Yesterday was an amazing day! I got to finally hang out with my new sister queens, Sophia, Alison, Dejah, and Mandy, the only one missing was Autumn, the princess queen. The Jr. Teen cover girl also joined us for a great time at the Sheridan Days carnival! I'm originally from McMinnville and my parents still live there but I attended Sheridan High School. I drove 30 miles everyday just to go to school there, I loved it! I graduated from SHS in 2009, and was given the opportunity to participate in the fair, how could I turn that down!? We all met early and took a ton of pictures! (moms will be moms) and enjoyed the carnival. We even got to meet and take a picture with Mary Starrett! We ate krispy kremes, drank strawberry lemonade, and even got friendship bracelets!! Then we went to the rides, Dejah the Jr. Teen Queen and Tabitha the Jr.Teen Covergirl went on the Ring of Fire! How they held down the Krispy Kremes is still a mystery! Sophia the Jr. Preteen Queen and I climbed up and went down the super slide! I'm afraid of heights so I was a little scared, and Sophia made fun of me because she is 9 and fearless! lol. I love that little girl. During the parade it was so much fun waving and seeing people I knew. My sister queens are hilarious and so full of energy! We were told we couldn't throw candy so we didn't bring any but people threw it anyway so we felt bad when we didn't have any to pass out. I think about 6 little boys asked us for our numbers, and about 30 people asked why there is so many Miss Oregon, we had to explain age divisions. haha. All in all it was such a great experience! I cant wait to for further appearances with my sister queens, I love them so much already!!

Story time! Before pageant weekend, I told my friend Angela (Elle) that if I won I would love it if she would take my promotion pictures. She excitedly agreed! After I won I could not wait to shoot with her. I have seen some of her pictures on Flickr and she is just sooooo talented! So on Friday, after class we went to her house where we got ready, loaded the car with my 30 outfits and 10 pairs of shoes (hey, im a girl, what can you do?) we headed up to Pittock Mansion in Portland and started shooting away! 4 outfits, 300 pictures and tons of congratlations for random strangers later and now I have some of the most amazing pictures of me in my cronwn and banner. I have uploaded one of them, and heres the link to go to her Flickr site and check them out! She is so amazingly talented and she can do your pictures too! I hope you enjoy them! :)

Last weekend I was given the oppertunity to meet the the Yamhill County Board of Commisioners. I was so nervous, but what a great group of ladies! They were so sweet, and very down to earth! Here is a picture from that day. You can see more on my facebook. If you ever see them anywhere, go say hi! They are some of the neatest ladies you will ever meet!

I am your new 2010-2011 National American Miss Oregon Teen

May 28th-31st was one of the most amazing weekends ever. I still cant believe I was crowned Miss Oregon Teen. I was also awarded 1st Runner up Casual Wear, Actress winner, 1st runner up Miss Personality, and Best Resume! I cannot wait to start really getting busy with appearances, activities and preparing for Nationals in DISNEYLAND! Where I have never been! I have made this blog so that everyone can follow my year, plus blogging is the cool thing to do. Lol. Stayed tuned for pictures, post, and who knows what else on my new blog!