Day Two

I had most of the day off today as we were waiting for the rest of the delegates to come in, so my new best friends, New Mexico, Alaska, and Wyoming all went shopping!! It was really neat because we went to the mall and then are you ready for this... KMart!! And the best was that we were in our banners. It was so wonderful to see the reaction from all the residents here in Arizona. They are wonderful people and I would recommend coming here to everyone.

Us, outside the Park Place Mall.

Beauty Queens invading KMart

Orientation Dinner

Mrs. Arkansas, who is so funny and so sweet, myself and Mrs. Mississippi, who is also a great new friend.

My roommate and new best friend, Mrs. New York before the orientation dinner.

Mrs. World, Diane Tucker and myself.

Day Three

This morning we woke up and had a mile walk down the mountain to another beautiful resort for a fitness walk and breakfast. It was a lovely walk and luckily I think the wildlife was still asleep because nothing jumped out at us :-).


Mrs. New York, Mrs. S. Carolina and Mrs. Oregon.

Another beautiful view.

Another great woman, Mrs. Mississippi!!

Mrs. W. Virginia, who is so super sweet and myself.

I will always consider Mrs. Wyoming a very dear friend. :-)

This is Fred, who is a Boa. He was very relaxed and sweet, if that is possible :-).

This is my new spiky friend, I wanted to take him home with me.

Heading back to the Hotel.

MRS. AMERICA

Day One:
I left for my plane at 8:00 Tuesday morning. It was a lovely plane ride and the view was breathtaking.

The Boys saying good bye to mommy at the airport to go compete for Mrs. America. "Go Mommy."

The pilots in Atlanta, GA. They were very sweet.

Sitting in the cockpit in Tucson, AZ.

The pilots in Tucson, AZ. It was so cool sitting in the cockpit. I would not want to learn all those buttons. :-)

I'm here!!! This is rock is at the bottom of the driveway to the resort. I asked the driver to pull over so I could get a picture. I thought it was so neat.

The view from my balcony. I wake up to this every morning for the next 15 days. How wonderful is that??!!

Surfing Steven

This past Thursday , Steven had the opportunity to go out with professional surfers and surf for the first time. Steven had a blast and was out surfing for almost an hour. It was for an really great event involving children with Autism. This has become one of my many platforms, and I will continue to do research in Autism due to the fact that Steven is having some speech issues so we are exploring all options for him. Everything is going fine though and there has been a lot of improvements. Please enjoy the pictures as we enjoyed the event.

Steven is surfing all by himself. The professional surfer is holding onto the rope.

Family Trip and Reunion to New York

This past weekend was the annual Burns' Reunion. It is held every year in Buffalo NY, which is where my husband was born. I am from Rochester NY area so we go up there for about a week so see family and friends. It was a wonderful visit and we all had a great time. Please enjoy some pictures from our vacation.

My grandmother with Steven on her scooter.

Big smiles from grandma.

This is Tom thinking he was going to have a relaxing no work week. He is on the top of the barn fixing a vent.

This was the barn and that little speck is Tom.

Matthew with the "Moo Cows".

He was having a morning discussion with them.

They were talking back to him.

Steven being daddy's little helper.

The boys playing on the back of the tractor.

Steven with his great grandpa.

My great grandmother, she will be 97 in December and is healthier than a horse.

Mama and Papa Bosje, they were my adopted parents when I need them. They are wonderful people and I will always love them as my special parents.

Tom pushing our grandaugther Caitlyn and our son Matthew.

Matthew and Steven playing at the reunion.

Blue Rocks Baseball Game

The Blue Rocks celebrated their 15th anniversary this weekend and their mascot Rocky Bluewrinkle also. Some mascots from other teams came out to celebrate with Rocky and I got a chance to take some photos with them. It was a raining morning however turned out to be a sunny, however very humid afternoon. I also threw the first pitch. It was a wonderful afternoon.

A friend of mine took some pictures as well and as soon as I get them from her, I will put the rest of the mascots on here.

Soul Man, The Philadelphia Soul Team mascot

Mad Dog, Philadelphia Wings Lacrosse Team

Udee, The University of Delaware mascot.

99.5 Radio Bear

Waiting to throw out the first pitch.

Throwing out the first pitch, made it right to the pitcher.

The Mascots singing "Happy Birthday" to Rocky