Singing Christmas carols!

On Wednesday, December 14th Amanda Williams (Miss Metro St. Louis) and I sang Christmas carols and other songs at Garden Village Retirement Home in Kansas City. I loved singing to the residents and watching them sing a long their favorite songs!  This retirement home is special to me because my Nana Rose lived there before she passed away. I always make a point to visit the residents throughout the year and entertain them by singing. I know my grandmother would have been proud!

Singing and toy donations in Columbia

On Saturday, Decmember 10th I collected toy donations for the University of Missouri Children's Hospital and CMNH at the Columbia Mall and paired up with  Amanda Williams (Miss Metro -St. Louis) to sing Christmas carols! We had such a great time and had a chance to talk with DJs from the Radio Station
Q- 106.  What a great way to encourage shoppers to pick up an extra holiday gift for the children at the MU's Children's Hospital. I am so proud to represent Columbia's Outstanding Teen 2012!

Columbia Jaycees' Holiday Parade

I was thrilled to be in the Columbia Jaycees' Holiday Parade in downtown Columbia last weekend.  It was a very cold morning but our new engraved black scarf's kept us warm! Thank you to Dave and Dawn Williams who organized this event and for giving us several opportunities to have our pictures taken with people in the community!  Thank you to my sister queens who shared in this event!  Megan, Hannah and Shade!

Children's Hospital Gala dinner

On Friday, November 4th I attended the Children's Hospital Gala dinner with my sister queens; Hannah, Megan, and Shade!  Also attending was Sydney Friar (Miss Missouri) and McKensie Garber (Miss Missouri Outstanding Teen).  What a wonderful evening to pay tribute to all the heroes that help Children's Miracle Network.  There were several awards given to people who truly make a difference. What an honor to be a part of this experience and see how special it was for the kids ! They got to be super heroes and have special super hero names which they loved!   There was also an auction which all proceeds benefited Children's Miracle Network. Thank you to my directors- Dave and Dawn Williams who made this possible for me to attend!
The next night we enjoyed watching the Miss Audrain pageant and cheering on the girls!  Congrats to the new girls and I can't wait to spend more time with you at State!

DQ and Children's Miracle Network

On Saturday, October 29th I enjoyed spending the day with my sister queen, Megan McWilliams Miss Boone County and Miss Metro St. Louis, Amanda Williams. Dairy Queen had a re-opening here in Kansas City and donated a portion of their proceeds to Children's Miracle Network. There were balloons, Halloween costumes, face painting and of course ice cream!  Thank you to Erin Manning a department manager for Children's Miracle Network for organizing this event. Thank you also to Dave and Dawn Williams directors of Miss Columbia-Boone County!  What a great day to ask patrons for donations and spread the word about CMN! Thank you to Monte and Shannon  Martello the new owners of Dairy Queen!

Miss Columbia Outstanding Teen 2012!

I was so excited to be crowned Miss Columbia Outstanding Teen 2012!   I was so excited when I heard my name called and I am thrilled to start a new journey with 3 new sister queens along the way with me!  Megan McWilliams, (Miss Boone County), Hannah Runyon, (Miss Columbia), and the newly crowned Shade Bullock (Miss Boone County Outstanding Teen).  The day after we all were crowned we had breakfast together and I knew right  away that it was going to be a great year!  We all clicked immediately and the directors were absolutely amazing. Dawn Williams you are an inspiration to many girls and I can't wait to work with you!  Amanda- you are one amazing and talented girl who I admire and can't wait to see what you will accomplish next!

Bill Wolfe, thank you so much for helping me be successful as the Miss Columbia and Miss Boone County Outstanding Teen talent winner!  You are so amazing and I would not be where I am vocally without your help.

To all my family friends and friends, thank you for all of your help, love and support throughout this whole experience! 

The Williams family and Miss Columbia/Boone County board, you need to know how HAPPY I am to have the opportunity to work with all of you this year! You all have the best qualities a pageant girl could ask for. I am so excited to start working with all of you! 

Lisa Forbes, thank you for helping me right before the pageant and thank you for your encouraging text messages during the pageant :) You are such an incredible person and I'm so blessed to have you in my life.

Angela Caraway, thank you for always believing in me. You and your family are such a blessing to me and my family and I know we will always be close!   Thank you for everything!

Charlee and Meri-Lynn Bisch, Morgan and Joyce Carnes, Samantha and Angela Caraway, you guys have made this experience for me wonderful. I love you all so much and thank you for making me laugh and smile throughout my first experience during Miss Missouri week.  I love spending time with all of you!  You are definitely the funniest group of girls and moms I've ever met. I am so blessed to have each and every one of you in my life. Thank you for ALWAYS believing in me and never losing hope. All of your help and encouraging words is the foundation of the person that I am today. Thank you.

Grandma Linda, You are the best grandma a girl could ever ask for! Thank you so much for everything you do and for making me laugh whenever I needed it the most. You never fail to make me smile in any given situation. I really appreciate that you have attended all of my pageants, it really means a lot. I love you so much and I always will.

Mom, I don't even know where to start. I guess I should start by saying how happy I'm glad that you're not one of those "pageant moms".  Thank you SO much for your continuous support and non-stop positive encouragement. There's not a day that goes by where you don't make me smile! I am so completely blessed so have such a wonderful mom like you in my life. When you say that you're so proud of me, you need to realize that you're the one who has made me the girl I am. So I should be the proud one! I honestly don't know where I would be without you in my life. I want you to know that I appreciate each and every little thing you do. It's the little things you do that make me the happiest. I love you so much mom.

Lastly, I would like to thank  God who has blessed me ! I know God has a plan for everyone and I am excited to see what his plan is and where it will take me!  I am so excited to further my platform with Children's Miracle Network!!!

I love all of you so much and I can't thank you enough. Thank you for joining me on my journey of Miss Columbia Outstanding Teen 2012!

Jocelyn Weyer