Washington State Cinderella!

WOW! What an AMAZING weekend we just had! Full of lots of smiles and of course a few tears.

The highlights:

Kicking off the pageant with our Jump In Jump Out Introduction game.... It turned out to be a big hit with the kids.... then the dance party - the kids had fun and I think it was a great ice breaker for them all.

4 hours at the family fun center - gosh that was the best! We had pizza and then had a few hours in the park. The kids played put put golf, bumper boats, laser tag and a bunch of arcade games - the frog hopper was a particular hit! LOL

70's party - yeah - pretty sure this was created for the adults LOL - the seemed to have more fun than anyone! The girls had a great time doing the Cindy Disco and something about thumbs up, elbows back, chest out, buns back... a tee tah a tee tah a tee tah tah - that was HYSTERICAL!

But the ultimate highlight was the final show! It felt like we were at Internationals! I was backstage for the production number - but the oohs and aahs from the audience told the story - that was fabulous! The staging was amazing - the lights - the sound... wow! And the show as SO smooth! Just ran like clockwork! My most cherished moment though was the girls performing to "For Good" from Wicked. Kennedy and the WA royalty members worked many hours on this royalty production number and it was so sweet! Kennedy and Gianina sang the parts and Brooklynn, Starley and Delaney danced. Jade was our little princess and she got to interact with the singers and the dancers - it was just precious!!!! SUPER DUPER HUGE thank you to Jen Jen and all of the royalty members for making that little dream of mine come true - you brought tears to everyones eyes - it was SO precious!!!!! I will never forget those moments - you were all so amazing.

The hardest part of the weekend was having to say goodbye to the 2008 royalty. I hope it isn't really a goodbye - I know it won't be in the typical sense - but that portion of the experience has come to an end and it was so sad to see it go. I am so greatful for the part each of them played in the best year of our lives! We have been truely blessed!

Congratulations to the 2009 Royalty - Lillian, Abigail, Haley, Chantel and Kirstie - your going to have a wonderful year and I am excited for you all to come to Internationals - it is going to be so fun!

More Cinderella Fun!

Gosh! A lot has happened in the last 2 weeks!

OREGON STATE
May 10-11 was the Oregon state pageant. Kennedy and I were invited down to visit and we had the best time! The Oregon Cinderella girls are so friendly. Kennedy met a lot of new people and made friends so quickly. They had a 70's party and a cindy fair lunch - which were a lot of fun. They invited Kennedy to sing 3 times and she really enjoyed that. We also got to meet Rori from Arizona and that was really special. I hope to be able to post a few pictures here soon - I just don't have them on this computer.

ROYALTY WEEKEND
May 16-17 was the Washington Royalty weekend and they were so kind to allow Kennedy and I to tag along. Jan and Tami treated all the queens to 2 days at the Great Wolf Lodge! We arrived on Saturday afternoon to a little bit of a crown scare! I had Kennedy's crown box attached to my suitcase and when I got up to the room, Jonny noticed that the box was open and the crown was gone! I RAN down the hall (something we are never supposed to do right?) asking everyone if they had seen a crown... I got some VERY strange looks. I retraced my steps and finally found the crown! Fortunately it had fallen out in a flower bed and was in perfect condition - whew! Then we spent about 4 hours in the waterpark before heading in for some dinner. The girls at as fast as they could so they could make it back to the waterpark. After the park closed we went up to the arcade and had a great time with the girls there... we closed it down at 11pm and headed up to bed. Next morning the girls were up and eager to go. We got into the waterpark around 10:30 I think and didn't leave until 6:00. Then another quick dinner before another trip to the arcade. We didn't leave the lodge until 9pm! oh my goodness! Thank you to Jan and Tami for the super cute kid kabin suites, balloons to mark our arrival and dinner on saturday night. What a treat! Thank you Jonny for the cute GWL t-shirts for the girls - that was really special.

Just a few more days until the Washington state pageant! I have a lot of work to do getting her scrapbook done and getting everything ready. We are so excited for our own state pageant - but so sad to be saying goodbye to such a great royalty group! What an amazing year it has been!

Our Latest

WOW! April 20th since the last post? Time sure flies... let me see - what have we been up to?

Well - Kennedy had her state gymnastics competition on April 26th. She had a pretty solid day - no major mistakes so she was pretty excited about that! She finished 7th place in the Child C division (TOUGH GROUP) with a 35.4.

Then this last weekend we spent at the Miss Washington Spring Forum! Kennedy had so much fun at the Princess Tea, Storytime, Taco Dinner and Teen party. Spring Forum is part of the Miss Washington (Miss America) programs preparations for the State pageant in July. The princesses are paired with a teen and this was their official crowning weekend. On Sunday they had a Bowling fundraiser to benefit Childrens Miracle Network - so we supported that event with a group of our Cinderella friends. Thank you to James, Aaron, Abigail and Taylor for the fun day of bowling!

Up next - OREGON STATE! We are so excited to begin our Cinderella State tours with the Oregon state pageant! I can't believe it is here ALREADY! WOW! We are looking forward to meeting everyone in Oregon this weekend!