What I've Been Keeping Busy With!

Hey Hey!
I'm especially enjoying today for several reason.. it's the start of March (my b-day is the 22nd ) and we are that much closer to spring and warm weather!! I'm still enjoying my reign as the Miss Missouri Teen USA everyday is a blessing and it's already been a life changing journey and it's still early. The Youth Empowerment speech went great, I think the young girls responded really well the to message, after i spoke with them we wrote down our goals and daily things we can do to achieve our dreams. Last weekend i traveled to Kansas City to take part in a book blast thought Radio Disney which was indeed a blast :). The Kansas Teen USA was there as well and it was the first time we have done anything together and we got along great Olivia is such a sweetheart! There were so many cute kids at the book blast, the question i got the most was " what Disney princess are you?" lol to say the least the kids were enamored by our crowns and banners. We each read a story to the children, they all wanted to be in our laps. I got the honor to meet the Mayor of Kansas City at the book blast which was very neat! I have been scheduling a lot of appearances and volunteer activities lately to give you a short preview I'll be helping out at Camp Barnabas and several other local organizations. This past weekend I helped out at another Radio Disney event, but this time i was in Saint Louis and read a grand total of 5 books to the children through out the day. It was a great time!! If i could figure out how to upload pictures of the events on my blog i would, until then lol they will be up soon on the Vanbros website www.missmissouriusa.com Once again thank you so much for the support!!

p.s Make it your goal today to make atleast one person smile :))))

xoxo
Erica Sturdefant