My ceiling

This is a ceiling I designed being constructed in the luxury apartment of a hotel in Hangzhou China.  While I was in Shanghai another designer was at this property reviewing the halfway point of the construction.  She took this picture for me :)

The Real Deal

If you haven't already seen them on facebook, here are the pictures we have all been waiting for!
So exciting, we totally relived the moment when we saw them.

Ethan-Football

This is at Ethan's first college football game at Leavenworth. It was a beautiful day (on and off), rained then sunny, rained then sunny.  We had a great time. Grandma & Grandpa, Heather, Wes & Charlotte and even Andy & Caleb came up to cheer Ethan on.  The Friends Falcons came out on top.

Love Deb

The BIG Proposal!!!!

Here's the story:

Caleb told me a couple weeks ago that he was trying to win tickets for something through work, like a musical, concert or sporting event, etc.  He wouldn't tell me what the tickets were for, wanted it to be a surprise.  He didn't know exactly when he would get them, but thought a Monday or Tuesday night in the next couple weeks.  And then since I got a new job, he wanted to go to a nice dinner at The Bristol, a fish place that I love and he's been wanting to try.  So he had reservations at The Bristol at 7pm, and tickets to a "mysterious show" at 8pm.  He picked me up at 6, and said we had to stop at his hotel to get the tickets, he left them there so that I wouldn't see them.  And he had a sack of work shirts that he needed to return to his boss. 

So we went to the hotel restaurant and got the tickets and he tossed the sack of shirts on the bar.  Then he wanted to show me one of the newly renovated suites at the hotel.  His hotel is really old and historic and absolutely beautiful, so he knew I would like to see behind the scenes a bit.  We toured the room and then I thought we were leaving, but he wanted to stop and show me The Crystal Ballroom.  He stopped at the door, handed me one of the tickets and said, "Oh, here's your ticket:

I was so confused, and then he opened the double doors and this is what I saw (its a bad picture from my phone):

White rose pedals leading to a little two top table with beautiful flower arrangements and candles throughout the room.  There was a pedestal table with a ring (which he used the bag with the shirts to sneak in), he knelt down (he was so nervous, which is SO odd for Caleb, he is usually so calm, and he was already crying) but he managed to get out part of his planned speech and said, "I love you so much, Will you marry me?"  I didn't even hear him because I was so worried about him being so nervous.  I kept saying, "Why are you nervous, don't be nervous, I don't like seeing you nervous!"
He had planned the whole thing out on his own and the director of the hotel heard about it and wanted to be in on it.  He wants to use the idea to create a package for the hotel to offer guys planning a proposal.  So he hired a photographer to document it and create marketing materials.  And he did all the set up and flowers for Caleb.  Caleb planned the entire meal with the chef so that it was all gluten and dairy free.  We had champagne, wine, appetizers, salad, lamb with bacon and asparagus risotto, pork chops with mashed potatoes and cabbage, and sorbet with berries.  Everything was perfect and so great to have the entire room to ourselves!!  We were so happy and giddy all night!

So there it is!!!  I love it so much!  Caleb did a great job.  It's perfect and so vintage, which I LOVE!!!

Sorry this took me so long.  Can't wait to see you guys in person soon, we're gonna plan to come down to Chanute in the next couple weeks.  Love you!!!