Holt Gala 2012

Last Saturday we were able to attend the Holt Gala with Matt's parents.  We had so much fun!  First of all, I love being able to get dressed up and go out.

The Holt Gala started with a silent auction.  There was a ball room full of items for sale.  This year we were able to get coasters made in Guatemala, China adoption books, and a baby quilt.  I am in love with the baby quilt.  In fact, I may have guarded it when only a few minutes were left in the auction...maybe!!  I have been looking around for baby bedding for a while now and haven't found anything that I just love. It may sound silly, but I don't want it to be your typical "baby" decor.  And this quilt seems to fit the bill.  Now I have to figure out what color we want to paint.  Maybe match the green?

We ended up sitting with the same family we sat with last year, which was cool to catch up with them.  For supper we had salad, steak, chicken, new potatoes and dinner rolls.  It was delicious!  Especially the steak.  It was so tender.  For dessert, we did the dessert dash again.  This entailed bidding as a table for dessert.  Then they called the table numbers in order of highest donation to less to pick your dessert.  I was nominated to make the run this year.  The heels had to come off for this serious competition :)

At the end of the auction, Holt had 6 left over bottles of wine.  To get rid of them they had everyone who wanted them stand up.  Then we all played heads or tails; they'd flip a coin and we'd place our hands on our head or tail to place our bet.  When I made it to the top 5 or so, they had us all come stand in front...so everyone could get a better view of our tails I'm sure ;)  In the end, I won 6 bottles of wine!!!

We had a great time meeting new people catching up with some friends.  The Holt community is such a fun and unique group of people.  Not everyone has adopted, but everyone has been touched by adoption in some way.  It's one of those things that you just can't completely understand until you've been through it and we are very thankful for our friends and family who are walking this road along side us.