What year is this??!!

Wow. I have failed yet again. I haven't blogged since NOVEMBER. *sad* Really though, time has flown! Let me try to catch you up on my busy life-

• At Thanksgiving, my cousins came and spent a couple days with us. That was totally awesome. I love my cousins! But they have moved to Virginia...:*( sad. 
• Our basketball season was still going, which was also really enjoyable. All thru the season, I improved every game. 
• At our co-op(ECC) and at basketball, I became really great friends with Arthiel. She is just like Arodeth and I. I am so glad she is in my life:)
• CHRISTMAS CAME!!!
• Hmm. THE HOBBIT CAME OUT!!!!! Oh it was soooooooooo good. And it had my all-time favorite LotR character, Legolas. Even though he wasn't in the book... But since he is Thranduil' s son, and Thranduil is in the book, Legolas would technically have been there. I worked that one out!! But my major issue was Tauriel. I did my research, she is totally made up by the producers, I repeat- she is NOT a work of Tolkien. :( and don't get me started on her and Kili. DON'T EVEN GO THERE! Also, Kili, Fili, Bofur, and Oin are supposed to continue on with the group. Kili isn't supposed to even get hurt. But ANYWAY, it's a great movie!!
• Ecc came and went!
• At the end of February, we had our homeschool Texas state tournament. That was super duper fun! We won our first two games, then lost in the semifinals. But I made the winning shot in our 3rd place game! I also got to catch up with a couple friends I hadn't seen since last season! That was great to see them. 
• In March, 10-14, we had our homeschool national tournament in Springfield, MO. That was really great. I made the winning shot again, on the twelfth. We got 8th place. 
• March 12 was my birthday!!!! I turned 14!!!:) :D
• On the 17th of March, we went to Kerrville!!!!!! I got to spend 3 days with Aro and that was amazing. 
• When we got back, my brother and his wife came and visited us. :)my brother and I were told we degraded back 15 years in age. Haha;) 
• On April 4th, I went to a 3 day church youth event with Arthiel, called Disciple Now. It was an amazing experience. I also got much better acquainted with Arthiel' s dear friend, Madeline ( http://thelittledecorator.blogspot.com/) I had a great time with them at DNow 2013. 
• After DNow, I started going to their youth group. The youth pastor is great, and all in all it is a great atmosphere. 
• My summer team just started to play games, and that is going well. We have played 4 games, and I have gotten SO much better even in a month!

That is just about all for today. I am going to try and post MUCH more often. Aro and I can remember together to try and make one post a week. Emphasis on try. At least one a month!! Hopefully more. Since summer is starting soon, I'll hopefully be less busy. I hope someone is blessed by my first post in forever!!!:)

Aranel out. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARODETH

Arodeth's b-day card, click here

Time flies o_O

Hey guys! Wow it's been awhile since I posted... But hey I've been busy! Friday is the last day of co-op. It's been SO much fun! I think my favorite class is ping-pong. Although I love them all. In pingpong my good friend Brennil is in there. We are very similar. It's fun to yell at the other people in elvish and they have no clue what we are saying! She also is a LotR fan. The speech class actually isn't too bad. I am apparently good at public speaking! Which, by the way, I credit to Aro. Basketball is also going well. Speaking of, our record is 3-0 (woohoo!) And we have 4 more games this week.  This is what happens when you try to say 'This is what happens when you try to type on a Spanish keyboard' on a Spanish keyboard- Tenis os eBay japonés deben Tour Type on a sótanos keyboard. I'm special like that:) I recently got to go to a horse camp. It was super fun! I had a great horse, and a great time. At the end, the instructor basically said to me 'Look you're better than everyone here, so you can start helping now'(because this was the second session and you normally had to complete all 3 sessions. And I hadn't done the 1st session either). That was a great honor. I actually haven't started yet because of something on their end. This is a link for update on Andrew Peterson Warden and the Wolf King!!! (We pledged Cave Blat)  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/478789344/the-warden-and-the-wolf-king

I have to go now. Aranel

Randomness galore

Is galore even a word? Hmm... Who cares. So, have some random pieces of my life.
This Friday my co-op starts!! So excited. But, Arodeth won't be there wah!! However, I do know some people and I (mostly) have fun classes. My classes- 1st hour Basketball. 2nd hour Texas history(bleh). 3rd hour Brain Based Science, which actually looks fun. 4th hour Speech class *cough cough thanks mom* 5th hour Pingpong, with the awesomest teacher EVER(yes mom, besides you)!!!!! Soo, looking forward to that. And next Monday, Basketball season starts (WHOOP WHOOP) (hey hey Aro, party in the back!) Wow it really is September. OHMYGOSH THE HOBBIT COMES OUT IN 4 MONTHS!!!!!!!!! Yeah I'm going crazy waiting on that. I'm planning on dressing up in my new cape for that:) Ooh yeah and Thor: The Dark World comes out in November!!!!!! And the Avengers 2 comes out IN 2015!!!!!!! *is displeased* And, Andrew Peterson, WHAT. THE. HECK. It's past January, wouldn't you say? Yet, no Warden and the Wolf King yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But, I re-read The Chronicles of Narnia:) Second best book series ever! The first is Lord of the Rings. Always. But I think the best book-to-movie ratio is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. That's about all for now. Aranel signing out.

ARODETH CAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey everybody! For you people who don't know me, I am... let's say... obsessed with Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Avengers. Sooo, as you can see, I've changed my profile name to Aranel. That is a name in Elvish, a language J.R.R. Tolkien invented. Firefly changed her name to Arodeth, which is also Elvish. So when I mention Arodeth, that is Firefly's new name.

