In Other News...

Friends!!! I am sorry for neglecting 2Thine for the past few days...I've been wanting to do a few posts, but I haven't gotten a chance to sit down and write at all recently!! :P  I suppose this will be a catch-up post, about everything with me and what I have in store for future blog posts!!!!

This blog has suddenly become quite inspirational...with all these popular posts!!  I'm glad that my writing seems to be appealing to you all!! :)


Anyway, I've just been really busy lately!!!  I have so many emails to get caught up on.....and papers to write for school and practicing to do on my viola.  It's a lot of work.  Plus writing tons of blog posts and other things!! :P  


My cousin had her confirmation over the weekend, and we had an awesome family dinner.  
I am now into My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.  It's awesome.  Seriously.  I am in love with it.  
I've been doing only a little bit of writing lately, and most of it is OC fanfiction/stories.  :D  I'm working on a new book! :)
I cleaned my room (it's a miracle) and there was more glitter on my floor than dirt/dust.  XD
I have issues.  Friend issues mostly, and others.  I'm giving up and giving it to God.  I'm tired of drama.
I love Dance Moms, I love drama that isn't my own.
Because of Dance Moms I am now giving my sister Dance Intensives.  I have learned that I make a pretty good dance teacher.  I pick it up from my job at our studio.  My sister hates me for being her tap teacher though, because Tap is what I'm most passionate about.  XD
I'm thinking of starting a business.  It's all in the works (my head), and I'd appreciate support/prayers.  I decided I want to be an entrepreneur.
My mom is such a fangirl.  Fate of the Jedi's last book (Apocalypse) comes out today, and she's waiting for it to go online at Midnight so she can buy it.  This coming from the woman who's bedtime is 8:30...this is a big deal.  We're going to read it together and fangirl and freak out over it tonight/tomorrow morning.  ;)  I'm excited.

Enough random things....here is a taste of a few posts I have in store for future weeks/days/months/whenever I get a chance to write...
Political post (OOOHHH SCARRYYY)
Art posts
Writing posts
Why i love fanfiction
Life Lessons
Character Soundtracks
My Playlist/Funny Stories about the music I post
Dancer tips and suggestions (I know a lot of you are dancers and probably just as good if not better than me, so maybe we can have fun and learn from each other).  ;)

Thanks everyone!!!  One of those will be up within the next few days (hopefully).  Until then, check out Fangirls on Felucia if you don't already follow, where I post on a regular basis.  ;)

Catch-Up Post...Christmas/Quick Update!

Hey Everyone!!!!!!  I hope you had an INCREDIBLE Christmas!!!!!!!!!! :D
This is gonna be a short post....because I will be working on bigger and more amazing posts in a few days!  :D

First of all, my Christmas was AMAZING.  I am so blessed!!!!  I had an amazing time, and I will be taking tons of pictures today!!!!  ;)  Probably tomorrow, I'll get an epic post up with all my pictures from Christmas! :D

Second, I watched Captain America last night!!!  It was an INCREDIBLE movie, definitely now on my favorites list!  I loved every second of it, and it made me cry!!  xD  (shocker)  Expect a review post on it soon!!!!

Third, I'll be going on vacation soon!!!!  WOOT!!!  I will have wi-fi, and I will have my laptop!  :D  I'll be working on blog posts and fanfiction while there.  ;)

Fourth thing, and then I'm almost done....I have a lot of school to get caught up on. ;P  Math, Science, Essays...but today should get those solved!  Then I can focus on my upcoming project with my amazing friend Savanna, from Pandas, Lightsabers and Cameras, oh my!!! :D

Now, so you can be occupied while I am absent for the rest of today, working on new posts and such.....listen to this!!!  It's a podcast!  I got to be featured on the Star Wars Underworld podcast last week!!!!  ;)  Chris and Kyle talked to me about Star Wars, current SW news, and my fanfiction!  You can hear both my voice and my first name this way....so enjoy!  ;)  CLICK HERE FOR MY PODCAST!

