Gwinnett County Pageant 2008

Wow, what a week. This was the week for the Miss Gwinett County Pageant. All of the girls were involved in the pageant this year. We have been rehearsing for about a month now. Mamaw has been working on the dresses for a while and man are they beautiful.

Thursday evening started the events. Emma was in the baby pageant at 6:30 on the 11th. What a time for a baby pageant. All the kids are hungry and getting tired. They really should rethink that. Emma did a wonderful job. She was gorgeous in her dress. She won miss photogenic and got a crown and a trophy for her work. She was so grateful to get out of the blazing hot building and was so happy when she got outside.

On Sunday at 1pm, also a horrible time for a pageant no church that day, the girls took the stage competing for Wee Miss Gwinnett County. Their were 16 girls in the 3-4 year olds. Nikki was number 2 in the line up. She did a wonderful job. She walked all the x's and did all the turns by herself while keeping her pretty feet and hands even her smile in tacked. She was beautiful. I was so proud of her and she was excited. She loved the whole thing. Victoria was number 11 so she had a little wait before going on stage. She was so pretty in her bright pink dress and beautiful smile. The girls had such a good time showing off their pretty dresses and acting like princesses on the stage. It was just to cute for words.

Nikki won Miss Photogenic for her age group. She got her very first crown and trophy. She was so ecstatic as soon as we got back to the dressing room she asked if she could do another pageant. Oh no, I think I'm in trouble. So anyway here we go into the pageant scene. I vow to keep it to small local pageants and only a couple a year. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Disney

Oh my gosh, we had the best dang time at Disney World. We stayed at Fort Wilderness Resort in Orlando. It was absolutely great. We did not have to drive anywhere. Saturday we took the boat over to the magic kingdom. Nikki was soooo excited. The look on her face paid for the whole trip and that is asking a lot. Everyone told me that my children were to young to enjoy themselves and it would just be a hastle. Give me a break people. It was the best vacation. We went at the right time of year and the weather was not to bad. Yes, lots of rain but that kept us cool. Everyone at the Magic Kingdom was so nice. Nikki got to ride a lot of the rides and saw Minnie's house. She adored the castle and all the princesses. She even got a princess kiss. Parker also enjoyed the trip. He got to ride several things and loved all the characters.

On Sunday we took a trip to Blizzard Beach. It is a great water park in Disney. Both kids had the best time. Parker even went down a water slide by himself. That was all daddy I was busy having a heart attack at the bottom of the slide waiting on him to come down safely. Brian had to leave that night for work in Brazil. I could not believe he had to leave our trip. That part was not fun.

Sea World was a whole different story. That place was awful. It was so hot and everyone there had a horrible attitude. Parker loved seeing all the animals and really enjoyed the dolphin show. Which by the way was much better than Shamu. I really could have left 10min after we got there.

Tuesday we left for the beach, St. Augustine. It is absolutely beautiful. The old buildings are great. The kids loved the beach. The first day was so peaceful. The kids were able to play in the water, build sand castles with Papaw and search for shells with Nanny. We had a great all you can eat crab legs dinner by the pier and the kids really enjoyed the atmosphere. After the first day the water got really choppy due to the storms. It was great for the adults who love to play in the waves but not so much for the children. They learned to "stand tough" so the waves did not knock them down. Brian got to rejoin us there. Parker was so glad to see him back with us. That day he fell asleep on Daddy at the beach with the waves and the wind blowing. I was so jealous. We came back with so many sea shells I have no idea what to do with them all.

All in all it was a great vacation and I would love to go back next year.