An Alaska girl

Saved by Grace. In Christ alone, by faith alone, through grace alone.

I have participated in the National Bible Bee since the beginning, and qualified for Nationals every year except for 2011 (I have the excuse that we were building a house).

I love photography and videography, so when I was invited to the BB Game Show, I was a little bit excited! (More like a little kid in a candy shop :D)

I love music and dancing. I can kind of call contra dancing (I actually did it for the first time at the Game Show, and I'm hoping to get in some more practice this spring). I love swing dancing, and would really like to get into ECD and SCD. I play somewhere between 10-12 instruments on a semi-regular basis, and I regularly practice piano, violin, and harp. I love to sing. I would love to sing in a professional choir someday.

My biggest dream is to study music in Europe for a year.

I am the oldest girl out of five children. My baby brother was nothing short of a miracle baby, and I am so thankful to God and blessed to have him in my life!

Some random facts about me: My eyes change color. I have the blessing of being able to pick up nearly any instrument and make sense of it. I am short. I shed knitting needles, crochet hooks, yarn, and thread all over the place. Literally. I have a list of animals that I want to get that is longer than any other list I have…. Outside of Bible Bee, I am a super introvert. I figure skate. A lot. When I can. And I love my Grandpa. I have the best Grandpa ever. :)

Personally, my favorite animals are Bushbabies, because I see such a resemblance between me and them.

starts of the trolling engines

sigh Please try to constrain yourself a little, Noah. :P

Welcome to Memverse! (Offically) lol even though you've prob been here longer than I have. ;)
@Noah- LOL!!!!

Hey Dani! =D

I doubt it- I got on in June!

Hi Dani! Welcome to Memverse! Oh, yeah, and just a friendly warning - avoid Mr. Slady over there. ;)

Welcome to Memverse Dani! :)

Welcome to Memverse, Dani! Looking forward to seeing you again in November!

Dani, you have been on Memverse exactly a year and one day longer than Dani M. :P :P lol

Err, I think you mean a year less a day.

@Slade LOL Ditto.

EDIT: I mean I see the resemblance between you two. I would put a "jk" here, but I wouldn't mean it. JK :D

Okay, okay, one was one day sooner than the other a year a part. :)

Lol, I just realized you changed your name! :D like

Lol;)

Congratulations on memverserizing 400 verses! :D

How to start a megachurch:

1. Remove all crosses

2. Never, ever preach about sin

3. Set up the stage like American Idol

4. Bring in a rock band

5. Dim all the lights; make it like a nightclub

6. Only sing meaningless songs

That is so true! Sadly it happen so many places :(

Sad, but true :(

Wait. I have come in possession of a wonderful idea! Here it is: Why do you not take something every week and criticize it and say why you dislike it. LOLing for example.

That's a great idea! Rather then making a whole new thread… :P :)

How to start a megachurch: 1. Remove all crosses 2. Never, ever preach about sin 3. Set up the stage like American Idol 4. Being in a rock band 5. Dim all the lights; make it like a nightclub 6. Only sing meaningless songs

All true, except the crosses thing. Plenty of megachurches have lots of crosses, but they're meaningless, and meant only to make it look like it's a Christian place.

How to start a megachurch: 1. Remove all crosses 2. Never, ever preach about sin 3. Set up the stage like American Idol 4. Being in a rock band 5. Dim all the lights; make it like a nightclub 6. Only sing meaningless songs

Done. Since you know all things, and thou art holier than everyone else, (esp. those who listen to rock music) can you enlighten us how to be just like you?

She already has. Multiple times.

Wait. I have come in possession of a wonderful idea! Here it is: Why do you not take something every week and criticize it and say why you dislike it. LOLing for example.

She already does. For shock value and attention. :)

She already has. Multiple times.

All true, except the crosses thing. Plenty of megachurches have lots of crosses, but they're meaningless, and meant only to make it look like it's a Christian place.

All the megachurches I've been in, and that's quite a few, have no crosses. You can't even tell they are a religious facility.

Makes me wonder then, why you would have been in them at all?
Churches aren't made of their buildings, ours meets in a facility used for other purposes throughout the week, Churches are made up of the believers who gather together to worship. So a building used solely for worship, should reflect that, but not necessarily in any of the ways we might think of as a 'church'. I haven't been in a 'mega-church' to my knowledge, but may have been, sadly many organizations calling themselves churches seem to be corrupt institutions where true worship and edification are rare at best.

Confederate States of America, Article 1, Section 9:

The importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholding States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.

I really need to read the whole thing…

The good thing about our church building is that we can have Bible Bee in it XD

And for some reason, churches don't want to let the local BB use their facility for a day to run Locals in…. They are too busy with their own programs, and even if they're not, they don't want to promote something that's not from 'their church'.

Wow. I should read it too xP

http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/41/Laysan_Albatross/

The baby albatross is very much alive and active right now!

Probably ugly too, right?

http://adam4d.com/keep-it-to-yourself/

Oh, no, he was adorable! His wings looked like a stuffed animal's wings, which was really funny, and the way he waddled and waggled his tail was hilarious.

http://adam4d.com/keep-it-to-yourself/

I liked that.

As for the albatross, if that downy lump is her, not as ugly as I thought, but not as adorable as you made out I think.

We are looking for a place to stay in Ohio, near the Creation Museum, from May 15-18.

Cool! come visit us while you're looking! :)

Confederate States of America, Article 1, Section 9: The importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholding States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same. I _really_ need to read the whole thing...

I found it!!
I somewhat accidentally came across the full Constitution of the Confederate States of America and here's the link:

http://www.usconstitution.net/csa.html

EDIT: Scroll down to find it. :)
I haven't read it yet, by the way.

And I should be e-mailing you soon. Sorry it's taking so long!

Are you part of APHEA? It is a Alaskan homeschool group.

Yes, and we attended their conference the year before we left.

I know you're into health stuff like my mom is, :) so I was wanting to ask what you think of peanuts and peanut butter. Do you think they are good for you, or really bad?

They are definitely not good for you, but I tend to overlook that little fact. :)

That's what I thought you would say. I just can't understand it! How could peanuts be moldy? Sometimes I think people make up stuff like that… I just wish I didn't have to go by what someone (a book) says is healthy. Everyone says something a little different when it comes to health. :P

Moldy? Never heard that…

A good thing about a pre-trib rapture is all the jokes you can play… XD

Tomorrow, we're touring BB headquarters and staying at the McMahan's house (only Alex will be there), and then the next two days, we'll be going to the Creation Museum with another family that is moving up to AK with us!

We're going home in seventeen days!!!!!!!!

That's good! How long have you been away from home?
By the way, you said something about a book that the author of the "Hank the Cowdog" books wrote that improved your writing: would you mind giving me the title, please? My writing needs improvement. :-)
Do you write stories?

YAY!!! :D :D

We've been gone for almost nineteen months.

I will tell you the title- when we get home… Well, the next time I get Internet after that. :)

I do write stories and articles- my first full-length book is in the editing stage right now.

Fifteen more days!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two weeks until we go HOME!!!!!!!!!