Okay, one more thing before I leave....
Today is the One-Year birthday of my beloved The Lakehouse Forums.  <3  We have made it 1 whole year!  WOOT!!!  Way to go us!!!!!  If you're a girl and you like Star Wars, and you are Christian, come join us on TLF.  We'd love to have you.  JOIN THE FAMILY!  ;) FIND TLF HERE!!!

NOW I'm done.  Love you guys!!!  I'll be back with more awesome posts when my school is done!  ;)

Of X-Wings, Christmas Movies and Fangirl Moments...

Oh my Force, where has the week gone??  I've been doing everything from school, to writing for NaNo, to watching Christmas Movies to begin my training as an X-Wing pilot.  :)

......What?

Oh!  You're confused by that last part of that sentence, aren't you?  Well.....allow me to explain.  But first....

My NaNoWriMo novel is going interesting.

A Really Bad piece of Cover-Art that I made in Paint. xD

I'm excited about it, I've got a bajillion ideas going, but getting them onto paper (err...Word Document....) is SO HARD.  I am determined to get to 10k by tonight. I've got a ton of candy, a mini DVD player, and a clean bedroom.  ;)

Next part....allow me to fangirl over my new favorite movie......It's A Wonderful Life.  I've watched this movie EVERY YEAR ever since I was born, essentially, but until now, I've never really paid attention to it!  ;)  Now though, I see how ADORABLE it is!!!  How romantic, how family oriented, and just over all sweet and wholesome!  ;)

LOVE. THIS. SCENE. 

And this one!!!

Almost as much as I love this one.

And of course this one. 

Okay.  Enough fangirling about the best Christmas movie in existence.  ;)  My dog is named Bailey, after George Bailey.  ;)  Hehe!!!  :D  I seriously love the name ZuZu now.  ;)  "Every time a bell rings, and angel gets his wings. :D"  xD

Okie Dokie.  ;)  Time for the X-Wing part of this post.  ;) My mother is incredibly awesome.  Seriously.  She ROCKS!!!  If we do school everyday like we did today, I would be the happiest girl on earth.  ;)

Usually, the prospect of math makes me like this:

But today....thanks to my mother......

You see.....I was working on graphing.  I have serious troubles with graphing....including somehow mixing up my coordinates and getting them from up and down like they belong to on the side, for some unknown reason.  My mom has been trying (in vain) to get me to understand math.  She would sit with me, read to me, do the problems with me, watch me do the problems, and even walk me step by step through the thing.  But NOTHING worked.  Somehow we kept ending up like that cat in the picture above, and then the little defeated face guy below.  xDD

But today...that all changed.  :)  I had a /partially/ open mind to begin with, and then my mom made my world light up with epicness.  ;)
She handed me my Star Wars atlas and looked at me (sitting in my dad's recliner in our school/family room) and said:
"Now, if you're on a mission for the New Republic, and you have to fly from Coruscant to Corellia on a supply run, what coordinate would you need to plot to make it there, soldier?"
My face was the equivalent of this:

She then treated me like a recruit for the famous Rogue Squadron, teaching me and helping me plot points on the galactic chart of the universe, with all our favorite planets.  ;)  I started crying more than once at how COOL it all was!!!!

My mom is SERIOUSLY Princess Leia.  She talked JUST LIKE I imagine New Republic Leia to be, all stoic, brave, inspiring and epic at the same time. ;)  She made me think, while teaching me math, and playing in 'my universe'.  ;)  I'll ace that test and become a pilot in no time!!!

That soooo made my day.  xD  I had a blast.  ;)  I watched It's A Wonderful Life for the 2nd time tonight, and now I'm listening to music, preparing to write about 5,000 words on my story.  (yeah right, try 2,000 tops before I pass out, I'm EXHAUSTED). xD  But hopefully I'll hit 15k by Wednesday, if everything goes according to my just-made-up schedule.....

Alright y'all, love you, write on, it's a wonderful life, and May the Force be with you all.

Future X-Wing Pilot, Fallon Sunstar.

P.S. NYAN CAT ROCKS!!!!

