The Passport Photos

Well it would appear that there are a few of you that are interested in seeing the "Mug Shots" of us. Well you are in luck I have posted them on our photo album web-site. The link is on the right hand side of the page under the "Littles Links" section. Proceed with caution as my photo could cause severe mental scarring and scare small children and pets. I am not responsible for resultng therapy that may be caused from viewing the pictures. We also have our last mandatory meeting tonight where we get to make our last payment for the trip. I'm sure they will talk about security and the fact that we will not be allowed to talk the entire time we are there. Can you believe that there was an individual that spoke out that he did not agree with the Chinese Government and ended up getting three years in prison. Shit, as much as I talk it should just be a matter of minutes until I get sentenced to life in prison. At any rate we are deffinately getting excitanervoscaredalittle. (Say that three times)

Passport Photographs Round Two

Well that's right another chance at breaking the digital camera at our local Walgreen's. We apparently have to get another set of two passport pictures for our visa's that are required since we are staying over ten days. Everyones turned out good. I even look like some prison gang member all mad and evil looking. I figure that when I "Act a Fool" in China the local authorities will think I am acting that was because I have been recently released from prison. Every day that goes by is one day and one terrorist event closer to the Olympics. Our neighbor asked what would become of the house and everything if, "God Forbid" something bad was to happen to all of us while we are in China. I quickly offered it to him as a "His" house so he and his wife would have "His" and Hers" houses. This awesome deal comes with another mortgage, set of utility bills and pets. When he heard that there were more cats he rapidly declined my offer as his better half has a soft spot for cats and reminds me of the "Cat Lady" on the got milk commercial. At any rate we are getting all of our affairs in order just in case.

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. . .