A New Year for a Carolina Princess

The time past really fast for Elizabeth after the Saint Patricks Day parade.  She attended the State Pageant with Tahler and they had a lot of fun.  The Miss America Organization is a great place for girls to grow and become young women.  I recommend this program to everyone that is out there with you girls.  It build confidence and poise better than anything else.  I feel one of the best parts of the program is that the girls have to promote a community service platform.  It is amazing what happens when you see your child passionate about something that can get the community involved.  Elizabeth has turned 13 recently and is now beginning to compete in the Outstanding Teen pageants.  It shows that the princess program is successful when you see a young girl want to do what her mentor did and accomplish the win on her own.  I am so proud of where she is now and excited about what her future holds!!!

Saying Good Bye to Miss Young Sandhills

April 3, 2011
Elizabeth had the privilege in being crowned Miss Young Sandhills last year and on Sunday, April 3rd she fare welled her reign.  She was able to preform her talent and crown the new queens.

Military Missions In Action "MMIA"

April 2, 2011
Elizabeth travel to Fuquay Varina to help Mary Catherine and Tahler pack boxes for MMIA.  MMIA was founded by Mike Dorman (http://www.militarymissionsinaction.org/index.html) it is an organization that helps disable veterans.  The girls had a blast helping this incredible organization and their volunteers package over a ton of supplies to be mailed to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Pinehurst ST Paddy's Parade and Spivey's Corner Pageant

March 19, 2011.  The girls were able to ride in the St Paddy's parade in Pinehurst.  What a busy day today was.  Elizabeth started her Saturday by playing the first half of her soccer game.  This was an extremely rough game with Elizabeth spending most of it being fouled by the other team.  Well half time came in the game and we had to rush to Pinehurst to get in line for the parade.  The girls all wore green dresses and what a sight they were.  Beautiful girls they truly are.  Leith McBrayer loaned Mary Catherine a car while I drove Tahler and Elizabeth in our mustang.  There were a ton of people lining the streets of Pinehurst. 

After the parade we were able to get a bite to eat and have a nice visit with Paul the Business Manager of Coastal Carolina and Tahlers family.  We then preceeded to go home and prepare for our drive to Spivey's Corner and attend the pageant there.  We all arrived saftely and at different times but sat with the whole group.  Tahler was preforming a clogging routine as a speical entertainment, which of course she was outstanding.  The pageant was long with alot of extra entertainment but over all a nice evening.

Photo Shoot Pictures...

So excited today I picked up the dvd of photos that Taher and Elizabeth took with Laura Ingram.  Cherished Moments Photography...She is great and loves to try new things.. 

These pictures are great.  My favorite is shown below.  Enjoy..

Miss Capital City Pageant... March 12, 2011

We had a couple of weeks off which was a real blessing because this mom was really tired.  But we are back at it and this time we headed north to Garner to see who was going to be crown the new Miss Capital City.  I must say it was a really nice pageant and the pageant committee is wonderful. KUDDOS.  The pageant was very glamorous and fun.  We attended the pageant this week without Miss Tahler she was at the beach with her youth group.  She has a great time but we truely missed her.  However the very gracious Mary Catherine took Elizabeth under her wing this evening.  She was blessed with having two princesses with her on stage...what  a lucky lady she was.  little miss Morgan was fabulous and cute and Mary Catherine really tried to get her to say her name but of course her cute little self wouldnt..  Elizabeth is doing a fabulous job at representing the Miss Coastal Carolina pageant committee and making this mom very proud.  She did have a silly moment when the mic wouldn't go back into the stand but the next Miss that was getting ready to introduce herself stepped right in and took the mic as if it was no big deal.... which by the way it wasn't.  

February 26, 2011

The girls attended the Wilmington Pageant tonight.  What a great pageant it was.  They had such a fabulous time hanging with each other.  We headed down to Wilmington around 4pm and arrived with enough time to get a quick bite to eat at TGI Fridays.  Of course we had to rush so that we could get to the pageant and visit with the other members of the audience.  Mary Catherine arrived a little after us and the three girls sat with each other.  The pageant was long but ended up with two new Queens.  After the pageant the girls visited with there friend Hillary, who was a contestant in the pageant.  Hilllary is such a fabulous girl. She is beautiful inside and out.  We headed home after dropping Mary Catherine off at home.  After a very long drive home (pulled in at 2 am) UGGG, we spent Sunday recovery.  Thank you Joei for driving!  It wonderful having great girl friends...Elizabeth is a trooper.  She is loving this.  Mom is super tired though!

Thank You Leith-McBrayer!