Guest Post by Mom...er....Leia Organa-Solo

Okay y'all, here's a new post for ya!!!!  This is actually written by my mom, as her 'alter ego' Princess Leia.  ;)  No joke, she SERIOUSLY THINKS that she is Princess Leia.  Er...she KNOWS she's Princess Leia.  She's short, loud and bossy...what more proof do you need?  (Just kidding Momma, I love you. ;) )  So enjoy, and share your thoughts!!!  

P.S. PLEASE read and comment on my Interview with Timothy Zahn!!!!!  ;)

Here are some thoughts as to my purpose and guiding principles for home-educating my children.  As told from my alter ego – Princess Leia Organa Solo.

 

 

You know I am a deep thinker, and for some reason I have the ability to see behind the curtain as to what is truly happening in our world once all the layers have been peeled away.  It is the fundamental battle of good verses evil.  It is the battle for the control of our very souls.  Our Creator is good and all good comes from the Creator.  Evil will continue to try to control all that is good, using all means necessary. Manipulation, control, greed, jealously, and contempt are tools of evil.  Knowing we are not perfect but are loved because our Creator is love is the fundamental essence of our lives.  We are to live in and manifest love because he first loved us.  That is the bottom line key to the universe. 

 

Now the reality is that living in this universe there is evil always trying to take us captive, destroy our lives, worlds, and our very existence.  What do we do?  What can we do?  How do you fight an enemy that seems to have so many willing supporters (I like to call them useful idiots), lies that seem to be truth, a media that does not question, and political leadership that can’t see past their pettiness and a shadow government that is controlling the outcomes from behind the curtains. 

 

I can’t believe, after fighting for freedom against tyranny once, we are right back where we were all those years ago.  How quickly people forget. The New Republic (our modern lifestyles and modern education system) has quite frankly made individuals complacent and ignorant.  Personal political powers have caused corruption and distrust of the government.   We have forgotten our original argument for the Rebel Alliance (freedom from tyranny) and the Republic (representative democracy).  We must get back to our core values of Liberty and Freedom and Individualism and Equal Justice.  We must learn our history and we must learn to connect the dots.

 

 

I personally believe my talents and time are wasted in an “administrative role” (anything other than homeschooling).  Getting bogged down in bureaucracy and status quo makes one’s senses dull and blind. As a senator, I was able to represent my homeworld with a clear set of values, traditions, liberty and equal justice. As Chief of State I was simply an over-glorified babysitter.  A role I cannot and will not do anymore.  I will go back to focusing on fighting for the Creator’s truth, freedom and justice. Starting with my home and the future, my children.  They will know that we are in a battle for our souls. They need to be nurtured, protected and armed with truth.  However, most importantly they need to know how to think and how to make connections.  They need to learn how to see with their ears and hear with their eyes.   They must know history in order to see the future.  They must be connected with their soul and our Creator.  They must see beyond their personal desires to that of our Creator.

 

 

We need take our education back to the classical times, where thoughts are debated and discussed and individuals can make their own connections based on truth and not on political agendas. They must learn the basics of arithmetic, writing and reading in order to put the Creator’s plan into practical action in their lives.  Educating at home seems meaningless or impractical or even crazy on the surface, but it is mandatory for the survival of our future, at least for our family.

 

And let me just make this comment about the Jedi of the Old Republic.  While I respect them, I do not agree with all of their teachings, such as no attachments, and that anger leads to the darkside, etc.  Just because you lose your temper or get frustrated every once in awhile, it does not mean you are going to become a Sith lord. If that were the case, I would have force choked just about everybody I know.  Sith are pure evil, when the soul is lost and the evil rots your core.  

 

Thankfully, my brother Luke and his wife have corrected some of those 'rules'. He and I believe we need to acknowledge our emotions. Knowing where the roots of our feelings come from and not try to suppress them, however learn from them to become better people. I also believe that personal attachments, especially with those we love make us stronger, not weaker.  We must know love binds us together and is what wins over evil.  We must strengthen them, know that we are better when we have people we love and who love us in our lives. 

