Eclipse Convention

I had the opportunity to attend the Eclipse Convention in Beverly hills on Saturday with my sister in law Kayla! It was awesome!! There were so many stars in attendance that it was almost overwhelming! The Cast Members we saw on Saturday are as Follows:
"Cullen Panel"
Peter Facinelli (Carlisle)
Elizabeth Reaser (Esme)
Nikki Reed (Rosalie)
Jackson Rathbone (Jasper)
Ashley Greene (Alice)

Gil Birmingham (Billy Black)
Christian Serratos (Angela)
Daniel Cudmore (Felix)

Sadly I missed the wolf panel because I was busy stalking the back of the building on my way back from dinner where they were pulling Rob, Kristen and Taylor up. lol I wasn't too disappointed except I would have loved to hear Julia!

"Wolf Panel"
Chaske Spencer (Sam)
Alex Meraz (Paul)
Julia Jones (Leah Clearwater)
Tyson Houseman (Quil)
Boo Boo Stewart (Seth Clearwater) Was also there making appearances at his table
Then Of Course:
Robert Patinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner!!!!

Obviously the reason WHY we came was to see Rob, Kristen and Taylor. The overall MASSIVENESS (is that a word!?) of this convention was so much bigger than the previous 2 I've attended. Bigger more Interesting Venue which I personally loved how the seating was and how the whole layout was setup! But only if you were able to have an assigned seat. I would have been disappointed in the general admission section! The panels were fun and it was great to see new people such as Jackson, Nikki, Liz, and Ashley. I was surprised by who I liked in person. Nikki was ADORABLE! Awesome personality and chatty... Ashley however was NOT. I didn't hear a single GOOD word said about her appearance by anyone the entire weekend. Which is really quite sad because I was SO looking forward to seeing her considering the past two conventions I went to she cancelled.

Throughout the day the convention room had been scattered with people. But when I came back in at 7 for the trio... The room was overspilling and the buzz inside was crazy!! They were about 20 minutes late and that room erupted with screams as they entered! They asked us to please refrain from our applause etc to get as many questions in as possible.. but these twi-hards could not resist. Sadly A LOT of time was wasted while they waited for the crowd to quiet after the "I Love You Rob!"s and "I love you Taylor!"s. I was able to get some pretty good pictures from where we were sitting for not having a "paparazzi" camera lol! Also a couple good videos!!

One of the best part of the weekend was meeting new friends! Met some really great people this weekend and I look forward to getting to know them better! Thanks for the great weekend guys!!

Here are some pictures and an awesome video!!

Eclipse Convention

Gabriella Gets some Celebrity Love!!

As most of you know, I have been an avid "Twilight" fan for a few years now! Kristi and I both share this passion, although it has extended out of just the "Twilight" realm and has followed alot of the actors beyond just their "Twilight" roles. Our favorite male celebrity in particular being Kellan Lutz, aka Emmett. Kristi and I had the opportunity to meet him last year in May when we attended "TwiTour" and it was an awesome experience. He was really an awesome guy! We left with alot of respect for him and our "love" for him just grew!

Now not only do WE have a passion for these movies but so do our little girls... These girls KNOW what Twilight is... They know who Rob, Kristen, Edward, Bella and especially EMMETT are!!

With the onset of Gabriella's condition this year, Kristi was not able to attend TwiTour with me this year. I knew that this was a huge disappointment for Kristi. When I knew this was going to be the case I set out on a mission. I was determined to get SOME sort of attention from Kellan for her, I knew that it wouldn't make up for all of the "crap" that had been going on for lack of a better word, but I knew that if it could bring just a little glimmer of sunshine to her day, that I HAD to try!! I was all prepared to have her picture from last year autographed by him and to try and give him one of my extra "Gabriella Bracelets". He is always big on wearing bracelets, so I figured why not try! Well then I was crushed with the news that due to "scheduling" he would not be giving autographs. DANG it! 

Well I went anyways, Still hoping for something. All to forget the picture and the bracelet in the rush of travelling. I was SO BUMMED. Esp because I ended up going to the brunch with him and could have taken the picture to be signed. I even tried to have the picture faxed to the fed ex center at the hotel. But it was Sunday, so it was closed! I talked to volunteers for Creation and just kept striking out! I was so frustrated. I thought, Well I will talk to him when he sits at our table and explain! Maybe he can do SOMETHING for me! NOPE! I wasn't able to get a single WORD in to him, the other women talked so much! Sigh. 

So I went home defeated.... Then he got a twitter. :) (evil grin) I didn't want to be one of those annoying fan girls... but this was for a good cause. Someone needs to bring some cheer to this little girl and to my dearest friend! And someone needs to help spread the words about CHD!!! So my master plan began to tweet him every time he tweeted. I figured he would get the hint eventually! I was starting to lose hope. I mean the guy does have almost 121,000 followers. 

THEN... This afternoon. My phone went off w a mobile alert of a tweet he sent. I hadn't bugged him in a while so I thought what the heck....

 @kellanlutz Please Shout out to @gabriellasheart 5yr old fan who had a heart transplant at Loma Linda Monday Night and is Recovering!!!

almost immediately my phone went off again:

kellanlutz @GabriellasHeart Bless your precious new heart! You are so loved! Wish you a quick and painless recovery!

