Kyle's group buys tables at a lot of fundraisers throughout the year - and definitely all of the medical ones. There is sort of an unspoken rule that partners do their fair-share in filling up those tables. In 5 years we have been to one - and it was one where the dress code was "Austin Chic" or something like that which basically meant I could wear a dress and cowboy boots. I don't love doing fancy. But our friends Sidhya and Maneesh have enjoyed going to the Gala for the Dell Children's Hospital the past couple of years so we decided to go (two birds with one stone - time with them, plus job-duty) which happens to be the fanciest one. Eeeeeek!
Sidhya and I
Not sure where I'm looking...
The best part of the evening was that we know the family that spoke from personal experience from having their kiddo cared for at Dell. You can see them on the giant screen - Scott and Chelsea Frazier and their little girl Davy. Scott is the Students pastor at our campus of our churh. They are an awesome family and have endured a lot with Davy (who has a great story and is expected to live a long, healthy, normal life at this point). Our friend Jimmy who is the worship leader at our church also did an opening musical number for the evening - so fun! I'm pretty sure a lot of money was raised.
It was like a little West Campus reunion - The Mannings, us, Scott/Chelsea, Jimmy and Staci, AJ and Jill.
All in all it was a fun evening. Some neighbor friends are the big-name hosts next year so we'll probably go back. I can handle the fancy if its only once a year, but boy was I ready to get out of those cloths.
(Our anniversary - 11 years - was the next week - and we went to my favorite handburger place and to a movie because I couldn't handle the thought of anything remotely fancy that close to this event.) Know thyself.
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