Miss America Preliminary Nights

Everything you can see, ALL the way back is part of the UTAH crowd!!!!

This is an outside view of the Wyndham resort.

Send of Party and my 22nd BIRTHDAY!!!!

I only got one picture on the night of Kayla's send off party. It's this picture with Kayla and I. Kayla gave me the scarf for my birthday.

Steve got me a laptop for my birthday!!!!!
It's RED and a Dell XPS. It's really really awesome! I love it. Thank you honey!

This is my dad and Steve hanging out on my birthday!

Mom got me a birthday cake. It was good!

Steve also got me a bamboo plant for my birthday! Just like you always say mom, "He listened and remembered when I said I wanted something and then he got it for me!" Hopefully I can keep this plant alive in our cute little basement.

The very first week back in school we got a TON of snow! Steve and I shoveled not only our driveway, but many of our neighbors and helped them get unstuck.

This Arizona boy looks so cute in the snow! :-)

Final Night of Miss America

Cami and I got our pictures with Clinton Kelly

Grandpa and Grandma were able to come for the whole week!

Kayla and Stacey hit a pose.

Camille was able to come for almost the whole week. Thanks Elliott for letting her come. We had blast together!

Steve and I supporting our #1 Miss Utah! We love you Kayla

Look at all those beautiful Barclay girls!

The beautiful Heidi and Kayla. It was so sweet of them to come!

Carl's family came every night! They were such a wonderful support to Kayla. We love you Croslands!

Nan and Carl Purcell, Kayla's piano teacher and husband were able to be there the night Kayla performed her talent and the final night. But above all, they were able to be back stage when Kayla was announced as a non-finalist talent winner. It was so exciting for them to hear that!

My aunt Dixie and cousin Rachel were able to come for the entire week. We had a lot of fun together. I'm so glad they could come!

Desirae and Kelin Jones were Kayla's personal coaches. They helped her so much in preparing for both Miss Utah and Miss America.

This picture is really dark, but it is a picture of Kayla when she was announced a non-finalist talent winner! Yeah Kayla! She totally deserved it! Her piano piece was AWESOME!!!!

Mom and dad were sooo incredible the whole week. They had everything organized and took care of all of us while we were there. We love you mom and dad! They look really good in this picture too!

Ben and Tuesdee and Britanee and Kassidee got to come the final night. They all look so nice. Tuesdee looks great in long hair! :-) Tuesdee and Ben got some fantastic pictures too so you'll have to check out her website.

Kayla is absolutely beautiful. We are so proud of her for keeping her standards and being such a wonderful example to not only all the contestants she competed with, but to the whole world. We couldn't be any more proud of her performance at Miss America!!!!!

This is Stacey (Jonathan's girl friend. Jonathan is Carl's brother) She took the time to make a beautiful scrapbook album for Kayla. The scrap book papers that I passed around to all the families memebers were for this book. Thank you Stacey. It turned out so beautiful!

Here is a picture of my handsome husband and me. He looks sooo good in a tux! Thank you honey for supporting Kayla and this "pageant stuff" so much! I love you!

My beautiful mother-in-law came to support Kayla and have a fun weekend with the girls in Las Vegas! Thank you mom. I love you!

Here's a picture of Heidi and me all dressed up in our fansy clothes!

My cousin Jeanette was able to come the whole week and Kirk was able to come the last night with her. Don't they look great in this pic. We had a blast with you Netty! We love you!

Scotty and his beautiful wife Stephanie! You guys look sharp!

John and Markell look fantastic too! Markell was able to get her beautiful dress from Lila Lee in Gunnison!

I had to catch a picture of Nan and Carl.

This is a great picture of Ben, Tuesdee, Brittanee, and Kassidee infront of the stage!

Mom and Dad are so good looking. We love you sooo much mom and dad!

I was so excited that I got to spend a whole week with Cami. I loved it! Thank you Cami for being such a wonderful example to me and for teaching me so many things. I love you and can't wait to see you again!

This is my mother-in-law, my auntie Sharon and cousin Heidi. They look very beautiful and had a blast in Vegas. Thank you so much for coming!