 

I realize that this is an extremely long thought, but one that has been on my heart.  If I can reach out to my children and relate to them and teach them through a galaxy far, far away then I will.  I will meet my children where they are and find a way to connect with their souls.  It is my duty, responsibility and life calling.  So my dear children, math is important and we need to learn all that we can with the time we are given.  There is a greater purpose than just “doing school”.  We are learning to “live life with purpose”, His purpose.

 

Thank you for reading and May the Force Be with Us.

 

Love,

Your Mom

a.k.a. Leia Organa-Solo

You have heard the last of me....

Until this dumb four paragraph paper on Ancient Egyptian Government is done.

I have a list of school things.  I have three days to complete it in, with a sleepover with my best friend at stake.

O.O

It's going to be a very loooong three days.  I need to go check my email and load up on fanfics before the wi-fi goes out.  xD
Pray for my sanity in these three school packed days.  Love you all, and I apologize for the lack of posts....that should be fixed soon....my birthday is a week from tomorrow!!!!  I promise to have a bloggy birthday as well as a real party.  XD

Goodbye my friends, I shall return soon-ish if I don't die trying to finish up on Ancient Egyptian school work!!!!  XD

*hugs*

My Desk

I have four desks.  XD  Seriously!  I have one in the family room, which is my 'school desk' (it looks like a real school desk), in the living room is my big black desk, but it's covered in junk, in my room is my white old-fashioned desk, which I use most often.  ;)

But now, my desk is simple.  It's.....

The Kitchen Counter.  :)

My 'Desk'. 

All my little junk things.  ;)  My cell phone (and my camera goes next to it) on a grip thing that I found, my 'teacup piggy' from Christmas, action figures, book and Bible, Vinylmations and a few other odds and ends.  ;)

All my school sttuff.  Science, Grammar, Spelling, History/Philosophy, Copywork, and Math.  :P

My baby....my laptop.  ;)  It's all purple!  :D  I have little stickers on it, and that's a post-it-note with my day's assignments on it.  ;)  My mouse pad reads "Star Wars, Luke + Mara, Han + Leia, Anakin + Padme, Flynn + Rapunzel and Lizzie + Mr. Darcy.  :)  It also has a few stars and hearts drawn on it.  ;)  As you can see, my wallpaper is Mara Jade.  ;)

Pointless post...I know, but I'm working on a post about the Star Wars Baseball Game I went to last night!!!  :D  That will be a fun post.  ;)  LOL!!

May the Force Be With You, and Happy Schooling......
Love,

Pictures, Updates and Music!

*sighs*
I am tired.  Honestly, I am.  XD  I have been working like crazy on school all day.  I just spent literally 4 hours doing literature with my mom.  I think I'm gonna burst.
Egyptian Literature is ridiculously complicated.  XD  I DO have a favorite poem though.....

I Think I Shall Go Home And Lie Very Still
By:  Some Dead Egyptian Guy.
I think I shall go home and lie very still
feigning terminal illness.
And all the neighbors will troop over and stare
my love perhaps, among them.
And oh how she'll smile as 
the specialists snarl their teeth!
And she'll know exactly what ails me.


What do you mean that was weird????  I have that sucker memorized.  XD  Seriously, I wrote that from memory.  ;)  EPIC!

*giggles*  Hehe, funny lemur guy.....I love them, I don't know what they are, but I love them.  I also love this guy:

OMG HE LOVES THAT STICK!  XD

Alright, joking aside....
School is eating me.  Alive.  I am trying to kill it from the inside but it refuses to die.  XD  It's a good thing I'm interested in what I'm learning about though, or I'd be horribly miserable.  ;)  I am just tired, I'm not always this whiny.  (I AM NOT, MOM!!!)  XD

Froggy....XD

Well, my attention has been on school....fanfiction.....Lakehouse.....school......school......uhm....reading(?).....for school....xD  Well, Mom, you can see where my priorities are.  xD

I am very much in love with Fanfiction.  But you all know that.  XD  I have been doing a lot of work on my stories, and have updated.....three and written two one-shots in the past week!  :D

I love DeviantART.  It is so awesome.  So is this picture:

Get it??  I watched TRON Legacy recently and am TOTALLY in love with it.  ;)  It was INCREDIBLE.  :D

Epic, huh?  xD

Well....I have P.E. and Dance tomorrow....so I better get to going.  ;)  Expect a REAL post soon.  ;)  In fact, I have one in the works that will be good.  :D

Love,

Back Into The Swing Of Things...

