We had a very exciting weekend. My 17-year-old won the Miss Nebraska Teen USA pageant over the weekend. As some of you know, I am a former Mrs. Nebraska. I SWEAR I did not push her into competing, and frankly, anything I say or do usually ends up with her doing the opposite. The joys of having a teenager. She abruptly announced to me that she wanted to do her very first pageant a month ago, so I provided all the support I could...but was not aloud to coach or discuss it with her. She got some pointers from my friends but truly did this all on her own. It seems she just grew up and blossomed overnight. We are so proud! She'll be competing in the Miss Teen USA pageant next summer in the Bahamas. She also gets to go sit in the first or second row of the Miss USA Pageant in April. She has a fun year ahead.