The American Heart Association had it's 28th Annual Heart Ball- Diamonds are Forever. Adam and I attended along with our other heart mom's from Mended Little Hearts. The gallery that Thad has been in along with 7 other children was the feature for the heart ball. The pictures and stories were on display for people to look at. It was an evening filled with lots of emotions. Stories were shared and tears were shed. Money was raised for a great cause. They showed a video of Garrett Ross- a 9 year old boy who has had two heart transplants. Even though I had seen the video before it was so real and emotional. The donor family was also present at the event. People were very generous and donated to a great cause.
It was fun to get dressed up and go out for an evening!
One of the slides was this of all the kids who were featured in the gallery. One of the auction items was a Heart Heroes Party. A generous bidder bought it for $2800 and sold it back to be bid on again and the second time it went for $3500. It was amazing to see so many people care. Now our Mended Little Heart kids will get to have a party hosted by the bidder- it could be a summer picnic or any other event that they chose.
Of course we had to get another picture all dressed up by our handsome boy!
These ladies are so incredible- Rene, Melissa P., Mary, Elisa and Melissa K. They are so caring and so supportive. I am so lucky to have found them and to have such a close relationship with them all. I love you girls!!!!!
Kristi is the one in red and she is the photographer who donated her time to take all the photos of the Heart Heroes kids.
My handsome date!
Fun times with good friends!
We ended the evening around 11:30. A huge thank you to Grandma Kathy, Papa Wayne, Aunt Beth, Tatum and Jude for coming out for the weekend. They stayed with Thad Saturday night while we enjoyed our night and even stayed the night at the Broadmoor! It was a fun night and we are so thankful they could come out and stay with Thad. Tatum and Thad had a fun time playing together and he didn't even care we were gone! He did tell me later on Sunday that he missed me so that made me feel a little better.
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