The third weekend in March was the annual Dreamcatcher Bingo with Sleigh & Cutter. I have never seen Katie O'Leary's so full! It was so much fun to see so many people involved and having a great time raising money for an even greater cause!
Last Thursday I had my first meeting with the Waseca Rotary for the Cake Auction! I am so so so excited to be helping with this event! The Rotary is raising funds for the Waseca County Weekend Backpack program and Semillas de Amor in Guatemala. The backpack program supplies food for a weekend to students in elementary school that are in need. Many people in our community do not realize how little some students have. This program allows the kids to have full bellies all weekend while they are away from school. Semillas de Amor is an orphanage in Guatemala that houses 24 children. The Waseca Rotary is donating water purification systems to the orphanage. Clean water + full bellies = healthy kids! The Cake Auction is May 15 at the Boat House in Waseca! I cannot wait for this event! It is going to be so fun!
This past weekend was the Miss Minnesota Outstanding Teen pageant! My sister queens, Sadie and Alyssa, have been preparing so diligently and it brought me to tears to see them shine on stage (I was actually crying). There hard work definitely paid off. Sadie was the best I had ever seen her! I was such a proud sister queen. And Alyssa took 2nd runner up! It was a successful day for both of them! HUGE congratulations are in order for Miss Lauren Algyer. You rocked the stage Saturday and are so so deserving of this! Congratulations!
Saturday was also Miss Minnesota Orientation! It is crazy that Miss Minnesota week is only 2 months away. I can hardly believe it. It is SO real now! It was so fun to finally meet everyone. I decided on being contestant number 23 which means I will have lifestyle/fitness and evening gown on Wednesday (June 11) and talent and onstage question on Thursday (June 12). I also found out who I am rooming with!!!! I am so excited (I realize I say that phrase a lot, but I can't help it) to be rooming with Miss Frazee, Ashley Laine. We both love coffee, so we will obviously get along. (: We also got complimentary sunglasses (see the pic). Lauren and I were pretty excited about them if you can't tell.
Miss MN is sneaking up so fast! I am so excited for school to be done because that means Miss MN is here!
xoxo,
Katie
