Miss America's Outstanding Teen in UTAH!

We were so lucky to have Miss America's Outstanding Teen, Lacey Russ visit us here in Utah for a few days! It was a busy few days, with lots of site seeing, fun events and lots of going out to eat!! On Sunday, we were able to visit historic Temple Square, where we listened to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, it was wonderful! We then took a tour of the LDS Conference Center and our tour guide was SO much fun!

Later that evening, the Miss Utah Board put on a special dinner to welcome Lacey to Utah. It was great to have Marisa and Christina there too! Renita (the Miss Utah Director) put together a fabulous meal and it was fun to sit back and get to know Lacey.

On Monday, Lacey and I got the opportunity (of a lifetime) to be bakery apprentice workers for the day! Hagermann's of Draper let us behind the scenes to see how running their amazing bakery & cafe works! We got to roll dough, cut out cookies, make red velvet cupcakes, take orders and make our own loaves of bread! They were amazing...and the food there...is irresistible!

Meredith stopped by! I always love seeing her!

That evening, Lacey, Christina and myself, were special guests at an autograph party at "Bags That Fit", a boutique in American Fork. That store has the most adorable accesories and clothes! We were all in heaven...each taking home some cute things! We were pretty worn out from our busy day, but ended the evening at the Olive Garden...pass the bread sticks!

On Tuesday, we ventured to Midway to swim in the crater! It was SO MUCH FUN! If you haven't had a chance to do so, I highly recommened going! Water is the perfect warm temperature and we had a blast swimming!

After we went swimming, we shopped in Midway and ate lunch. We then headed back to Provo and went to Farr's Ice Cream...Oh my goodness....we were so stuffed!

That night, Lacey and I spoke to two youth groups in Lehi. The first group was younger girls, ages 8-11 and they were darling. We had a tea party with them, ate cupcakes and just sat and talked. The next group was a group of Young Women and we shared our platforms with them.

We took them back to the airport on Wednesday, after a morning of all you can eat french toast at Maglebys! It was a fantastic visit and I can't wait to see Lacey again in August!!