Today was the first day of dance.  Oh. My. Word.  xD

It is going to be a long (and fun) year.  :P  I am helping in TWO classes this year, and taking only one.  xD
I'm helping the main teacher/owner of the studio(s).  I've known her for years, and my family is good friends with her, so I'm glad to help out, and she's super nice.  The little girls are awesome.  I know four of them already, and I can tell that we will have a lot of crazy fun this year.  XD

Moms stop me in the studio, or parking lot, or restaurant down the street and tell me what a good job I'm doing helping, or saying thank you, or if they had me last year, hugging me and asking me how my summer was.  xD

My Jazz class is really cool.  I am the oldest girl there.  *facepalm*
The teacher is really, really nice, but I can tell that she's tough, and going to push us.  I know a few girls in the class, some as friends, others acquaintances, and others just by name or their face, because they are /not as nice/.  :P

I met a nice girl in the class though, who is around a year younger (but several inches taller...), and she's been dancing as long as I have.  This is her first year back to Jazz after a while too, so we'll catch up together.  Especially if Chibi decides to not come with me.  >.>

Anyway, dance means that we're now getting back into the school year.  O.O
I am SO not ready.  xD  I've been reading science, and practicing my viola (like crazy!) but I'm kinda nervous for this year.  :P  I'm going into high school.....so it's  big deal.  And the program we're using is very involved and very big, and I have a LOT of work to do.  I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with everything (both in 'real life' and the internet.).

Pray for me.....I have an orchestra audition next week, and I'm honestly terrified.  XD  I am getting better at my song, but I still am scared.  I always clam up in front of the judges.  And cameras.  xD

Well folks, sorry for the short post, but I'm going to /try/ and get caught up on Blogger and probably Beautiful People too.  xD  I think I missed last month's.....anyway, that post will probably be up later.  I just had to post about dance, because I was excited/tired.  :D

Love you!

Day 4!!!!

Sorry y'all, no pictures today.  :P  All I did was go to speakers and walk the vendor hall.

Today was still great though!!!!!  My parents and I went to a bunch of speakers while my sissy was at the kids program.  We had fun!!!  And after a bunch of speakers, my mom and dad and I all cried quite a bit.  We've had a breakthrough after going to the last speaker of our trip.  He talked about raising teenagers with the wisdom of Solomon (Bible Solomon) and OH MY LORD WE NEEDED THIS TALK!!!!!!  I felt like crying one minute, and running up and hugging the guy the next.  He said everything I was feeling and wanting to tell my parents without me saying a word.  I feel.....(as stupid as this sounds) free.  I feel light and happy.  My mom and dad said they are going to start treating me with the same respect they want to receive, and treat me not as an equal exactly, but more like an adult.  I'm so happy.  About two minutes ago, my sister said something and I told her to 'shut up' and my mom was about to correct/yell at me to be nice but instead she calmly said, "Can't you say that nicer?  She didn't mean it that way."  I was so excited.  :) 

Anyway, enough ranting about me.

How are you all doing?  Is everyone out of school/almost out of school?  I feel awful for not being involved in the blogosphere lately.  I've been pretty busy though.  ;)

So right now I'm watching the end of National Treasure again until Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark comes on.  ;)  I <3 Indy!!!!  I'm going to go on the Indiana Jones attraction in Disney tomorrow.  I might even cave and buy a hat.  XD

Tomorrow is STAR WARS WEEKENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cannot wait!!!!!  We're leaving early, and I'll come back to blog and talk to my friends about it.  I am SO psyched.  We'll meet Ashely Eckstien, and I might even get to meet JediGirl1990 from Lakehouse and Her Universe.  JediGirl1990 is one of the only 'older girls' from HU who was nice to us 'younger girls' and joined us on Lakehouse.  Along with Sarahthegeek.  :)

