Day 3: Monday April 3, 2011

Today was a really neat day. We started out taking a tour of the FBI Academy which was so neat, seeing as I am so interested in becoming a Special Agent. It was really interesting to see where the Agents train and go to school. Following the tour of the FBI Academy, we went to visit and tour Mt. Vernon, which was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I cannot believe I had never been there before! Not only did the sun come out but it was about 85 degrees! We could not have asked for a better day! During our tour we took a ton of pictures and got a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather. We ended our day with a tea at the Lithuanian Embassy. We had a chance to talk to the Ambassador, who by the way was so down to earth and extremely friendly, as well as try a traditional Lithuanian Wedding Cake. It was really good, it tasted like a waffle. Yum! Looking forward to tomorrow!

One week as a Princess Day 2

Day 2: Sunday, April 3, 2011

My Mom and I woke up early this morning in hopes of avoiding the horrible traffic we ran into yesterday getting to the Hotel. Luckily, we made it into the city in record time, and were actually extremely early. When we got to the hotel, we put our things down and went to find the other families. Orientation started at 10am, where we found our sashes and some neat gifts on our chairs!

After Orientation, came lunch and that really gave us some time to get to talk to each other, find out more about the other states etc. It is really neat to hear all of the other representatives stories as to how they were chosen to represent their states. From lunch, we loaded the bus, which by the way is a personalized "Cherry Blossom Princess" bus. (I will have to get a picture of this bus, it is so neat!) We made our way to the Tidal Basin for the Japanese Lantern Lighting Ceremony. We got there pretty early, so we found our seats and waited for the start of the ceremony. The Japanese Ambassador spoke as well as a former Congresswoman. My Mom as well as my boss from work came and we were able to talk for a while after the ceremony ended.

So far this has been a really exciting experience. It is so funny to have people come up to us and ask us for our pictures! I am really looking forward to the rest of the week! :)

One week as a Princess Day 1

Day 1, Saturday April 2, 2011

The Princess Tea: Saturday was the day as the Maryland representative to the Cherry Blossom Festival. At this event the State Princesses helped the "young princesses" decorate tiara's. It was a great way to meet the other state princesses as well as meet some future princesses!

Uptown Updates

It's only the end of February, and there has already been a lot of great things happening in 2011! This year marks the first set of wedding invitations and announcements. And the orders keep coming in! Looks like this is going to be a great year! :)

Additionally, a total of close to 1,000 letters have been collected for my trip to the USO during the National Cherry Blossom Festival as Maryland's representative! Thank you for all those who have helped with this!

Look for photo's of the first set of invitations and announcements soon!

Written with Love

Today I had the children at Sunday School help write letters to the Soldiers. There were four different classes ranging from Kindergarten to third grade. The second I announced that we were writing letters, a lot of little hands shot up, each child telling his or her story about their experience with Soldiers. Some had parents currently overseas, others had sisters or bothers, grandparents or friends that were in the military. They were each excited to share their story. It was so neat to see them working so hard to write the perfect message. Here are a few of the cards they made! :) There are also cards that my friend Emily collected as well! Thank You Emily!!

Valentine's Day Cards

Wedding Thank You Notes

The final step in planning and carrying out the perfect wedding is writing the thank you notes. I found this helpful article from Real Simple to help you write the quintessential thank you note to your guests!

http://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/weddings/etiquette/fill-in-the-blank-wedding-thank-you-notes-00000000027418/index.html