Out and About

It has been another blessed week and a half in the life of Miss Clinton County. I began the week attending DeWitt's National Night Out with two of my beautiful sister queens, Kelsey and Lily. We had a blast spending time together playing games as well as seeing many from the DeWitt community out. The National Night Out program is a marvelous one. The children were able to learn about fire safety, play games, mingle with firefighters and police officers, and much more. 

This past week ended in a whirlwind! Friday my sister queens and I were in the Tugfest parade in Le Claire. This parade was the very first time we were all together since being crowned. Even though it was blistering hot, we all enjoyed throwing candy and seeing all of the attendees in Le Claire. 

Saturday began with the Camanche Days parade in Camanche. We were honored to have Miss Iowa, Taylor Weibers, join us. The parade route was absolutely gorgeous along the river. The turnout was fabulous and we could not have had a better day.

After the parade, my parents and I loaded everything up to move me back to Iowa City for college. After a long five hours, I was finally moved in and ready to go to the Miss Scott County Pageant in Bettendorf. The pageant was fabulous and all of the girls competing were phenomenal. It is always inspiring to see other women chasing there dreams, just as I do. I would love to congratulate the new title holders Johannah, Alysa, Camryn, and Katelyn. Have a wonderful year ladies!!

Today I would like to end with a quote as I look to the week ahead. 

“Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.”

– Jack Canfield

This quote is true for so many reasons. If you do not try, you do not know what you may be able to, or what you can do. Half of the journey is failing and learning to pick yourself up. This is the only way we grow as human beings. Continue to have faith and passion.