Also, I'm quite excited because I have a new friend on TLF!!!  Cad Bane's Chick lives near me, homeschools and loves Star Wars just like I do!!!!!  :D  In fact, I met her mom at the homeschool convention the other day when she liked my Star Wars bag.  We talked for a while and then I mentioned The Lakehouse and gave her mom the web address.  The next night, Cad Bane's Chick joined and sent me a PM telling me that her mother met me at the homeschool convention and how excited she was to join our forum!  :D  I'm so happy!!!  I love PMing with her!  :)

Okay, I'll stop now.  Indiana Jones is almost on.  XD  I plan on writing, reading fanfics and making signature banners for my Lakehouse sisters before I eventually fall asleep and get ready for SWW in the morning!!!!!  Sorry for the 'brief' (haha, I don't think 'brief' or 'short' is in my vocabulary) and I'll be doing a MEGA post tomorrow with tons of pictures and Star Wars fandomness!!!!!!!!  :D

Love y'all!

Jedi~Chick <333

Anakin on Vacation Day 2 and Day 3 (without pictures...well, some pictures)

Well, Here's Thursday's Anakin on Vacation picture post!!!!  :D  I'll give you a bunch of pics of Anakin in Downtown Disney, and I'll give you a few of me!  Yay!!!  :DDD  I didn't take /any/ pictures today because all I did was go to speakers and walk the vendor hall.
Anyway, onto Anakin!!!!!
First, Thursday morning we went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast.  ;)  Anakin came with , of course.

That peg game is FAMOUS for Cracker Barrel!!!!  LOL!  Anakin's trying to win.

Anakin outside of World of Disney.  This has GOT to be one of my favorite shots of him!!!!!  He looks great!  LOL!

In the window of WOD (world of Disney) store.  If Anakin's head was bigger he'd look like he was wearing mouse ears.  XD

Star Wars is quite eminent in Disney World....especially this time of the year.  This is Ani in front of the "Build Your Own Lightsaber" station in Once Upon A Toy store.  BEST. STORE. EVER.  Even when you're a teenager.  xD  I love these shots too!!  :D

I went into an art gallery and got quite excited when I saw all the Star Wars paintings.  ;)  I took Anakin's picture with this Vader one.  My favorite one is this one:

Okay, I know the glare is kinda bad on this one, but I love the picture itself.  If you can't see it, it's of Vader's mask and Luke (during the Bespin scene) is in the reflection of his mask.  I love it.  If you look at Luke's reflection you can really see how upset and troubled that moment was.  I couldn't find out who painted it, so credit goes to whoever made this and the picture above.  ;)

I like both of these too!  First one is of Anakin in front of the Rainforest Cafe restaurant.  :)  I love that place. 
Second one is in front of a banner on a post.  i like what it says though.  "Let the memories begin!"

Again in front of the "Build a Lightsaber" station.  I actually BUILT another lightsaber!!!!!!!!!  :D  I made a blue one last year, and this year, I made a purple one!!!!!  :D  So now I have both of Mara Jade's lightsabers.  Here are some pics of my epic new lightsaber.  My sister made one too.  :)

Me and my little sister playing with our new lightsabers.  Notice the hideous boot on my foot.  That is to keep my toes immobilized because of my injured tendons/joint.  I HATE that boot.  It's itchy, sweaty, tight and bruises my shin.  But my toes are healing!!!  :D  And it was so funny because when in one of the Disney stores (World of Disney, to be exact) a cast member (worker) there saw my foot and gave me a free pin.  ;D  She said it was from Mickey and her, hoping my foot heals soon.  ;)  I felt very special. 
It's hard to run, lightsaber battle, or climb/descend stairs in that boot.  I can't bend my ankle.  xD  Right now it's off, thank goodness.  :P

Now, Anakin, my mom, dad, sister and I went to T-Rex for lunch.  It's just like Rainforest Cafe, it's got animals and creative scenes to eat in.  We ate in the Ice Cave and as you can see behind Anakin, there's a fossilized (not real, but real looking) and as you'll see below in the next couple pictures, they have dinosaurs that look real too.  ;)  It's a really fun place to eat, and after we ate we went to the gift shop and then to the 'dig site' where my sister and I had fun playing in the rock sand stuff, although it wasn't the brightest move I ever made with my sweaty foot in that boot.  I had to take it off and wipe all the little dirt/sand out.  :P

I like that picture of me.  I think it's cute.  xDD 

That was Thursday.  :)  Now onto Friday.  Today.

