It's Crunch Time!!

As Saundra just said in her post yesterday, we had a wonderful time celebrating the girls' send-off and I speak on behalf of our entire committee when I say how proud we are of them! Arianna, Saundra and Tierra have worked VERY hard and are ready! I cannot wait to just get there and make all of this happen!

To recap a little, we did have our "Sundae Send-Off" Party yesterday hosted by our amazing teenie queenie mom, Lorena. Lorena - THANK YOU SO MUCH for opening your beautiful home to us and hosting our crazy girls and their families. I think we all left a little beach envious. (: The girls modeled their wardrobe and performed their talents and I am pretty sure San Diego will be something to reckon with! Now the girls are home packing like maniacs, labeling, marking off on checklists and getting ready to leave town on Thursday and Friday. I can't wait to get there on Monday to see them. I am pretty sure I'll be having withdrawals in the meantime.

I also wanted to take a minute to thank some people publicly. I would like to of course thank Lorena again for being such a great host but more so I would like to thank her for raising such a poised, intelligent and wonderful daughter. Tierra is like no other 14 year old I know and I love her to pieces. She is sweet and fun and silly but so mature at the same time. She is hard working and dedicated and you are the reason she is that way. Great job mom!

Karin and Mohammad, Arianna's parents...thank you for letting go and giving us Arianna. In just a few short weeks she's been home from school, we've gotten to see her transformation, and I'm not referencing just politically speaking. (: It has been so cool to watch her opinions form and see her life experience happen first hand. Thank you for trusting her with us and taking care of her when we aren't there.

Trish and Bill Combs, Saundra's parents...your dedication to and love for your daughter is beautiful. Your willingness to travel down here just shows how much y0u believe in her and her dedication to success. Thank you for giving me a "22 yr-old daughter" and for trusting us with her when you are away. I have told her a million times, no one will be more prepared than her, and it's because of her but also because of you and your commitment and love for her. Thank you also for spending Friday night with us and for the super yummy dinner at Bing Crosby's.

Lastly, I want to thank our team for help preparing the girls for state. It is hard work and dedication and next week will be exhausting and exhilarating all at the same time! Thank you to my wonderful husband Joe for always being up to date on what's going on in the world (which lately is A LOT) and for making sure our girls have the information. Thanks for the late night errands and handling my freak outs at 3am. By July 11th, it'll all have been worth it!

I am going to do my best to keep this updated next week while we're at Miss California so please keep checking back. We hope to be posting our girls as prelim winners and titleholders!!

Until then...

Kati Enea

Miss San Diego Pageant & Scholarship Assc.
Executive Director