The Tulip Queen and Royal Court are wrapping up their trips around Iowa and preparing for this week’s Tulip Time Celebration. Queen Olivia Vander Leest has called the experience a dream come true, and she’s thankful for the support they have received during their travels.

“It has exceeded my expectations in every way possible, and I’ve had so much fun getting to not only spend time with all of these girls and build such amazing, lifelong friendships, but also just to get to talk about Pella with so many other people around Iowa and people just accepted all the information and received everything that we’ve been saying so well and it’s just been such an amazing experience to go out and talk about our favorite time of the year,” she says.

Vander Leest says one of the most impactful stops was to Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines. Hear from Vander Leest, and the Royal Court of Mary Kate Bandstra, Isabella Baugh, Camryn Huyser, and Emily Schreur on today’s Let’s Talk Pella.