Clarkston's Labor Day Parade!! :)

What a glorious day for a parade!!!!!!!!!

Today was my last parade as Miss Michigan Teen USA 2008. It was bittersweet as I have enjoyed participating in so many different events and to think I have only a few more weeks left before crowning my successor was a bit sad, but I managed to smile as big as I could and wave to the many who came out to enjoy the day's festivities.

I love Clarkston and even though I only moved here exactly three years ago today (yes, on Labor Day!!) I have come to sincerely enjoy the community and the people! Today's parade only had 53 entries. I was #16. It is the first time I have ever been in a parade at the front of the line and not at the end! I liked that alot! :)

Shelia Klien, Miss Oakland County, MAO, Miss America Organization, was also in the parade, but quite a ways behind me. We had met before so it was really nice to catch up with one another and reconnect before the parade began! She is as beautiful as ever and I sure wish I could dance like her! She is amazing and shared with me she just spent one and a half months in New York City for even more dancing! I can't wait to see her dance in her next competition if not before!

This year's parade theme was "Working Together To Keep Our Community Green." I chose to wear a green gown (for kicks and giggles) although I do understand what the real message is about!! In fact it was the same gown I won this title in and I must say that while I love it as much as ever it is really too big for me now as I worked especially hard to get into shape for Nationals so I had to keep hiking it up over my bustline (I am sure that was attractive!!) but it all went fine!

I hope that you have/had a great Labor Day holiday! And tomorrow . . . reality hits . . . back to school! But I am officially a Senior now! And you know what they say . . . Seniors rock!!!!!!!!!! :)