Guess Who Got Married?!?

~Mr. and Mrs. Jared Matthew Wilson~

→February 14, 2017←

💘Pretty Prairie Church of Christ, Pretty Prairie, Kansas💘

Happy 2nd Anniversary, Praxton and Julia!!!

Happy Anniversary, Praxton and Julia!!!  You're such a faithful, strong, awesome, and cute couple!!! We are blessed so much by both of you!!!!  May God continue to bless your marriage and keep you focused on Him!
Love you guys!!

~Prue

Family Photoshoot-Winter 2016

We are excited to share with you our family photos taken by the wonderful Beatrice Strussel!!!  We were blessed to have every one of us here in Kansas for these and are excitedly awaiting our new addition!!

The whole clan!!! 

Dad, Mom, and the kids that are......well......some are at home, others have gone wandering. :-) 

 Mom and the girls. :-) 

Sisters!!! 

Dad and the boys! 

Is this about height, age, or wisdom??  :-) 

Grandpa, Grandma, and the grandkids!!!

Patrova, Paul, Pricilla, and Preston: The 'old' quartet 

Praxton, Prudence, Patience, and Providence: The 'young' quartet! :-) 

 Paige............:-) 

Philip, Padden, Peppin, and Parker: The Four musketeers. 

These boys.  They steal my heart, they are partners in crime, and the sweetest little brothers ever!!   

Promise and Perdita: Mystery Missy and Sweet Perdi.  What a pair..........:-) 

Pelle, Pam (Pamela), and Pheobe: The Inseparable

Mischievous Peggey and Precious Philipa.  Again, what a pair. :-) 

Peter, Peregrin, and Panellape: The first batch of two-year-olds......

Pedro, Piper, and Paquita: The second batch of two-year-olds! 

Pauline, Patsy, Penney, and Purity: The 'Babies' 

Patrick and Patricia Wilder: Mom and Dad 

Patrova, Emmet, Allison, Benjamin, Charissa, David, and Elizabeth Furbank

Ali, Ben, Issy, Dave, and Liz. :-) 

Paul, Olivia, and Hannah Wilder and.....

A new little one on the way!!! 

Praxton, Julia, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John Wilder 

Mr. and Mrs. Praxton Wilder and Family :-) 

Jared Wilson and Prudence Wilder 

These are too cute not to share:

To book a session with Beatrice just email her at bsbeautifulscenery@gmail.com.  I'm sure you'll love the results!!!  

~Prue 

Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad, if I tried to tell you all of the things that you have done for our family, the list would be too long.  From your purity before you were married all the way until now as you welcome grandchildren into the world, you both show such love, courage, and joy.  In all of the hard circumstances, when Patrova, Paul, and Pricilla were babies, when you traveled to both Thailand and Iceland in the same year (to adopt Pelle, Pam, and Phoebe!), and when you adopted Purity Autumn and saved her life, you showed perseverance, courage, and hope.  You mean so much to all of us and are the greatest blessings in all of our lives.


At Patrova and Emmett's wedding (I know it was hard for you), but you let her go, knowing that this is what God had for her.  Letting Pricilla move to Florida and scuba dive in 'The Shark Tank' was also one of the hardest decisions for you to make, but you knew that God was calling her.  And also when you allowed Praxton to go to school in 'The Big Apple' and let him pursue his dream.  Every decision you make is made with prayer and deep consideration, and that is something we all admire greatly.  You listen to God's voice and His calling for each one of His children.  When you married, you never dreamed that God would call you to adopt 26 children from various places around the world, but you listened which resulted in 30 children who are each living for Christ.  
Mom and Dad, we love you and hope that we will spend many more years living out your motto: 

"Live for God, serve the Lord, and increase and multiply!" 

 Happy Anniversary!!!  

~Prue 

Urgent Wishes from Your Kids: 

Give a hug to Cilla for me! ~Patty 

Have the best time in Australia without us! ;-P  —Dennis 

XOXOXO! ~Paige 

Love you!  Come back soon, Prue doesn't cook the broccoli long enough.  -Philip, Padden, Peppin, Parker, and Pelle 

Love you! ~Dita, Missy, Peg, Pam, Phoebe, Philipa, Peter, Andy, Piper, Pedro, Quitie, Nella, Polly, Patsy, Penney, and Purity  

(Pete and Gershom send their love.  So do all the others.) 

Patrova and Emmett

Happy Anniversary, Patrova and Emmett!! ❤️

Here is their love story:

Patrova: Where do I begin?  This guy came, wanted to marry me, and I said yes.  Okay, it's a little more complex. The first time I met Emmett was when I traveled to London for a mission trip.  Yes, he was there too.  I didn't think about him at all until we got of the plane at the airport.  You see, my dad was coming to pick me up but the problem was, we had come home early.  Instead of coming home at 9:00 pm, our plane landed at 8:00 pm. Emmett was about to get in his car when he saw me.  

Emmett:  The first time I saw  Patrova was at the airport in Kansas.  She looked a little lonely, so being the gentleman that I am I asked her if she needed a ride.  She  wasn't quite sure at first, but when I told her I worked for her father and that I was 27, she got right in and I drove her home.  

Patrova:  The next time I saw Emmett was at a homeschool picnic.  We have 172 families in our homeschool group.  I was serving hamburgers and hotdogs.  Guess who was cooking the hamburgers and hotdogs?  Yes, you're right.  Emmett.  We had some pretty good conversations about The Lord of the Rings and  The Chronicles of Narnia.  Later I saw Emmett talking with my parents and Paul, my younger brother.  When we were about to leave, he told me he enjoyed the conversations we had and wished me to have a great week! 

Emmett: " Have a great week!"   I didn't get to say that to Patrova until she was 22.  We found out that their family only lived about 12 miles from us and, believe me, if somebody lived 28 miles away in the Kansas countryside, you would think they were neighbors.  We spent a lot of time with the Wilders, and I started spending more time with Patrova than with her brothers and learning about her likes and dislikes etc.  After telling my parents that I found interest in Patrova Wilder I prayed that God would make it clear what I should do next.  There was a lot of praying and talking during that time and the conclusion that I thought God  was trying to tell me was to call Mr. Wilder.  We talked on the telephone  for a little over three hours.

Patrova: It was September 28 2010 when my mom and dad told me Emmett Furbank wanted to start a courtship with me.  I wasn't quite sure what to think.  I had never thought about it before this.  I just thought that the meaningless conversations I've had with him were just friendly chit chat.  We started doing more things with each other and playing games with the family.  One night, about a year later, we had a pillow fight.  All of my younger siblings go to bed at eight so the pillow fight consisted of my dad, Emmett, Paul, Pricilla, Preston, and Me.  It seemed that Emmett hadn't been throwing many pillows lately but then, a pillow come flying at me from his  direction.  The pillow hit me and it hurt!  I picked up the pillow to see what hit me. It was a diamond ring.  On October 26 2009 at 11:08 pm Emmett Philip Furbank asked me to marry him and I said YES!   

              

             Thank you for coming to celebrate with us! 

~Prue