Mrs. Idaho America - Misty Kesler

It's pretty exciting to be crowned Mrs. Idaho (ok its one of the most exciting things that has ever happened to me) but watching one of your friend be crowned Mrs. World that takes the cake!!! Kaley is such am amazing person...funny, intelligent, killer onstage, really just beautiful inside & out.  Not to mention her love of her platform & the difference she has made educating the state of Idaho on the prevention of childhood sexual abuse. Basically she has it all & when I heard that we could meet her a the airport.... I knew I wouldn't be missing out.

It was so fun seeing all my pageant sister & past Queens

But the best part was when Kaley was able to crown me Mrs. Idaho!!!

Mrs. Idaho America Meet and Mingle

April 11th we held the first ever Mrs. Idaho Meet and Mingle to give the opportunity to women in Idaho to learn more about the Mrs. Idaho America pageant.  We had a great turn out and met some amazing ladies.  This year will be one for the books! Can't wait for November!

Live for 175 "Cycling to Break the Cycle"

April is Child Abuse Awareness month and Live for 175 this year is "Cycle to break the cycle"

 Mrs. Les Boise - Chelsea Sparling, Mrs. Garden City - Virginia Treat, Mrs. Five Mile Creek - Angela Manning and myself had the opportunity to cycle to raise awareness.

Mrs. Idaho - Asana Climbing Gym

ThisIsBoise TV was filming a segment at the Asana Climbing gym in Boise and while we were I had the chance to meet some 7th & 8th grade students from Anser Charter School. During filming one of the students said she wanted to buy a drink or a snack from the gym for me.  She proceeded to tell me about the "Pay it Forward" project that their school is doing and gave me a "Pay it Forward" bracelet. All she asked was that I would pay it forward to 3 different people.  What an incredible and inspiring group of kids. 

Mrs. Idaho - Snuggle Up and Read

Hawthorne Elementary for their Snuggle Up and Read Event.

Cat in the Hat, Thing 1 and Thing 2

Myself with 2 of BSU's giant basketball players!

V-day: One billion Rising Rally

V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. ONE BILLION RISING IS: A global strike An invitation to dance A call to men and women to refuse to participate in the status quo until rape and rape culture ends An act of solidarity, demonstrating to women the commonality of their struggles and their power in numbers A refusal to accept violence against women and girls as a given A new time and a new way of being

Mrs. Capital City - Heather Quisel, Mrs. Idaho -Kaley Sparling, Mrs. Eagle - Alyson Likes, Mrs. Garden City - Virginia Treat

Mrs. Idaho - Siena Elementary

Read week is in full swing at Siena Elementary in Meridian and I got to spend all afternoon reading to classes all of the Dr. Suess classics! 

Mrs. Idaho, Mrs. Bannock County, Mrs. Star, Mrs. Ada County - Miss Amazing Pageant

I had the opportunity to be apart of the Idaho Miss Amazing pageant. It was an incredible experience to meet and watch 22 beautiful girls with disabilities shine like super stars in interview and on stage! We laughed, we cried and we had a great time.

Jennifer Claassen (red dress) is the director of the Miss Amazing Pageant.  She put on an amazing program for these girls and we are so excited to have such an incredible woman running for Mrs. Idaho.   Jennifer Claassen in now Mrs. City of Trees!

KTVB's Maggie O'Mara was the host for the evening.

Mrs. Idaho - Distinguished Young Women of Madison

This past weekend I was able to travel to Eastern Idaho to judge the Distinguished Young Women of Madison program.  It was an amazing group of young women.  Congratulations to Angie Huish!

Huge bonus was getting to see these lovely ladies! Misty Kessler & Susan Houtz

Mrs. Idaho - Stewards Of Children training

It's official! Mrs. Idaho is now a trained Facilitator for the Stewards of Children child sexual abuse prevention program.

Mrs. Idaho - Pay it Forward Christmas

Pay it Forward Christmas at the Ronald McDonald House. We teamed up with local businesses to collect toys, food and gift cards to the sponsor the 17 families for Christmas that are currently staying at the Ronald McDonald house in Boise. We are grateful for everyone that donated to help provide gifts to the families for Christmas. 

Mrs. Idaho - Toys for Tots Drive

I had the opportunity to work alongside the Marines this past Saturday to collect toys for the Toys for Tots program.  It was so sweet to see the little kids that had picked out toys to donate come and put them in the bins and how happy they were to do it.  I also loved being able to see so many people came up to the Marines and thank them for service. 

This precious little girl is Aurora she was with her mom driving past and told her mom she wanted to see the princess with the crown, that made my day!  She was so cute!

103.3 Kiss FM's Lucky the DJ lived in a house of Pepsi for 3 days until all the cases were sold, raising $12,000 for Toys for Tots!

Mrs. Idaho - Boise Tree Lighting

My family and I spent Monday evening at the beautiful Capital Building for the tree lighting ceremony. It was hosted by Governor Butch Otter and his wife Lori Otter.  They served hot chocolate and cookies and we were serenaded by Cecil D. Andrus Elementary's choir. We love the holidays and it was a great way to kick it off by seeing the giant tree at the Capital's steps lit!