WATCH THIS VIDEO CLIP!

So, my current calling is teaching Sunday School to 12 year olds and for those of you that haven't heard, we have a new curriculum.  There are no more lesson manuals!  We now have all our resources on-line.  This is a great system as it can now be updated after every General Conference and will therefore always be current and never obsolete.  This is so enviromentally friendly going paperless, not to mention the huge savings in printing and shipping costs. I also love how the church embraces and uses new techology. It has forced this old girl to struggle to keep up!  One of the greatest features is the many excellent video clips that the church produces.   I have learned 3 different ways to share them with my class and would like to try and share my latest favorite with all of you.  I hope you find it as interesting as I did!

Auntie Charlene xo

Who wants to SAVE?!?!

Hey family, this is something that was shared with me this year and our family has decided to do it. Some people will use this money for their Christmas shopping next year, or more responsibly for debt...I just wanna go on a vacation. (Clearly the responsible hasn't kicked it just yet!) I realized while looking at it and deciding how to set it up that by December next year it could become quite an expense during the season. So I have also decided that we are going to do it backwards and start with the $52 this week and move back. Then by the last week in December we will only be depositing $1. I have also decided that instead of looking at it by month, I would focus on the week at a time. I  realize for the first couple months it will be trickier to set that money aside, but if I break it down week by week, it won't seem so large. Good luck for those who have decided to try it! Love, The Bird Family (or really Alyson, and Jon didn't have much choice in my savings plan)