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I figured out the subscription link...

1. click on the "Subscribe to the Armstrongs" link in the upper Left corner
2. it will take you to a screen that has you choose which format you want to receive the subscription in (Yahoo, AOL, etc.)
3. Choose one of these (I chose Yahoo, because that is what we use)
4. it will take you to a page that says "add to My Yahoo" - instead of clicking on this box, look at the bottom right hand corner. Here is where it has the option of having an e-mail sent to you when there are major changes (updates) to the blog.
5. Hope this clears it up - sorry it was so hard to figure out.

Sydney's 3!

I posted Sydney's birthday pictures to Ofoto, but I wanted to just put a few on the blog for those of you that didn't want to sit and look at 45 pictures! We had so much fun, and felt like we celebrated all day!

We went to her pre-school at 9AM and celebrated with her Cinderella Piñata and homemade cupcakes. She said that it was a lot of fun - it was so much easier for me to have her "party" at her school for 1/2 hour, instead of inviting lots of 3 year olds to the house for a 2 hour party. It was also the first time that Scott and I got to meet her classmates. Of course, we sang Happy Birthday to her (in English, so it was more like "oppy bear day to jew") (Elijah sings the english with a spanish accent perfectly - it's hilarious)

At lunch time, we let her open her presents and have the afternoon to play with them. She loved them all and is looking forward to spending her birthday money from Nana this weekend. Who knows what she'll come back with!

For dinner, we let her pick out what restaurant she wanted to go to, and she chose Pizza Hut. She ate 2 pieces of cheese pizza and shared a "Hut Sundae" with mom. She had lots of fun playing in the playplace with Elijah as well. Needless to say, after a full day of "Sydney celebration", Elijah wants to know how many more days until his birthday (3 months, for those of you that are wondering as well)

Even though it doesn't have to do with Sydney's birthday, I want to take the opportunity to say Happy Valentines Day to everyone. We love you all and are excited to see most if not all of you this fall (or sooner, for the Indy people!) when we are on home assignment. Have a SUPER day.

emily

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Hey Family! I just figured out how to add a link to this blog to "subscribe to this blog" - check it out in the upper left hand corner (there are no bells and whistles - it's just a plain text link). PLEASE sign up to get the subscription - then every time I update, you will get an e-mail from feedburner, instead of me. Add the website so that the notification doesn't go to your SPAM. Here are a few pictures of the kids, while we are here. :)




Also wanted to point out that today is Ash Wednesday. Scott and I always made a pretty big deal out of it with our youth group in the United States, and I woke up thinking about Ashlynn today. Ashlynn was a 13 year old girl in our group, and when we had an Ash Wednesday service that she was a part of, she decided to give up candy for the Lenten season. One of her friends told her "Ashlynn, how can you give up candy? You eat it everyday all the time!" And Ashlynn, with all the simplicity in the world said "If Jesus can give up his life for me, I can give up candy for him for 40 days." Her simple words have stuck with me to this day, and I'm always challenged to give up something that means a lot to me - because Jesus gave up his life for me. Maybe this year you are challenged to observe Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season in a different or new light.