Rachel Kelderman Miss NFPB 2010

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Kid's Mix, Sunset Park, Las Vegas

Yes it was hot and hot! But I do love kids so I was excited to go mingle with some. I talked to a lot of people about the NFPB and I really enjoyed it. Here are some pictures from our afternoon there.

Tara and I pretending to fight each other



We met a NASCAR driver

The DJ from the radio station that put on the event


Las Vegas Rebels Mascot


and my favorite one! Who does not belong in this picture? lol

day 2 in my old stomping ground

The next morning I hurried over to Nina and Tara's house and we piled up in Nina's car. It was hot just like I remembered :>
We went to a place I had never been before, let alone even heard of. SkyZone was a huge warehouse of trampolines. Nina had some of Tara's friends waiting there to surprise her!


We all put on the special shoes and jumped till my belly hurt.


Tara and I had a great time jumping

 After an hour of some amazing exercise we went to Metro Pizza. This was one of my favorite places when I lived there. It was Tara's birthday and a dozen of eleven year olds and I ate pizza and laughed a bunch.


Tara got some really nice gifts

After lunch Tara and I went to the restroom and when we came back, we where like 2 different people! Both now dresses as queens.


Miss Nevada PreTeen 2010 and Miss NFPB 2010

Next we headed to Sunset Park for Kids Mix.......

Gonna be a good week :>

By the next day I had made a decision and worked out details and I loaded up bright and early in the same red van mom and I had driven to St. Joe. But this time it was not filled with good smelling leather and clean ladies. Instead it was 3 boys and me....

My brother Josh and his friends Matt and Simon where headed to L.A. for the weekend for a car show. My brother and Simon both make clothing and wanted to hit this show to sell shirts.
My brothers website is eeffect apparel I have done almost all the photography for him :> Simon has a page as well and his is  ninja status apparel . Now neither of them have anything to do with horses or rodeo, but I give them so much props for starting their own business and working so hard.

I had made arrangements to spent the weekend staying with one of my Vegas friends Kandress. When I lived there she was a wedding coordinator and I was a photographer so we spent alot of time together and became good friends. I also told my friend Nina that I was coming and she made plans for me to spend time with her and her daughter. Her daughter just won Miss Nevada PreTeen, so we planned on doing some appearances together. Nena asked me if I was going to the rodeo and I had not even realized that it was rodeo weekend in Vegas. I quick send a message to a lady I knew there named Bunny, we had been on the Miss Rodeo Nevada committee together. She told me to get dressed and come on down when I had time and they would have me run flags. I was sure excited to help while I was in town!


My view from the back seat of the van.

So about 12 hours later we arrived, with 4 drivers it makes it easy to make good time. I did the final drive into Vegas, since it was my hometown.

I had make arrangements for the guys to stay at Eastside Cannery, since it was right by my old house and I had put Josh there before, and it is so clean and new and always great deals. I got myself a rental car from Alamo, for only a few $ a day, they where so desperate for business, I got a great deal! I was the driver of a white PT Cruiser for the weekend :>

They guys spent the night at the hotel and then drove on to L.A. the next morning. I spent the night at Kandress's house, her husband and her stayed up and made me chicken and mashed potatoes! my fave

Autograph sheets

I have already talked about getting my photos taken, so once that was done I was able to put together my autograph sheets. One of my best friends put the backside together for me. Thanks Kellie Carr

Be sure to check her out at Plus One Productions

I dropped them off to be printed at Ron's Printing in Longmont, Co. They had 500 done for me in 2 days! Amazing :>

Visit them at Ron's Printing

Here are 2 pictures I took with my iPhone after I picked them up