Kelly's big day finally came!! She has been SO anxious for her beauty pageant ever since we started even talking about signing her up for it. She had her outfits all picked out for weeks! I have to admit I was a little nervous for the whole thing! But she was so excited, it was fun to see her get so into it!! She practiced for a good hour the night before, having me give her pointers (as if I would know ;) ), and critiques. She looked so brave when she was practicing, I was sure she'd get a little stage fright whens he got up there in the real thing. I tried to pump her up for it anyway though.
We got there very early, got signed in, got her number, the program, our tickets and some goodies :). Then sat and waited! The waiting part was killing me! There were lots of girls around and we kept wondering which ones she would be competing against.
We were finally seated and immediately, Kelly and Charity left the auditorium to go practice some more. I thought it was cute and so big sisterly of Charity to want to do that with her. I think Kelly appreciated it.
Then it started!! The 6-7 year olds were first. They were cute, Kelly loved watching them, she kept giggling :). Then Kelly's 8 and 9 year old group was up!!! The "Beach Wear" was first. I was SO NERVOUS!! She was not! She came out on stage and just SHINED!!! I couldn't believe how cute she looked and how animated she was! And this is a totally new thing for us, we've never done a pageant before, so I wasn't sure how it was going to go, but Kelly did SUCH an awesome job!!!! She surprised all of us with her bravery!! She didn't seem nervous at all!! And she'll tell you, she wasn't nervous at all! She did great! She and I raced out to go change into her "Patriotic Wear" and then waited for her turn with that. 
She was so sweet about EVERYONE'S outfits and complimented several people backstage, and later, I was so proud of her! She kept talking about how cute everyone looked and how cute she looked, and she just seemed so content with it all! If I had been her, I don't think I would have been so generous with the nice thoughts! She's a sweetheart! She did really well when she went on stage the second time too!! She just blew us all away!! She had some pretty amazing cheering section as well!! We all cheered real loud, and yelled her name ;). She loves that :). So do we of course! She did so well! I really couldn't have been more pleased with how she did, she was so brave, so cute and had so much fun. I was really sure she was going to with one of the place trophies.
Jauslin brought her a rose... so sweet!
We had a pretty good turn out for the cheering section! Aunt Heidi, John, Charity, Grandpa Hatch,
Me, Nate, Steve and Jauslin. Kelly's doing her gang pose :)
We celebrated at Olive Garden afterward. With just two big girls with us, we couldn't resist the temptation to go somewhere nice ;). Unfortunately Grandpa and Steve and Jauslin couldn't join us, but we did have a lot of fun with Heidi and John there. Good times. Kelly is already pumping herself up for the next pageant!
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