Friday Nov 27

Updating first thing in the morning. Jackie had interview she said she did great! Some tough questions What food do you cook. What have you learned this week? will update rest of day later.

The girls also met with Patty Hawkins the national director and had a picture taken.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

Today was by far the most exhausting and trying day yet. Sorry this post is 1 day late but events did not end until 11:45pm and C.J. was at the magic kingdom until midnight so we did not arrive home until very late. Today was filled with more rehersals and the all important evening wear competition. Both girls looked and performed amazingly. Jacqueline was also lucky enough to place in the top 5 for actress. She did a Mastercard comercial about the Phillies. The night ended with my competition for the Mrs. title. By that time I was completly exhausted and spent. I still placed first runner-up. We did have a pleasant break in the middle of the day, we hosted my parents and the Seratch family for Thanksgiving Dinner at our condo compliments of the Honey baked ham store. Complete dinner ready to go. Around midnight Carter Butler the producer of the Coed pageant for the past 25 years pulled the winning ticket for the trip.

THE WINNER OF THE VEGAS/MYRTLE BEACH TRIP IS ANTOINETTE HICKS OF NEW CASTLE DELAWARE CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More pictures of Wednesday events

Wednesday Nov 25

Today was filled with optional competitions, rehersals, and parties. Julia competed in speech, actress and modeling. Jacqueline competed in actress and modeling. The highlight of the day was the cookie gift exchange party. Each group ( Princess and Sweetheart) had their own party. The girls in each division had cookies and juice and exchanged gifts. My girls gave out giant Hershey cookies and cream candy bars (donated by Hershey) and Patriotic hair bows made by mom all 115 of them.

Day at Disney for all contestants

We are totally registered Julia contestant #248 Jacqueline #138. Today Tuesday Nov 24th is the day all the contestants from all divisions got to go to Disney World. The place was a Mad-House. We went on a few rides after waiting 40 min each. The girls posed for some pictures, and met a few of their favorite caracters. Needless to say the kids and mom and Dad had enough around 4pm. We left and went back to our resort to our pool. My mom and Dad are now checked into the Hilton we met them and went to dinner.

Monday Nov 23rd Animal Kingdom and Orientation

We are finally settled into our timeshare. This am we got up early and went to animal kingdom. Unlike yesterday today was very crowded. We were able to do a few things then the girls and I had to leave to go to the Hilton Hotel in Downtown Disney to register for the pageant. This process took 3 hours. The girls were not happy about missing the rest of Animal Kingdom. The boys stayed behind and had a wonderful time. We promised them we would go back at the end of the week.

We arrived in Orlando at 3am on Sunday morning

Chris was a mad-man drove 8 hours straight after the day in Stone Mt. Georgia to arrive in Orlando. Thank goodness the second hotel we tried had one room left. We got up Sunday morning and spent the day at Epcot. The park was not that crowded and we had a fantastic time!!! The girls wore their sashes and received many compliments and congratulations.

We are on our way to Nationals

We left for Florida on Friday Nov 20 at 2pm. We stopped in Blacksburg Virginia on friday night to visit the Hendershots in their new home. We drove to Stone Moutian Georgia to spend the day at the park there. This was one of the highlights of Chris's RV trip as a little boy and he wanted to share the experience with the kids. We spent the day there then hit the road.

CHRIS AND JACKIES BIRTHDAYS

November 6th the day of 2 parties. Jackie had a kids cooking party followed closely by Chris's adult drinking party. Jackquelines friends played dress-up and they all tried on her banner and crown. They also prepared bagel pizzas and decorated cookies.

SOCCER ENDS

The end of soccer season came at the beginning of November. One less responsibility now full focus on Coed Nationals only 2 weeks away.

HALLOWEEN

The end of October meant only one thing halloween, the parade and trick-or-treat. Julia was a bat, jackie a dinosaur and C.J. was the headless horseman.

HOSPITAL VISIT

During October Julia visited the hospital and some of the doctors offices that supported her by buying ads in the program book. The highlight was going to the Operating room and dressing like a surgeon.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST

OCTOBER 3RD- Today we had a pancake breakfast fundraiser with the Seratchs at Applebee's. Sara, Chloe and Kaitlyn were gracious enough to help waitress. Julia and Jacqueline wanted to but were not old enough!!! Thanks to all the friends and family who came out to support American coed pageant girls.

DONATING TO SHAYLYNN

Julia raised $250 at her stand at Funfest. She decided to give the money to Shaylynn Mahon. Shaylynn is a young girl Julia has been dancing with for several years in her competition dance group STARFALL. Shaylynn was diagnosed with Wegener's Granulomatosis an inflammatory blood vessel disease which is difficult to treat. Shaylynn is one of 4 children in the Mahon family and they must travel to Hershey medical center frequently for medical treatments. Those wishing to help Shaylynn can do so by sending donation to Shaylynn Mahon c/o Cross Valley Credit Union, 147 Airport Beltway, Franklin Corporate Center, Hazleton, PA 18201.

FUNFEST

After the parade Julia, Jacqueline, and mommy ran a stand with the help of mommy's office staff and a special friend Kaitlyn. We sold waffles and ice cream. We were there until late in the night. We had a great time and raised money for a great cause.

September 13th was Funfest. This is a large celebration in downtown Hazleton. Julia, Jacqueline and our friends the Seratch girls all rode on a float in the parade. The driver was none other than Daddy. He had a great pageant wave.

September Events

The begining of September meant back to school and Pop-Pop Thinschmidts 70th birthday. Only 3 months until nationals.

The end of August meant C.J. Snyder and Jeff Thinschmidts birthdays and the start of Soccer and dance.

Julia took the opportunity to capitilize on a large golf tournament at our country club. She set up a stand at the end of our driveway on the golf course. She sold drinks, golfballs, and tickets for her raffle.

august events

This month has been very busy. The first week of august julia volunteered at Valley Days to raise money for the C.V.C.O. She entered Shadow our dog in the pet contest. She sold Barbecue at the food stand. She even took a turn in the dunk tank!!!

July 22, 2009

On July 12th julia and jacqueline competed in the pennsylvania american coed pageant. The pageant was held in Harrisburg PA. Jacquelin was first runner-up to her good friend Isabelle Seratch in the Princess division. Julia took home the crown in the sweetheart division. We will be traveling to Disney World for Thanksgiving week to compete in the national pageant. This blog was created to help our family and friends keep up with the girls volunteer, fundraising and preparation for the pageant. We will also blog while there so everyone can share in the excitement!!!!