Miss Utah 2009

Miss Utah begins! The first event is the "Show Us Your Shoes"! Traditionally at Miss America during the parade on the boardwalk... the spectators would yell to the contestants..."Show Us Your Shoes" ! Miss Utah has an event too....the girls make shoes that represent her community! Really fun! The girls are amazingly creative! Staci's shoes were Spectacular! Her mom made the cutest Purple Turtle shoes ever!

She is a cutie!

Purple Turtles forever!

Here is Staci our very own Miss Pl Grove with her Little Miss... Sadie!

Here is our Whitney! Miss Utah County!

Pleasant Grove is well represented this year! Here is Kami! Miss Weber!

Staci with her adoring "fans"!

First Parades of the Year!

Always eating....

They look beautiful!

Visit to the Capital

Governor (almost) Herbert met with the girls
Ashley and Bailee -our Rodeo Queen's

Then it was on to an exclusive tour of the Capital!

Here they are on the steps of the capital with Mayor Mike Daniels

Our special tour took them right into the Senate and House of Representatives

Our final stop was the Gold Room!

Thanks to Amanda's friend that took us on the BEST TOUR ever! What a fun time we had! Who get's to do all these things? So much fun!

Good Things Utah

On the set at GTU!

Hmmm? New anchors?

Always eating.... :)))

Our Rodeo Queens

Studio Pics

Audience members!



All the crew!

Good Things Utah

Here is Emily getting ready for the cooking segment on Good Things Utah. Emily made a yummy Lemon Berry Pie... It was delicious!

Garden Room Restaurant

After Good Things Utah it was off to lunch at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Yummy Yummy! This is a fun day for mom's or Grandma's to come with us!


Going Down???

Be Loyal to the Royal!

We also went to the Church Administration building for a visit with Elder Jay Jensen. Elder Jay E. Jensen is currently serving as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy, having served in Area Presidencies in Central and South America and in different areas in the USA and Canada.

Elder Jensen gave the girls a wonderful talk and left them with the message that they were all beautiful on the outside with their crowns and banners but to always "Be Loyal to the Royal" that is inside of you. It was awesome!
He also gave them the opportunity to ask him any questions "they have ever wanted to ask" and told them the purpose of the conference room that they were in. Each of the chairs the girls sat in were the chairs used by the 12 apostles when they meet there, which they do weekly. At the head of the table were three chairs that were for the 1st Presidency.

Here are our beautiful Rodeo Queens!

At the conference table -sharing very special chairs.

The staircase in the administration building

President Monson's chair.

The End of a Really Fun Day!

So Dang Cute!

Mady ~ Amanda ~ Kimberly ~Adriana ~ Emily

Open Hearts

This year Mady Memmott created a platform called “Open Hearts”. It is about working in our community to break the stigma that sometimes is placed on those with special needs. One of her ideas was to invite four very special young women from our high school to ride with our royalty on the Pleasant Grove float in the Strawberry Day’s parade. They will also be attending our queen’s tea and some other events. Here is a picture of them the night they received the "crowns and pins" at city council meeting! What a fun time we are going to have!

Look Who Graduated!

Here are our 4 gorgeous Pleasant Grove High School grads!
Way to go ladies! I am so proud of YOU!

Mady ~ Amanda ~Kimberly ~ Adriana~

Too stinkin cute!

City Council Meetings

Each week in May the royalty attends city council meetings throughout the county. They take a strawberry cheesecake and invite the cities to attend Strawberry Day's! The cities really look forward to them coming!

Here they are with our Rodeo royalty that also goes with them.