Hello, I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Sandi, I often go by Amethyst online. I'm pretty new to MLP:FiM fandom. I've been watching the series with my daughters, and I've always been a fan of animation. Well-done, well-written animation, I should qualify! FiM is definitely all of those! We sing songs from the show for bed time stories, and pretty much anytime we won't annoy the heck out of everyone else.
I haven't been to any sort of con in a long time. I used to be into Elfquest (the original series) WAY back when I was a teen, and was part of a fan club, attended cons in costume and the whole 9 yards. I had some bad experiences at one con, and dropped out of fandom altogether for a long time.
I am hoping to attend the 2013 con. I like that it's advertised as family friendly, I plan on bringing my fillies! I'm going to check into perhaps helping out with a panel. I don't live anywhere near Seattle so it's going to be a fun trip for us!