September 10-11: I spent the weekend reminiscing about my year as Mrs. Kentucky. I went through all my pictures from Mrs. America and from all my appearances. I picked out some of my favorites to use in this years program book. I also wrote my goodbye letter for the program book :(. This year has flown by but I have truely enjoyed every minute of it and know that I will forever have the memories from it!!

September 17: I was honored to be a judge at Grillin up a cure for Cystic Fibrosis in Glasgow. I brought my appetite with me. I judged bbq sauce, baked beans, pulled pork, pork shoulder and ribs......YUM!! Of course I wanted to contribute myself so I joined in on the festivities and tried the cake walk........ and I won!!!! I picked the most delicious cake; Hershey's Chocolate. It was incredible. My husband and my son also won at the cake walk so not only did I get my belly full of great bbq I also took home some yummy sweets. Thanks to Wendy White and Jamie Britt for inviting me to judge and help out such a great cause. I had a terrific time and a lot of money was raised.

August 27: I spent the day in Louisville with QM and the queens club for a 10year photo shoot to celebrate Jo Ann's (aka Queen Mom's) tenth year as director for the Mrs. Kentucky pageant. All the formers looked amazing and our photo's turned out GREAT!! Thank you D for letting us use your home for the photo shoot. After the shoot we had dance rehearsal for the dance number all the formers we will be preforming at this years Mrs. Kentucky pageant. Then, since we were all dressed up in our black cocktail dresses from the photo shoot we went out for a nice dinner at Jeff Ruby's..... it was delicious.

August 28: I Went to lexington for the Mrs. Kentucky workshop. It was held at The Wedding Center Tres Chic Boutique and Salon Plaza. Thank you Deata for all your help and letting us use your store for this years workshop. All of the contestants that came were amazing. I had a great time getting to know them and to give them some insight on my year as Mrs. Kentucky. Any one of them would make a wonderful addition to or "queens club". I am looking forward to October 8th to see which one of these lucky ladies will be crowned the next Mrs. Kentucky!!

I invite you all to please come out and join me for Grillin' Up A Cure Cystic Fibrosis BBQ Cook-Off & Auction Sep 17, 2011 at 3:30 pm. Barren River Plaza , Glasgow, KY. I will be judging!!! :) There will lots of good food and games for the kids. All the proceeds will benefit a young girl from Glasgow who is sufferinging from Cystic Fibrosis. If you have any items that you would like to donate for the auction, please let me know. Thanks for all your support!!