Kiss a Pig.

I thought I had posted this a few weeks ago... I guess better late than never.

We attended the Kiss a Pig gala for the 4th year in a row! Matt and his co-anchor had the privilege of being emcees at this great event again! It's one of the biggest charity events in NWA with over 1,000 people in attendance! The pig was one of the first sources of insulin for diabetes patients. This event helps raise money for the American Diabetes Association! Who ever raises the most money for the event gets to kiss the pig at the end of the evening!

This little piglet was only 3 weeks old. She was so cute with her scarf on. She was very content in her owners arms but if she got passed around she did some squealing! They said in 5 months she will be 250 pounds! That is so hard to believe because she is so darn cute now!

We got to spend the evening at a table with some of Matt's co-workers and spouses! It was a lot of fun!

The KNWA crew with the little piggy!

The entertainment was AMAZING this year! It was based off a Cirque du Solie show! These people's talents and strengths are so incredible!

This was seriously crazy! This man held up 2 grown people!

WOW! Insane!

One of my best friends, Emily was at the event too! I love when I have people to talk to at these things! And I love that we dressed alike without evening knowing it! :)

I will be honest, sometimes I dread having to get a dress and get all dressed up to go to these events but they always turn out to be fun and it's such a great excuse to take pics with my handsome hubby!

Mercy Charity Ball.

Saturday night, Matt and I attended the 17th Annual Mercy Health Foundation of Northwest Arkansas Charity Ball. It was so much fun getting to go to a black tie event!

My hot date for the Mercy Ball! ;)

Greg and Neile looking great! Neile is Matt's co-anchor!

Greg, Neile, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, me, Matt & Dick Tramell

Our KNWA table at the ball.

Mercy Ball was one of the biggest charity events I have been too!

My handsome husband as one of the emcees of the ball!

Matt with some of his co-workers and country music star, Chris Young, who performed at the ball.

He sang a few of his own songs along with some Christmas music!

It was a wonderful night with my husband and friends!!

Gentlemen of Distinction Event

We attended an event Friday night in Rogers to raise money for HOPE Cancer Resources. Matt was selected as a "Gentlemen of Distinction", which means he and several other men from Northwest Arkansas modeled Hugo Boss clothing during the fashion show.

Bauman's Clothing store dressed all the men! They all looked great with everything from casual wear to a tux!

We loved this suit so much that we purchased it after the event with a great discount because Matt participated in the fashion show!

I was very proud of my model husband! :)

All 13 of the models came back out for a final walk!

Matt and me with his co-anchor Neile and her husband/my table date for all these events, Greg! :)

The 7th annual Gentlemen of Distinction event is hosting by Jeannie Fleeman, who lost her husband to cancer in 1999. Bill Fleeman founded Car-Mart in 1981 and Jeanie still lives in their mansion in Rogers.

She invited all of us to their home last week and it's beyond amazing. Pictures don't do it justice... It was absolutely amazing!

Hanging with Bruce Jenner for a good cause!

Saturday night, we had the honor of attending a charity gala raising money for families of children with cancer. Hannah's Hope was started by Hannah's parents after she passed away from a rare cancer at 17 months. Their mission statement is "To Help Others Pay Expenses. We help support families that have a child battling cancer with their life necessity non medical bills, and raise awareness for Pediatric cancer."

We as blog readers, unfortunately read many blogs about sick children and many of them have cancer. We pray for them but have you ever stopped to think about what the family is going through financially? Not only do they have tons of medical bills, some parents lose their jobs or have to quit to be with their family at the hospital. That means there is no income to pay mortgages, rent, car payments and so on. This is a cause that is dear to our hearts. We have lived through a similar experience with Matt's dad having leukemia and our recent cancer scare with Matt. We hope to be able to spread the word for this organization and any others that have the same mission. So please check out the Hannah's Hope website at www.hhopef.org

This was the 2nd annual Benefit Gala for the Hannah's Hope organization. This year was bigger than last year and they hope to keep growing each year.

These are Hannah's parents and the sole reason for this great charity in Northwest Arkansas, Jon and Tiffany Boles.

This was the coolest part of the night... Bruce Jenner was the guest speaker!

We got to hang out with Bruce and even got to sit at the same table as him during the event! Luckily, I have forced Matt to watch the reality show "Keeping up with the Kardashians" so we had plenty to talk to Bruce about...

He talked a lot about his love for remote controlled helicopters! I asked him if his son, Brody, was glad that the Hills tv series was over? He said yes, but that Brody was probably going to be on a new scripted show starting soon. He also said that Brody had taken up golf and plays almost every day. Matt asked him about Kim Kardashian's new boyfriend, Miles Austin, but he said he has only been around him a couple of times, but seems like a nice guy! I wanted to ask him so much more about his famous daughters but I didn't want to seem a like a crazy person. However, he did mention that I would fit in with his family because of my long dark hair! :)

Bruce is a wonderful motivational speaker. He has been doing this for many years and has completely perfected his public speaking and didn't use notes for a speech that lasted about 20 minutes. Bruce chooses to find his inner champion and even wrote a book "Finding the Champion Within" to reflect his ventures. He was so entertaining and I loved hearing all about his journey to winning a gold medal in the 1976 Olympics.

Once again, the night was about raising money for Pediatric cancer and I hope all of you will check out the Hannah's Hope website. Please donate anything you can to help Arkansas families battling this horrible disease!

Razorback Relief: Operation Haiti

Last night, Matt and I went to work at the Razorback Relief: Operation Haiti. It was such a fun 2 hours! I could have stayed all night but we have to be at a parade this morning so we had to come back and get some sleep!

The Arkansas Razorbacks are teaming up with Numana, Inc. and the people of Northwest Arkansas for Razorback Relief: Operation Haiti - a 24-hour event to package a record-breaking two million meals for Haiti.

KNWA men doing good work after the 10:00 newscast!

Table 57 packed 13 boxes in 2 hours, which was 2,800 meals to Haiti! Whoo Hoo!

Looking good in my hair net! :)

Dan Skoff, Brand Reed, Jeff Long, Matt Turner and Jimmy Dykes doing good work at 1am!

My friend, Renee Morris and her husband were a big part of this whole event taking place!

So glad that Matt and I could help feed the people in Haiti!

If you live in the NWA area... this event will be going on until 7pm tonight. They can use as many volunteers as they can get!

Kiss a Pig

Matt was emcee for the "Kiss A Pig" charity event Saturday night in Rogers. We had a great time!

Pigs were the first source of insulin for people with diabetes, so candidates raise money each year and the winner actually kisses a pig to say thanks! The keynote speaker was Sean from last season's Biggest Loser on NBC. He was such a sweet guy and a great speaker too! I love that show, so I was thrilled to meet him!

Matt and me enjoying dinner!



My friend Jennifer Skoff... She looks like a real-life Barbie doll! :)

The event was huge and was beautifully decorated!

Sean has lost 180 pounds so far!!

Matt and me with some local reality stars!

Natalie is the latest winner of Survivor and Sean from Biggest Loser! Natalie is from Van Buren and Sean is from Tulsa. Crazy that both are from our area!

A band called "Beatle Mania Now" played. They were great!

Here is the little piglet that got kissed at the end of the event!!

I wanted this little 4 week old piggie to come home with me and never grow up!!

Polo of the Ozarks

Metropolis, the hair salon I work for, participated in the Polo of the Ozarks for the 2nd year in September. This years theme was Casino and our salon decided to go with 1950's Vegas glam. It was a lot of fun and helps raise money for Lifestyles here in Fayetteville!