Sigh . . . And now we're home.

Sunday night--the suitcases are unpacked, the laundry done and it's time to re-engage in the working world again in just a few hours. SIGH!
As you all know, Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund is the new Miss America. She's lovely and talented and I know she will do a great job representing the United States. I'm sure we'll see her this week on some of the talk shows and I'm guessing she'll be on TLC soon!
Jennifer had a great night--she loved the show and loved spending the night with the rest of the contestants. She looked lovely, as always in her evening gown--it flows like magic when she walks! There's a great slide show of photo's from the pageant posted on AOL.com -- Jenn is featured in shot 101 wearing her evening gown . . . check them out--some great shots of Kirsten in her first hours as Miss America.
The visitation last night was fun too--lots of excitement when the contestants came in and lots of hugs and a few tears from all of us. It was such a fun week even with the emotional roller coaster ride! The Minnesota delegation made lots of noise--the people right in front of us would cringe when we stood up and whooped and hollered for Jenn!
What did you think of the production last night? The reviews were mixed--some people liked the aspect of people being eliminated that way and others didn't. I wish the rest of the contestants would have been in a production number or something during the show. I think parts of the show were kind of boring because it was such a small group of contestants that you were watching. But hey--I'm not a television producer! :-) I really liked Miss Washington--she has a great personality and I enjoyed her talent. And how about a woo hoo for our sister state and Miss Wisconsin! She did very well--and she's a fun person too!
I know we will all take a few days and decompress . . . there are lots of photo's so once we get organized, we'll try to post some more pictures.
Thanks for being part of the journey with us--it's been terrific! And when you see our beautiful, talented Miss Minnesota--give her a hug and high five for doing us proud.