to world projects so we can get our visa as a group. It is now just 151 days until the olympics and everything is going as planned. One of the band dads is setting up a charter bus to travel to LAX the evening that we are scheduled to leave. We fly out of LAX on July 27th at 11:30pm west coast time. The flight is 17 and a half hours to Bangkok Tailand. Then another 6 hours to Beijing. Thank god the alcohol on international flights is free. We can't wait for the adventure. If you haven't visited the websites I have posted the links a few entries ago. Here is the link to our photo album of the Beijing trip. You can view and order prints from this website as well. http://www.thelittles.myphotoalbum.com

Well It's Offical

I put in for my time off at work today so I guess it's offical. . . China Here We Come!! The thought of how huge this is going to be is settling in and is making us all here at the "Little House" so excited. The organizers of this whole trip have also informed us that China has increased many "Costs" so the price of the trip is continuing to go up. You gotta love communism. The Chinese government has increased the price of a visa to enter their country from $50 to $130 in less than six months, who says they aren't like the US goverment? At any rate we are still planning on going despite the increase as we still feel that it is an oportunity of a life time. More to follow. . .

The Latest Olympic Website Links

Here are the latest links to the official Olympic web sites. One link is for the Official Olympic Website and the other is for the Official Olympic Orchestra Website.

http://en.beijing2008.cn/

http://www.beijing2008olympicorchestra.com/joomla/index.php

Both of these websites are fantastic and have a lot of information on the Olympics. We are getting sooo excited with it being less than 200 hundred days away.

Well The Passport Photos Are In

Well we took the advice of all of our parents and well wishers and got our passport photos taken early on to avoid any unforeseen problems. We had the photos taken and every one's picture was absolutely stunning except for mine (Ray). Mine looked a lot like a prison mug shot. This really clarified why I sometimes frighten small children. We went to city hall and turned in all of our paperwork necessary to start the passport process. With all of the recent developments and delay we were prepared for the wost case scenario. Everything went off with out a hitch and we are all now the new owner of passports. One step closer to our China trip.