Visit to the Fort Worth NAS JRB

I had the exciting privilege to visit the Fort Worth military base! It was such an honor to meet so many incredible Marines and get to tour the base.  Several marines showed me some of the different planes and vehicles they had on base and learned many of the capabilities of this equipment. It was such an exciting and interesting day.  Thank you so much to Jacob Newman for inviting me and setting the day up. Below are a few of the pics from the day:

Sitting in the Pilot Seat!

The "Big" Plane

A few of the Marines I met

The Fighter Jet I learned all about!

Some more of the Marines I met

A very large tire!!

Healthy Kids Day

Saturday April 27th I participated in the Fort Worth YMCA Healthy Kids Day.  I have been involved with this event for many years now and was so excited to be apart of it again this year, but this time in the great city of Fort Worth.  

This year, the Fort Worth YMCA decided to do a city wide Healthy Kids Day at the YMCA Camp Carter. This was such a beautiful camp ground and luckily we had great weather since we were outside.  

I had a booth set up right in the main area of the event.  I was handing out my activity books and fruit shaped silly bands (to remind kids when they wear them to "eat lots of fruit").  I was able to speak to so many families about how to help their entire family start eating healthy and ways to get each family member more active.  

This event has truly been one of my favorite events to be at.  There are so many kids and families that attend and it is such a fun event that shares the same focus of my platform, getting kids active a healthy! 

Life After School

Wow, life has been crazy since I finished school! I have had so many fun appearances and events the past few weeks.

The weekend before I graduated I took a weekend off to go celebrate one of my close friend's, Jennifer Peter, graduation from UTSA. It had been a while since we had seen each other and seemed like a great opportunity to make the trip down to S.A. to congratulate her.

May 18th I graduated with my MBA and M.A. from SMU.  Because of construction on campus, all of the graduation ceremonies were held outside, a very HOT day! It was such an exciting day to be able to share with friends and family. The next day my parents put on a small graduation lunch for me to celebrate with family and a few close friends.

Since then I have been busy with the Crowne Plaza Golf Tournament at Colonial, the Pre-Memorial Day Show at the Dallas VA, and getting ready for the Miss Texas competition coming up!

Countdown to Graduation

I have only two weeks left of school.......3 major projects and then final exams.
I can't believe I will have my MBA and an M.A. so quickly.  I have learned so much and am so thankful for the opportunity SMU has given me.

I hope to see you at Graduation on May 18!!!!

Month of April.....so far

What a great Spring Meeting we had at the beginning of April.  There are so many girls this year and everyone was so nice. 

I was able to honor Dr. Zannie Voss, at the Women of Achievement Awards Ceremony, for her contribution to the development and sustainability of organizations in the non-profit sector.

I made a trip to Houston on April 13 to make appearances scheduled by Duc Nguyen.  We went to Texas Children's Hospital and the Ronald McDonald House.   Of course we had to stop for lunch in between at the 59 Diner!!!!

 

 

March Update

March Update!!!
 
Spent an incredible week with my family at Lake Tahoe.  We were snowed in for a few days, but still had a great week......skiing was rough though!!!


Marathon Kids - 3/23 The weather stopped the opening festivities, but did not stop the kids from celebrating the success of running a full marathon - 26.2 miles this school year!!!. They ran the last lap indoors!!!! I am so proud of this group of go getters that met their goal!!!

 

Many thanks to the Marathon Kids Organization, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Whole Foods, Children's Medical Center and JC Penny!!!.

 

 

 

That same day I went to the House of DIFFA event to help with selling raffle tickets!!!

 

 

 

Enjoyed speaking with the kids about healthy eating and exercise at:

                   Children's Courtyard 3/26  and Worley Middle School 3/28

 

 

 

Events from February 23-24 2013

What a crazy, but amazing weekend. Between Little Miss Fort Worth, Toast To Life Gala, Cowtown Marathon, oh and finals this next week, this weekend was a busy one.

Saturday morning we had our Little Miss Fort Worth pageant.  We crowned a new Baby, Tiny, Petite, and Junior Little Miss Fort Worth.  The girls were so cute!! I am so glad I got to audit and did not have to judge the precious young girls. On top of auditing, I also got to sing the opening song to kick the pageant off! I must say the costume competition was my favorite! One of the Baby contestants dressed up as the Little Mermaid and had her very small Chihuahua dressed up as a fish!! I have now decided that I want my puppies to be a part of my talent for Miss Texas :-)

Later Saturday night I got together with a bunch of other pageant sisters to help out at the Toast To Life Gala.  It was so much fun talking with all of the guests and selling raffle tickets to a trip to VEGAS! I got to put my amazing sales skills to work. Khrista Bishop, Miss Hunt County, and I worked together to sell a ton of these raffle tickets.  I think our spiel went something like “Have you heard about the amazing raffle? Well, it's a 3 night trip to Vegas with round trip airfare for two…….” It is so much fun to raise money for a good cause!

Sunday morning I was back in Fort Worth for the Cowtown Marathon. It was so exciting to be at the finishing line and cheer on all of the Half, Full, and Ultra Marathon finishers.  Probably the most exciting was to watch the Woman Full Marathon winner cross the finish line, breaking the Cowtown Woman’s Marathon record. Pictures from this event are posted on my twitter- @rachel_garrett and facebook. 

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