Oh, Hello 2015 - It's almost time for the next!

Hi!

Saturday was the first rehearsal for the Miss Muscatine 2015 pageant, and I’m thrilled to say that there are 12 beautiful contestants to compete for the following three titles: Miss Muscatine, Miss Pearl City, and Miss Riverview. Why will three titles be awarded you ask? Well through the generous support from the Muscatine community and the desire to provide more scholarship money, the program is able to select three titleholders to represent the Muscatine area at the 2015 Miss Iowa pageant. Each titleholder will receive a $3,000 scholarship… I can attest to how helpful that is with paying for school. THANK YOU to those who make that possible. The 2015 Miss Muscatine pageant will be on Saturday, January 10 at 7 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center in Muscatine.

I’ve been back in the great state of Iowa for a week now. It’s been wonderful to have my family back together at home for the first time in a year! We had Christmas Eve at my aunt’s house and played games into the night. Playing games is so underrated… We had so much fun! However I did learn that it’s awful to roll a “K” in Scattergories. I’ve been post-Christmas shopping a little too much, too, so I’m also pretty busy strategizing my suitcase and carry on to fit all my stuff within the weight requirements!

The past semester of school FLEW right by, and I had a feeling it would. I’m halfway through with my senior year of college. AH! Really, where does time go? It’s been a great several months, though. I’m still the PR/communication intern at the President’s Office at Mary Hardin-Baylor, so that’s kept me busy when I’m not in class. I’ve gotten to spend quite a bit of time with friends and my fiancé and his family. A pretty big highlight was seeing Eli Young Band in Houston for Seth’s birthday! Oh yeah, and I got engaged in August, so I’ve been doing quite a bit of wedding planning! Word to the wise… If you plan your wedding in the midst of busyness, you don’t even have time to stress out about anything! Haha I’m so excited to get married to my man in May! 

If you’re in the area I encourage you to make plans to come to the 2015 Miss Muscatine pageant on January 10! There will be a magic show, performance by the “Out of Town” band, performances by myself, Miss Muscatine, and Miss Muscatine’s Outstanding Teen, and just a great group of girls to cheer on! Hope to see you there! GO HAWKS!

Leah

 

My roomies and I at the CV fall party.

 

Playing guitar with Jax at Memaw's birthday party!

 

My honey graduated from college earlier this month!