Miss Ivins Photoshoot

 All of my girls have participated in the Miss Ivins Princess Pageant

and now it's Sydnee's turn. She is doing it with a few friends of hers.

 These girls are sooo cute:

(LtoR) Shiann, MaKayla, Syd, Aspen, Nicole, Jacquel & Madysen

 The Ivins Royalty for 2012

(LtoR) Aleisha Walter, Shiann Ruesch, Kamri Hafen & Alyssa Morrison

Pageant Practice

I feel so lucky to have my little sister Tia

always willing to help me with the opening number for

the Miss Ivins Princess Pageant.

She is amazing at how she choreographs.

These girls are having so much fun and learning so well.

The Mayor's Forum

 The Mayor of Ivins asked me and Heather, along with the New Royalty, to

come and record a Local Channel TV Forum

and talk about the Pageant.

 We are very lucky that we have a mayor who believe's in the Princess Pageant Program

and always wants to give the girls opportunities to

represent our city.

 Heath, Me, Kamri, Mayor Hart, Alyssa, Shiann & Aleisha

 While working at home I turned on the TV and surprised myself,

 because I had forgotten that it was being aired.

So the first thing I see is the Mayor.

 And then there was Heather and I.

 I did not like seeing myself on TV.

But it was a fun experience.

Miss Ivins Princess Pageant 2012

 My dad came and sang, even though he had just had his 2nd knee replacement on Monday afternoon and the pageant was Saturday evening. He usually sings to the contestants, but knowing there is no way he would be comfortable for 3 hours waiting to sing, I added something to the program this year. I had him sing at the beginning so the Royalty could dance with their Dad's. My dad sang, "What A Wonderful World". That is my absolute favorite song that he sings and yes, once again, he got tons of compliments about his beautiful voice. I love my dad and so grateful to him that he is always willing to be there for me and my sisters when we need him to sing.

These handsome boys were the escorts for the night. They helped move the stage and escort the beautiful contestants. They were quite the hit with the crowd and the contestants.
From Lt. to Rt.: Braxton Kunde, Jordan Svedin,
Trevor Horlacher and Navy Dalton

 All of the contestants backstage waiting to do the opening number. We had 16 contestants this year and so much fun with these girls.

Such Silly girls and new friendships!!!

 Our 2011 Ivins Royalty in their masks.
Lt. to Rt.: Missy Madsen, Megan Leydsman and Kamri Hafen. We were missing McKensy Madsen because there was a Dance Company Review for SCHS and she was the president.

 A view from the side of the backstage.

The MC's while waiting for the judges to tally the votes and complete the ballots. They held a Mr.Ivins with our 4 escorts. (They had NO idea and were NOT very happy, especially my son) They had the audience decide with clapping, cheering and stomping. Whoever got the most cheers won, "Mr. Ivins". It was between Trevor and Navy and when they announced it they said, "Our winner is Jordan!" Trevor was so excited that it wasn't him, then they put the crown on him. You should've seen his face-NOT HAPPY! They called him the wrong name.

 The 16 contestants waiting for the announcement of the new Ivins City Royalty 2012. Our stage was absolutely beautiful, the theme was "Unmask the Magic"

All of the contestants and the escorts right after the announcement was made for the new royalty. We caught them before the families bombarded the stage and the contestants.

Our wonderful Mayor, Chris Hart with our new Royalty. (From Lt. to Rt.) Aleisha Walter-Miss Congeniality, Shiann Ruesch- 2nd Attendant, Kamri Hafen-Princess, Alyssa Morrison-1st Attendant

The New Royalty with our Escorts

Princess Pizza Party

 It's pageant time again and this year I have 16 contestants.

I wanted to get the girls together and have a pizza party and just let the girls get to know each other,

and visit and be teenagers.

 Our Theme this year is "Unmask the Magic"

Having to do with a Masquerade, so the girls made maskes at the party!!

 Of course and ate pizza and junk!!!!

Miss Ivins Photoshoot 2012

 It's that time of year again!!!

16 Contestants and March 24th!!!

 We have such amazing girls particiapting this year.

I am excited for them!!!

 

 Our beautiful royalty!!!

Megan, Kamri, Missy & McKensy

 

Miss Ivins Scholarship Pageant

You read that right, we dropped the Princess and added Scholarship. This was the first year that there will be a scholarship attached to the royalty. They will receive it when they attend the college of their choice. The Princess receives $1,000 and 1st and 2nd Attendant receive $500.00. I attended a city council meeting back in January and spoke to the city council about my passion for the program and how these girls should be thanked for their service with a scholarship. Being on the royalty isn't all about the crown and banner and parades, it's about helping the community of Ivins and being ambassadors and representatives of our beautiful city. There currently is only one city that awards a scholarship and that would be Washington, now there are two, us included.

Below are pictures from the evening of the pageant. The girls were absolutely amazing and beautiful. There would be NO way that I would be able to accomplish this without the help of Heather Kunde, my pagaent specialist- Tia Stokes (my little sister) who choreographs and teaches the girls the opening number and Sunshine (my sister-in-law) who takes care of all the judges. They are amazing and help me make this pageant incredible. Enjoy the evening through some of the pictures that were taken.

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Trevor was one of my escorts for the evening, he is standing with Jessika Talbot, 2nd Attendant and Jocelyn Bozarth, Miss Ivins

My dad came to sing for the pageant. The past 3 years he has sang and this year I was going to give him the night off. Well when a few people found out about the pageant, the first thing they asked was, "Is you dad singing in the pageant?" When I said, "No" they said that he was the best part of the pageant and they loved his voice. Well after hearing that same response 5 times, I decided to call and invite him to come and sing again. So back by popular demand, my dad came to sing to the girls. Tayvia (My neice) came and sang the National Anthem Heather Kunde was my sidekick through this whole pageant preparation. She is wonderful to work with. We had both of our sons as two of the escorts. This was the entry hall with the pictures of all the contestants and the royalty. Our royalty with the judges and the auditor for dinner.

Sunshine and the auditor right before the pageant started.

Our Handsome Escorts: Aaron Potter, Dillon Hurt, Trevor & Braxton Kunde

The contestants right before the pageant was going to start in their Opening Number Outfit.

The Royalty welcoming everyone to the pageant. Britney, Jessika & Jocelyn

Our wonderful MC's: Susanna Landon & Mindy Muller

I wanted a talkshow feel and they were awesome!!!

Trevor escorting Brittney, Contestant #8

All of the contestants right after the evening gown competition

My dad singing to the girls, "What a Wonderful World"

Trevor escorting the Princess for her final walk.

Ivins 2011 Royalty: (L to R)

M.Leydsman (Miss Congeniality), McKensy Madsen (2nd Attendant), Miss Madsen (Miss Ivins), Kamri Hafen (1st Attendant)

Me after all of these festivities, Cambria felt like I needed a picture.

Trevor and Miss Ivins, Jocelyn Bozarth

The new royalty with our handsome escorts: Megan (Miss Congeniality) & Trevor,
McKensy (2nd Attendant) & Aaron, Missy (Miss Ivins) & Dillon, Kamri (1st Attendant) & Braxton

There would've been NO WAY that I could do all this without the support and help of my wonderful husband, who is always by my side.