The Color Was Coral This Year

I attended the fundraiser dinner a couple weeks ago with all my family.  For my new blog friends, here's a little of the story....when my dad passed, our family set up a fund to provide clothes and shoes and backpacks for the children in the school district, and this fundraiser dinner is to help raise money for the shopping spree they have with each school season.👧👦

Every year for the dinner, I like to choose a different color to wear than the last year.  This year it was Coral.  I've always loved Coral in the Spring and Summer months.  I found a cute blouse with flared mesh sleeves, and I wore dark blue jeans with it.  I found some dangling earrings to go with the outfit too.

  Nel fixed my hair, and she has such a talent with hair styling.  She suggested a French Braid, so I said, "why not?"

After she did my hair, Mia wanted a French Braid also, so Nel patiently did her hair too.

We were all dressed up and ready to head on over to the fundraiser dinner.

This was the 35th,

 and I think it's awesome that it's kept running all these years (with the help of so many dedicated people).  The dinner was really good, and the tables were nicely decorated with glass vases, and wrapped inside them were drawings that the children drew.  It was one of the most special centerpieces we've had, as each drawing was handmade by a child using their precious imagination.  Inside the vase held the prettiest purple flowers.

What makes it even more special is the fact that I started taking my children when they were 5 and 8 (my son wasn't born yet), and now my daughters are carrying on with the tradition and taking their little ones.  They are becoming close to their cousins, and are all developing their own personalities.  Here's Francesca with her cousin.

After taking a family photo with the Photographer, we went outside to see the fireworks.  This was not planned for our event; they were just in training, and we had the delightful pleasure of watching them.  It was an extra treat for us.

As we were getting ready to leave, and the crew was cleaning up, Mia asked a woman if she could have a bouquet of flowers for her grandma for her birthday.  I still get sentimental when I think about it, what a dear child.  I told Nel I wanted to keep them forever, and she told me how to turn them upside down to dry to preserve them better.

It was a fun night for my family, and I got a chance to talk with friends I went to school with, and those who have been close to my family for years.  

~Sheri