The rest of Blog #1

Good Morning friends,
So now you get to hear all about the fashion show!

On my last blog I told you we had dance practice twice so we all could really rock it!
Here is a picture of us in our dance practice gear, Shirts from Couture Cowgirl

So now that we where full from eating too much at Whiskey Creek, we put on our donated outfits.
Jeans from CJ Jeans, Shirts from Cowgirl Trailer Trash, Jewelry from Silver Steer Boutique and belts and boots of our choice. As the showroom filled up with people, we all got very excited.

 Here is Rachel and I giving our best "model" pose!

We all did a dance and showed them how we do it! Then each lady modeled her outfit and answered an on stage personality question. Quick change into our fun jeans outfit of our choice.

 I wore an outfit I have always loved, made my friend and designer Janelle Baldwin of Fort Collins, Co.

We then all answered the same on stage question, the question was about if we woke up the next morning and we where suddenly NFPB President Clint Jackson, what would we do all day? It was fun to have him in the audience when we answered this question!

Next we all put on our dressed and modeled them and then it was speech time!
 I was so excited to do my speech and I wore a dress I designed and was made for me by Donna Riva of California.

After speeches we all got back on stage one more time for everyone to have a final look!

 All of the ladies did so good at speeches and we all learned something! Next it was into rodeo attire and we headed to the Stetson Hat Outlet in St. Joe. We all got to shop and have some fun and pick out the hat we would like to have if we won the title.
Rachel decided to try a new style of hat, I don't think it will catch on!

 I found this super cute shirt, I love orange a bit too much!


After lots of fun at Stetson we packed up in Rachel's truck and headed downtown to a Chamber of Commerce social. We met many of the owners of local businesses and sponsors of the NFPB

Here we all are with the representatives from AFLAC, a great new sponsor of the NFPB. Next it was time to help with the pony rides again at the Civic arena before the bull riding began.
The NFPB puts on such a fun night with fire! and I love fire!

   All of us ladies continued to meet and greet the crowd and raise money for the people's choice award. We helped with the mutton busting again and then signed autographs after the performance.
It was such a fun night and we even saw a 90 point ride!

Off to bed we went because Saturday morning was coming early.

As Saturday morning rolled around, we where all pretty excited for the day, it was going to be a long but fun one.
This day I curled my hair, I had been trying different styles since I cut off my hair this past summer. It is still short and I like then I can do it strait and curly!

Breakfast buffet at Terrible's Casino is where we headed. Terrible's had the most amazing breakfast buffet I think I had ever seen, I am allergic to so much breakfast food, but this place must have know I was coming because there was so much for me to eat!

 I really enjoyed our morning at Terrible's, I used to go to Terrible's when I was living in Vegas, but the one there is nothing like the one in St. Joe!
After breakfast we got the permission of our waitress to go outback to the riverfront and do some photos.

 I have been called "long legs" my whole life, and in this photo you can see why!

We grabbed a quick pic with the manager of the buffet and then had a bit more fun posing with the fun decor at Terrible's

After we all where stuffed, we headed to the Civic Arena for the VIP Rodeo. This is one of the most amazing things I have been apart of. When I was there before competing for the title of Miss NFPB, I had so much fun and I couldn't wait to do it again.

I think all of us ladies where looking forward to meeting these VIP people.

After the Special rodeo, we had to get ready for our interviews.
Each girl was given 15 minutes to wow the jugdes.
We each then had a surprise interview where we had to pretend to interview a potential sponsor for the NFPB. This was the funnest interview I have ever had.


After all the pressure of  interviews, we all took a written test and did photos with Paula.

One more  outfit change and it was back to the Civic Arena for more pony rides, mutton busting, money raising and autograph signing.

 This was Rachel's last night as queen and she did look amazing!! What a great role model she is to us all.

This was the end of the pageant, because the next morning was the awards banquet and crowing of the new queen.
We all went to bed excited for the next day!