Today was a really cool day too! 

OH WAIT!!!!!!!!  NEVER MIND!!!!!!!!!!!  I ALMOST FORGOT!  Luckily i looked down.  xD  You'll get why in a second.  :P

Also on Thursday the Homeschool Convention opened.  We got to go to the vendor hall for two hours!!  My parents surprised me by taking me to the Generations of Virtue booth and letting me pick out a purity ring.  It's my Middle School Graduation gift and my Welcome To High School gift.  I LOVE it!!!!!  I just looked down and remembered I NEED to post on it!  :D  It has three little hearts with jewels in them.  The first pink heart represents me, the middle purple heart represents Jesus, and the other little pink heart represents the boy Jesus chose for me.  ;)  I love my ring!!!  I never ever will take it off!  (until I get an engagement ring that is. xD)
Here are some pictures of it. 

Okay.  Now that I got that out of the way, I'll start to wrap up this post. I have to tell you though, today was a great day.  I went to several speakers, and they were all excellent.  ;)

Here are the people.  ;)

Chad Hymas  This guy made me cry.  He's very down-to-earth and such a great guy.  I'm happy for him.  He talked about choices and how everything in life is about the choices you make.  And the consequences. 

Lt. General William "Jerry" Boykin  He is amazing.  I really cried hearing him speak.  He's a 36 year American Army veteran.  He's been through so much, and he's very strong in his faith.  He's literally heard the voice of God twice.  And he's seem more miracles than I've ever imagined possible.  :')  Excellent speaker, amazing person.  He talked about never giving up and how God is present in even the most hellish situations.  (sorry for the wordage there, but you've got to understand what this guy has been through.  He LITERALLY has been through hell.  I can't even comprehend it.)

Sherri Seligson  She's so cool!!!!!  I took tons of notes in her seminar (which I went to all by myself!)  She is a former Disney cast member at the Living Seas (now The Seas with Nemo and Friends) in Disney's Epcot.  She's a homeschool mom and she helps write the Apologia curriculum.  She's a marine biologist.  And a Creationist.  ;)  She talked about looking for hits of God and Creation in an Evolutionist world.  It's so cool how everything is connected.  :) 

Nicholeen Peck  This lady is so nice!!!!!  :D  She's really cool too!  She teaches Self Governance and how to overcome parenting/family challenges.  We're going to buy her program.  I think if our family does this, we would all be a lot happier, fight less, lose less wi-fi, get more school done, and be a stronger family.  I want to do this.   :)  I got to meet the lady and she's super nice in person too.  And she was a great speaker.  She taught four ways to conquer self government. 

After doing the speakers, we went to the vendor hall again.  We bought a bunch of books, a German program, a sewing program and a bunch of other things.  ;)

Then we picked up my sister from the Kids program and my sister, dad and I went back to the hotel room to relax while my mom went to another speaker. 

Eventually, we went to dinner together.  The FPEA (homeschool organization) has been playing movies continuously all day in the main atrium.  We sat and ate dinner while watching How To Train Your Dragon with a ton of other homeschool families.  It was really fun!!!!  When Hiccup and Astrid kissed at the end, everyone in the audience went, "Oooohhhhh!!!!!!"  including me.  I was laughing so hard.  XDD  I also read some fanfics while watching......a few good fanfics........xD

So today and yesterday was a great day.  Now I'm watching National Treasure 1, and I happened to bring National Treasure 2.....so I just may put that in.  ;)  I love Riley.  xD

Okay, now this post is officially done.  Love you guys!!!!  Thank you EVERYONE, all 39 followers for commenting and keeping up with my blog even when I have been away!  :) 

And special birthday shoutout to Ley Firewalker.  Love you girl!!  :D  <33

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