Oh, who doesn’t love a night at the Ritz!  Saturday night I worked the Breath of Life Gala for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  I was put to work selling Mystery Raffle Boxes – surprisingly this was easier than selling checking accounts at my job!  During the Gala, I was invited to model the Dierks Bentley autographed [...]

    On Friday, I was invited to attend and model at the Tonya Allen Foundation Red Carpet Fashion Show and Gala.  Everyone had such a great time at the event!!!  When I first arrived, I was interview by Channel 3′s Brittney Shipp!  Then I had the chance to work the red carpet with several other [...]

This past weekend my family and I attended the Helldorado Days Parade in Tombstone.  We started the weekend off by 4 wheeling in Florence, then stayed the night in beautiful Sierra Vista.  We enjoyed breakfast with the National Guard who are currently protecting our border and then headed off to Tombstone.  At the Parade, I [...]

On October 10th, I got my husband and son up early and headed down to the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure 2010 at Wesley Bolin Plaza so I could run in support of Breast Cancer Awareness.  I have ran in countless races, but this race had to be the largest I’ve ever participated [...]

                                              This morning, I had the joy to attend the 2nd Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Ride in Peoria.  This event is led by Teresa Fillemann, a 16 year breast cancer survivor!  Teresa and Southwest Bike did a phenomenal job organizing an event for a very worthy cause.  Over 125 riders showed up this year!

This past Thursday night, I was invited to be a part of Eddie Money’s BizBash benefiting HopeKids.  Wow, what a fabulous event!!!  It was held at the Venue of Scottsdale – which is set up so you feel like you are outside on a New Orleans street.  This event was amazing – great entertainment, fantastic [...]

Who started it all – Julie Dilorenzo!  Thank you so much for asking me to enter your pageant 15 years ago!  Mr & Mrs. World, Tommy and Diane Tucker.  I’m so glad I met you at Miss Arizona in 1998!  Elisa Rister Mrs. Arizona 2009 and me.  Ashley McCants one of my [...]

Monday, October 4, 2010 Day 8 – Finals Well, today was the big day – Finals competition.  While I wasn’t selected for the Top 12, I know I did my absolute best.  The tiny disappointment of not making top 12 was short lived when my good friends – Colorado and Conneticut were called for Top [...]

Yep, we spent day 7 doing you guessed it – rehearsals!  We managed to get through prelims, now it was time to focus on Finals.  I don’t really have many pictures from day 7 because I think I was pretty tired after a long week and was really focused on getting the finals show down [...]

Monday, October 4, 2010 Flowers Galore Thank you to each and every one of you that sent me beautiful flowers during me week at Mrs. America.  It was so nice to walk into my room after a long day and see a gorgeous bouquet of flowers.  My room began to look more and more like [...]