June 4, 2007

• Starting NOW.  Laura is typing out everything that comes out of our mouths...we'll see how it goes...

  *laughing*

  *clearing throat*

  Katie: So, we went to Nashville, TN for our homeschooling conference.  We always have a blast but first we have to get there...which is part of the blast.

  Krissy: You have to say who said it.  *Laura starts making quote marks* You don't have to do quotes.

  Katie: No you can't...*funny noise*

  Laura: I'm going to do that.  I just didn't get to it yet.

  Katie: They might have a hard time following this conversation.

  Laura: I think....nooo....it just won't WORK!!!

  Krissy: No, hey I like the idea.

  Laura: Nope.  I think it's too hard...we're all quiet and then say random things that don't really make sense.  I say we go back to our first idea...or something like that anyway.

  Katie:  Yeah, me too, we talk too much.

  *it's settled*

  STOPPED 3 minutes later.

  Nashville, Tennessee 2007

  

  Katie & Laura matched fer travelin' day - wearing a hat and sunglasses.  We needed a picture of course!  It took almost too long to take the picture..I wasn't looking at the road for that whole pose.

  

  Girls traveled in the mini van, boys were in the rental with Mom...and we met Matt, Dad, Jarod, and Anna there!

  Laura got a Ricky Nelson CD for her birthday from Nasia!  "he's so cool"

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  REGISTRATION

  We helped with registration in the morning and had a grand ol' time.  We got to see HQ people we knew and see other families we've met along the ATI road too.

  

  Laura's sittin' by our friend, Shelly

  

  After the morning rush, we decided it was time for a little more fun!

  

  These girls told us we were maybe being a little too unprofessional "aww man...fine."

  

  After that we went to get lunch in the food court at the mall.  That was fun.  Us girls all got Subway "eat fresh!"  We are stinky at ordering there!  OH well, it ended good.  After lunch we also went to see Shrek in the theater which was better than us girls thought it would be...  Had a good afternoon.

  

  Aw!  Beautiful!!  Between all us ladies we sure did bring a lot of shoes!

  

  us 3 girls were in the same car on the way to the first session, and Krissy decided to take a picture of our cute skirts.  *weird*

  

  It's kinda a stinky picture but it was a big highlight!  The first night was beautiful, with men kneeling to pray for our nation and the flag standing in the background...(Laura: made me really tear up!)  We even had David Barton, who's so awesome!  Too bad he's already married...and too old...and there's not 3 of him...or even just 2 ;)

  

  Afterwards we wanted to see our lobby and explore our place.

  We found a vending machine (good thing we had our purses), and then decided to work off our pop-tarts in the exercise room.

  

  The first full day.  LUNCH outa da van.

  

  Us sisters always had lunch together and then went off to choir practice.

  After the evening service was the Presidential Awards banquet.  We walked in and it felt very formal...which reminded us of some kind of "Emma party", which we of course watched Jarod act out...Anna's still in training.

   

  4 sophisticated ladies at a sophisticated event.

  

  There's Matt!  There were lotsa friends there so it was a fun night.

  

  They both got GOLD!

  

  Then mom dragged us off to the grocery store

   

  

  The next night we went off to visit Mrs. Cavanaugh at her fancy shmancy place   She was blessed with a gift of being able to stay at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel!

  

  It's the last night - talkin'

  

  Anna Cribb, Laura, Katie, Krissy

  

  The Married people table...

  

  the guys laughin' over an...old "joke"

  

  Hi there Hannah, is that a banana?....I kill me.

  

  Daniel Kruse                    Victoria Webster

  

  *countenance*

   hahaha

  

  Good times.

  It's kinda long but...

  We couldn't really take the milk with us so Krissy decided it would be a fun game.

   

  

  traveling vehicle buddies

  

  "Are we there yet?"

   

  And now we're finally at the end of the post.  That took a long time and we're bored now. BUT...just gotta mention:

  Laura:  The conference was great this year.  It's always good but I felt like it was especially good this year   I feel like God is going to be using that group to make a difference in this world - duh I guess, but anyway.  And hopefully that will include me!  My favorite part was all the prayers.  Powerful prayers...and spoken blessings.  I was also encouraged to see how some friends have grown in the Lord in the past year...   There's some people, who just by being around, encourage you to be a better person yourself.

  Katie:  One really cool thing that happened was that a girl was healed from her terrible back and neck pains after the whole group finished praying together.  That was a fun thing to witness!  I feel like after these conferences are over that I have so many things to work on still!  *urg*  Oh well,  makes me think of that song..  "He's still workin' on me...to make me what I outta be.." 

  Krissy:  Ok, so they decided that they were each going to say something and be all "deep" but I don't have anything to say.  The conference was good and fun.  It had some really good messages but I didn't get anything specific or "big" out of it.  I was inspired after a couple sermons on  making a difference and "changing the world"...ok..maybe changing the world is "big" ;o)  I liked the choir (it's always my favorite), and the student testimonies.  So yeah, that's the low down )

   

  Until next year...

   

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