AAAAHHHHH!!! Now that may not seem like alot to some people... But to ME and esp to KRISTI.... I know that made her YEAR!!! And it was worth every single second I spent practically stalking this guy! Lol!!! He really is an amazing celebrity to his fans. I don't know that he would ever read this but the joy that I saw in the picture Kristi sent me today of Gabriella was priceless and the reaction that I got from Kristi when she saw that tweet from him was AWESOME!! I can't thank him enough for that! Its the little things... its the things that take our minds off of reality and just let us have a little bit of FUN for a second that make life worth living!! That make us want to FIGHT!! That encourage us! So thank you Mr. Kellan Lutz for that encouragement!! God Bless You!

On Twitter: http://twitter.com/kellanlutz/status/14516670245

Twicon 2010

Yep it was that time of year again!! Twicon! For those of you that aren't "Twihards" just move on because you are going to hear alot of fan-girling in this post!

Last year Bestie and I had our first experience with Twicon and it was needless to say awesome! Sadly Kristi didn't get to come with me again this year and I was way sad!! But next year we are going to do it up! Wifey, Missa got to come this year and it was her first experience with the world of Twilight outside of our midnight showings haha... boy was she in for a surprise.

We flew into LAX about 10am on Friday morning the 12Th and checked into our hotel where the convention was being held. We quickly realized that we had forgotten some much needed essentials so we set out to try and find some stores nearby. After discovering that wasn't going to happen we discovered that we could catch a trolley shuttle to a mall in Santa Monica that would serve our needs. So after checking out the vendor room... And having our first encounter with "Blow up Rob".. Yes you heard me correctly. We set out for the mall. We got our needs and had lunch at Olive Garden where we got invited to Hermosa Beach by our waiter (yes we still have it girls lol) and then headed back. We made it back to catch the end of Justin Chon and who was hilarious! We then headed back to the room and napped before we had cake for my sister in law Kayla's birthday in the lobby! After that we checked out the Karaoke with Tinsel Korey who was adorable!

Saturday was filled with wolf pack goodness!!! Chaske Spenser (Sam), Kiowa Gordon (Embry), and Alex Meraz (Paul). They were all great!! Chaske was huge, and just sweet like a teddy bear, Kiowa was such a normal kid and brought his band "2 shay" with him... total screamer band that sucked lol. And Paul was a total ladies man/sweetie! He brought his artwork with him which was awesome! We also got to meet Charlie Bewley- Demetri of the Volturi! He was the most unexpected surprise! We hadn't previously purchased a photo op with him but he was SO awesome and charming that I ran out and bought one in the middle of his q&a!! We got our autographs with everyone and then headed to get a bite to eat before we got ready for the Volturi Vampire Ball. We were a little late and I guess we missed everyone except for Chaske and Kiowa. We danced for a bit and hung out and watched two guys that crashed the party take over the dance floor lol.

Sunday- :D The day I had been waiting for! Eek! First up was our picture with Kellan. I couldn't believe the difference in Security from the days before! They had ropes setup at the end of the hall so you couldn't get by unless you had a photop ticket. They had Latices's setup so you couldn't even look in the room if you walked by! Then someone came down the line and said that the actor had requested no hugs. Ha. He was totally cool and down to earth just like he was last year. He was definitely giving hugs so I asked if he would give me a hug as good as he did last year and he answered "Of course!! I've been Practicing!!" and squeezed me! :D He definitely knows how to treat his fans! There were just 2 bodyguards staring me down!! After that we got to get right back in line for our picture with Him AND Peter Facinelli! Yay! Then we got to sit there and listen to them talk for a good hour and 1/2 before we got to go to our lunch with them. Peter and I got to chat for a second about our similarity about having 3 girls which was cool and he was a total awesome guy!

One of the most awesome things about the weekend was learning what a devout Christian Kellan is. Its not something that you hear ANY of the media publishing which is really disappointing to me. He totally talked about how his favorite band last year was Skillet. And he hit on it again in the q&a this year by mentioning how his favorite music to listen to is Christian. And he just finished reading "Boundaries in Dating". He encouraged everyone to read this and stated that its changed his life. When we got him alone at our table he was first asked about his "see through shirt" that he wore and he joked about how he forgets that in certain lights it appears sheer and he wore it to church a few weeks ago and people were saying stuff to his mom :) Then that brought up the subject of the book. He started telling us about reading boundaries in dating and how he has learned about really bringing God into his relationships and honesty and how he wished that he had learned this stuff a long time ago and he would have saved himself a lot of heartache. He talked about how he was missing church cus it was Sunday and all sorts of stuff. He was just really raw and real and it was really awesome! It has also made me realize how much the media tends to twist around things and makes me sad for these actors.

After lunch we got our autographs with Peter and the weekend was over all too soon! All in all it was fun. It very different than last year from the standpoint that last year was much more relaxed and low key. Which I definitely enjoyed. I saw a lot more "crazies" this year. I would seriously be scared for my life if I were these actors. I would NOT want to do what they do! Some people are REALLY hard core... My friends at home make fun of me for how "obsessed" I am and they really have NOOOOO CLUE!! lol I mean blow up Rob? That had a seat and you changed his clothes everyday? That was just out there in my opinion.... lol I can't even imagine how Robert Pattinson would react if he saw that... I am 100% sure he would run for his life. Lol on that note.... Enjoy our pictures!!!!

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