Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Have a blessed celebration of our Lord's birth.

Katie Wears a New Crown!

Katie and Miss Michigan 2008 Ashlee Baracy

Congratulations to Miss Katie for winning
Miss Capital City!

We are so proud of you!

Good Luck Katie!

Katie will be competing at Miss Capital City this weekend,
so we wish her the best of luck!

Good luck to all contestants!

Smile pretty and have a great time!

Congrats to Rachelle Sweet

We just received this message from Rachelle Sweet.

I just wanted to let you know that I will not be coming to Miss Heart as a contestant this year as I just won Miss Washtenaw County last night!!
I will try my hardest to attend as a guest!

Congratulations to Rachelle!

If any of our 2008 or 2009 contestants is a local or open winner, or runner up, please let me know and I will share it with the world!

The Miss Heart ladies ROCK!!!

paperwork, paperwork, paperwork

If you are thinking of becoming a contestant for Miss Heart, please get your paperwork completed and sent soon! Even though the deadline is in December, we will close the pageant earlier if we make our capacity.

To be considered as an "official" contestant, you need to send all paperwork, talent on cd and professional portrait on cd with your paperwork. You also need to register with CMN. Leaving out any portion of this process will keep you on a wait list until all is completed.

I do not want to sound grouchy about this, but our Miss Heart volunteers do not have time to go over every piece of paperwork, find missing information, wait for the changed or completed information, then go over it all over again...thirty times for thirty contestants.

Please make sure it is all there the first time. We want this pageant to be your best pageant experience ever, but we need your help to make it happen.

I am a Gram (sort of)

Mark and I have been friends for over 35 years (since high school). He escorted me down the aisle when I married Michael eight years ago.

Mark has a son, Matthew, who I have known since he was born.

Mark and Matthew and I had a lot of fun when Matt was a teenager. Matt was born on the same date as my niece, so we had great birthday parties. He was so much fun to feed! That boy could eat!

I got to play Mom/Friend for the two years that Matt played Varsity Football in Heartland. I did not miss a game! Matt always made a point to stop and say hi to his dad and me before he went into the locker room or headed for the bus. Since I never had children of my own, it was so nice to have a part time son.

Matt married Sarah a few years ago. I will always remember the wonderful expression that Matt had when he saw Sarah for the first time as she walked down the aisle.

Matt and Sarah had a baby boy on Thursday evening. Grandpa Mark is smiling from ear to ear. I decided that since I have known Matt since his birth, and I got to play Mom/Friend during his teenage years, then I can be a Grandma, too! So...I am a Gram (sort of)!

I cannot wait to meet my grandson!

News from Katie

Hello Family and Pals:

As requested, I am passing along the info that the rumors are true. I landed a job. In the midst of my Economic studies, I unexpectedly found myself presented with the opportunity to accept a full-time position working as a legislative Aide for the Michigan House of Representatives. Specifically, I am working for Representative Dudley Spade, a legislator who is commonly referred to as a “champion for children,” due to the fact that he is always working to ensure that the youth of our state are properly taken care of. He already has and will, no doubt, continue to serve as a mentor and role model to me.

It is a very exciting time to be taking on such a position in government. I can’t express how lucky I feel, yet again. Just another reminder that life always has a way of leading us right where we need to be.

Lots of Love,

Katie Lynn