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!