LB, Shane, Jeff, and Andrew-It was a beautiful day for a cold beer and a great cause!Wow, what a day! I should be working on this massive stack of papers on my desk here at the ranch, but I'd rather talk about the event of the day. Today was the Children's Organ Transplant Association's (COTA) fundraiser event "A Lunch For Little Rylynn" at Moravian Hall in Jarrell, Texas and it was alot of fun.
Rylynn was on the waiting list for a heart transplant, but through the grace of God she received an Angel heart October 6th, and is doing well. We are all looking forward to her being home soon and have missed her at Aggieland this year.
So today was a day for her and her legion of prayer champions and supporters to get together and rejoice, and help raise funds for a great organization and the people they help.
There was bbq lunch plates for sale, with dessert as an optional purchase. Including my mom's delivered as promised infamously famous peanut butter cake...(Awww, damn that is just a delicious piece of heaven on Earth)! Ton's of cobbler, cookies, and anything else sweet that a dietitian would scowl at me for enjoying. (Plus, you could buy it to take home. Oh well , we all get a cheat day right?)
A silent auction included some great items courtesy of my brother and our good friends Karen and Jeff Carawan. We even purchased a few things. Who knew Andrew liked hand painted pictures of tugboats? All this time I could have bought the kid great local art and cut my Christmas budget in half. There were a ton of other cool items. However, I'm a tad bit glad that my mom was outbid on the t-sip paraphernalia (I didn't know Gil and Andrea had so many orange friends) she would have looked great in it, but it is still burnt orange.
The live auction seemed to draw the most attention and anytime a group that diverse is together the items will be just as spectacular. I didn't "win" the Yeti cooler, Stihl weed eater, Marlin .22 lever action, or this hill country resort of a bird house. I figure the desserts I bought(see above) made my contribution known.
Shane and his soon to be new beautiful bride Melissa made it out too. Somehow leading to Shane being the winning bid on a new AKC pointer puppy (for his brother). Shady things happen when this guy's around! However seeing them and hearing about what a fun time we'll be having at the wedding in Austin was great. I hear there will be a complimentary shuttle service....that's going to lead to bad things. (I might need a date for that if you are-female (never know), never married, no kids, Christian enough for both, no tattoos, no indoor pets, college educated, kinda know current events, know who Mike McClure, Reckless Kelly, Micky and the Motorcars are, drop dead gorgeous because you have to make us both look good, can dance, and have the ability to not take seriously 90-95% of what I say )
It's safe to say that as we were having to leave and the live auction was still way underway that the event was a success. We are thankful that Ry and the family are doing well and the organization that helps families like this exist. Being a part of today's event was a good thing.
If you missed out on the event, but still want to help then there is always a way. At this website, http://www.cotaforrylynnr.com/ you can learn about the organization and Ry's story. Also, it's something we hear, but not a lot of us do. Please consider being an organ donor. It might just lead to another great day like this.
Have a fantastic week!
LB