February 25, 2011:  Elizabeth would like to send a big THANK YOU TO LEITH MCBRAYER AUTOMOTIVE in Aberdeen, NC for their wonderful support as she prepares to attend Miss North Carolina pageant with her Outstanding Teen, Miss Kelsey Tahler Wagner.  What a wonderful business in Aberdeen!!! 

Thursday, February 24, 2010 Chick Fil A Night

Wonderful time tonight thanks to Chick Fil A in Southern Pines.  The girls were both at Chick Fil A tonight in support of Muscular Dystrophy.  Chick Fil A has made a donation to MD in honor of Tahler Wagner Miss Coastal Carolina's Outstanding Teen..  Tahler will be presenting this donation to MD at the MD walk in Apex, NC on March 26, 2011.  If you are interested in being part of Tahler's Team post to this blog and I will get back with you...

Chick Fil A night for Muscular Dystrophy

The Beginning of our year til today

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What a wild and busy life it has been for my daughter and myself. 

Beginning in November 2010, I received a phone call from a friend asking if Elizabeth wanted to be a Carolina Princess for Kelsey Tahler Wagner at the Miss Coastal Carolina Pageant.  The pageant was being held in Jacksonville, NC in two weeks.  Great we will do it!  We quickly got together with Tahler and Susan so the girls and moms could meet.  It was a quick connection between the two girls.  See Tahler is 16 and Elizabeth is 12. 

Let me back up for a quick minute:  The princess program is a mentorship program that is promoted during preliminary state competitions, so little girls can learn about the Miss America Organization and one day compete for local and state titles and eventually maybe even Miss America.  I have been involve in a local preliminary for a few years now and have seen that it is a wonderful opportunity for girls of all ages.

So the girls meet, we begin going to meeting in Clinton, NC to prepare for the upcoming pageant.  The day arrives.  Tahler is already in Jacksonville, NC because she has be interviewed by the judges, which is part of the overall competition.  Elizabeth and I arrive later to the school in Jacksonville with great anticipation for the pageant that will begin in just a few short hours.
Miss Coast Carolina 2011 pageant begins.  There will be two crowns awarded that night.  The first to Miss Kelsey Tahler Wagner for Miss Coast Carolina's Outstanding Teen and Mary Catherine Tucker for Miss Coastal Carolina.... Yeah for Tahler...Elizabeth was beside herself.  Elizabeth is now an official princess for a preliminary title holder and guess what we will be at the Miss NC pageant in June where Elizabeth will participate in activities for the pageant as well as competed for Miss North Carolina's Carolina Princess. 

The work is now beginning.... And what a busy time we have had over the past few months.  In late November and Early December the girls road in parades in their hometowns located in the Sandhills.  They also made an appearance in the  Christmas parade in Clinton, NC.  That parade was long and wet..it rained on the parade!!  Everyone was cold and wet.  So we attended Christmas Parades in almost snow, cold wind, a bitterly cold evening, and rain.  What a time but memories have been made.. YEAH.

During December Tahler and Elizabeth attended Miss North Carolina's Adrienne Core's Christmas Party.  It was a very nice event and the girls got to meet some of the other preliminary title holders.  January rolled around and as Adrienne prepared for Las Vegas the girls all attended her wardrobe showing in Garner, NC.  Another very nice event put on by the state committee. 

Well since the first of January, Tahler and Elizabeth have attended the following pageants: Mt Holly, Queen City, Thomasville, and Johnston County.  They will be attending Miss Wilmington Pageant this weekend, February 26, 2011...Go Hillary! 

The girls had the wonderful opportunity to get photography taken on the deck of the North Carolina Battleship that sits in the harbor in Wilmington... Thank you NC Battleship!

On that same weekend we had the pleasure to visit Isabella Grape dress shop in Wilmington, NC.. A must do if you are looking for a special gown.  Their staff is so helpful.  The gowns are beautiful!!

Last night, Tahler was able to talk at a Battalion FRG meeting promoting her platform: "Living a Life Without Limits".  Tahler is an amazing young women who suffers from Asthma and Muscular Dystrophy.  She is a tuff and savey girl who is an inspiration to my daughter Elizabeth and to all young people.  No matter what you have been dealt with.... You are a survivor with enough determination and faith anything is possible.

Well I suppose I have almost caught you up on what a whirlwind these girls and us two mom's have had the past few months.  I must though take a quick moment and Thank some of our friends, you know who you are, that have contributed financially to Elizabeth so that she will be able to attend the Miss North Carolina pageant in June...

Mary Catherine Tucker, Kelsey Tahler Wagner, Elizabeth Lee O'Brien