I love it when we have the rare occasion to have all of our adult kids in the same town. We are greatly missing Shane! It’s June of 2018, and we are all anxiously awaiting the arrival of baby boy Skinner, Audrey and Ben’s first baby, and we’re so ready to meet him! Tony, Adele, and her daughter Amelia… View Post
Arise My Beloved: Simple Suggestions for a Wonderful Wedding By Stacey D. Wheeler, M.A. A Step-By-Step Guide to Planning a Wedding A wedding book for the every-day bride and groom full of all of the lists, schedules, and ideas that I wish I had known before planning my daughter’s wedding. “My beloved spoke and said to me, ‘Arise,… View Post
Almost 20 years ago, something happened that rocked my parents’ world. Last week Isaac, my son, told us an interesting story about one of the trees on my parents’ farm in Wichita. On May 3rd, 1999 a tornado went through South Wichita and into Haysville, KS. Six people were killed and over 150 homes and 27 businesses were damaged. Tony… View Post
“Soup,” a comforting word and food to most. To be honest, as our three kids were growing up, preparing meals was a basic chore for me, a necessary job and a difficult job. I’m really more of an organizer than anything, and I would choose cleaning over cooking almost every time. (Not to say that I love to clean or… View Post
I remember all the feelings like it was yesterday. My oldest daughter was getting married! Right behind the incredible excitement I felt another emotion, an emotion hard to describe: kind of like a barreling train was coming by soon, and I wasn’t sure how to prepare to catch it. The day would come when she would be married. But would… View Post
Tip #4: Focal Points Matter: Typically, you will want to walk into a room and have only one or two things catch your eye in a room: a fireplace, a large picture, a rug, a couch, an armoire, or another bigger piece. These are your “heros” or your focal points. Focal points should stand out and be stunning, beautiful, or… View Post