 Last Wednesday, Arodeth came up to Dallas!!! We had a blast. When Aro (my nickname for Arodeth. My nickname is Ara.), came to Dallas in September, I gave her and Boonie Mom quite the welcome. I dressed up as an old lady and pretended to be walking along. hen their car came into sight, I hobbled toward our house. They exited their car laughing, and I tore off my disguise.
This visit, I had been plotting for a week about how to 'greet' them. The night before they came, I got the perfect plan. Arodeth and I had made ninja outfits, complete with capes(see pic below). I decided to wear mine. So, my plan-There is a tree right next to the road near our house. I was going to climb the tree, and when they were passing, jump out and run alongside their car. So that morning, about thirty minutes before their arrival, I climbed the tree and waited for them. Every time I heard a car approach, I thought, 'Snap! It's them!' And it would never be them. Then when it was actually them, I was not prepared! So I jumped down and took off. Unfortunately, in my descent, my cape flew up over my head. Fortunately, no one saw the cape flap over my face. They stopped the car and laughed, letting Aro jump out and run over to me. Together, we chased the car.

• Wednesday- They arrived; we played in the empty pool; then we actually went to an aquatic center. It was super fun! A side note on the aquatic center- The lifeguards were AWESOME. Seriously hilarious. One guy was at the top of the slides, telling people 'Go. Go.' Then, he was blathering randomly about random stuff. Aro and I looked at each other and started laughing. I said, 'That would be us at a job'. Then the next time we went arrived at the top of the slide platform, he was dancing on a chair to no music. I asked, 'Boring job?' and he replied, 'Yup'. We got to the bottom of the slides and started laughing. I said, 'THAT is me on the job.' She agreed. Then he switched posts and a different guy came up. We were like 'Awwww, funny guy's gone!' Turns out, he was just as hilarious. He was splashing people, and  when one little kid screamed like crazy on a super slow slide, he did a hilarious imitation of the kid. When his replacement was coming up the stairs, he dumped water on him and swan-dived down a slide.  We agreed that would be her at a job:) Later, we went home and played outside in the pool some more.
• Thursday- We went to Six Flags and it was SO FUN!!!!  We rode a bunch of rollercoasters and mini rides. We went home and played outside (surprise!).
• Friday-We got ready to go to MAIN EVENT!! And waited on the moms outside. And waited... Then we left!! And played seven games of laser tag. Then we had to leave... Almost immediately after we got home, we left to go to a play. We headed home, and I remembered that we had to pick up Arodeth's cape, which was at a lady's house, being used as an example for the cape she was making for me. When we knocked, she said, 'Come in! (To Aro) Here is your cape, (To me) And here is yours.' I was ecstatic. I didn't think she would have it finished yet. We chased the car back to the house with our capes on. We played a bit, then went to bed.
• Saturday-We played outside then she had to leave. WAHHHHH!!!!

Well, that's all for now,
                                      Aranel

My beautiful cape. The green is the hood. 

This is my ninja out fit I wore.
 

I GOT TO SEE FIREFLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I GOT TO SEE FIREFLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She came on Wednesday 8th of April, and left on that Saturday.

• Wednesday- We made tie-dye shirts; played in the empty pool; watched THE AVENGERS!!!! and played with glowsticks; then it was dark; and we played with glowsticks outside. 
• Thursday- It was homeschool day at Six Flags and we went there; all of us wearing tie-dye shirts. It was fun, although it rained so we only got to ride one rollercoaster. :*(  However, we got rain checks! We came came home and played outside in the pool some more. 
• Friday- Our moms and Creator's Son went to the homeschool book fair, but Firefly and I had NO interest whatsoever. We went park hopping (for you people who don't know what 'park hopping' is, it's when you go to a whole bunch of different parks, then decide which one's the funnest and go back to it); got really hungry and ate; then we went swimming with Grandma; ate AGAIN because we were hungry; took showers, played outside for the rest of the day. ;) 
• Saturday morning- We packed her stuff furiously in 5 minutes; then we played outside in the pool. I live next to a high school, and they had a football game and were playing music and we ran around the pool crazily; and danced to the weird music and laughed super hard. Then it was 'times for her to go' so we migrated to the front yard and walked up and down the sidewalk for 20 minutes. Then she actually had to go and I raced their car at16 mph and won. We parted ways with the knowledge of seeing each other in 3 weeks. Till later, Mustang. P.S.- I had  forgotten to get mother's approval on this post, so I never  posted it. (Hat of shame) ( A hat of shame is something Firefly and I made up for when you fail epically.)

Firefly' s tie-dye shirt.

My tie-dye shirt.

Testing, is this blog still active??!!

Hey! I am SOOOO sorry I haven't blogged in FOREVER. We have been super busy lately and I kept saying, "I'll just blog tomorrow," so I put it off for a long time. Then I forgot I even had a blog! Now I am going to try and catch up with all that has happened. Well, I got into a homeschool basketball program called HSAA. They are a great organization and everyone on my team are great girls. One of the girls on my team, Olive, was in a co-op  near us. So we visited one day and I loved it, and we joined too. I have made new friends and had some fun classes. Co-op ended for the year and it won't start again till August.(Wah!) I miss everybody in THC soooooooooooo much. Yes you, Firefly. And everybody else too. Anyway, my team won state(TX), and we got third in Nationals. Currently I am on a select spring team with two of my HSAA teammates(One of them being Olive). My birthday came and passed in March. Good news- Firefly, Boonie Mom, and Creator's Son are coming to Dallas soon! And we're going to Six Flags!  And I'm happy! Well, that's about it for now. I am going to consistently blog again.(wink wink) But really. ~Mustang