Dave!!!!

Let's start with the man of the family. As of now there is only one....but three to come. Dave is the most easy going person you will probably ever know. I have never seen him stressed out, never heard him complain, and never had to talk him into buying a motorcycle (that's our little joke)! Seriously, Dave is very hard working, always on time, very mechanical, and is just a great example of faithfulness to our boys. When there is work to be done, it gets done! I hope they will be able to learn the wonderful skills and ethics that God has blessed Dave with.

He began "building stuff" at a young age. He would sit for hours builiding amazing lego creations (so he tells me, I wasn't there). Generally, he has been gifted with the ability to fix almost anything, build amazing things, and make stuff work. I call him my own personal genius. He started working for Technifex, Inc. part time shortly after we were married, and it soon turned into a full time career opportunity for him. Over the years he has learned so many valuable skills there. Basically, the company builds special effects for theme parks, casinos, trade shows, wealthy people who want something cool in their backyard, etc. They build fire effects, mechanical effects, water effects, etc. Some of the fun projects he has worked on have been the Tomb Raider ride, the Sea Lion and Otter show at Sea World, "Anatomy of a Shark Bite" for Discovery Channel, and many more. This has been fun for us as well. Sometimes the boys get to go in and see the cool things Daddy is building. His job has been challenging and rewarding, and we are very thankful that he can use his talents and ability to provide for our family.

Dave is also the fix it man around the house as well. He maintains all our vehicles, all the functions of the home, and pretty much does everything himself. We very rarely have to "hire that done!" Some of the cool things he has done in our home have been a loft bed for Austin, a custom metal bed for the master bedroom, a copper re-pipe, and a plethora of home improvement related items. Our house was trashed when we bought it, and the reason it looks so nice today is because of Dave's hard work, sweat, and tears. Well, maybe not the tears!

As revealed in the last post, Dave loves motorcycles. He also loves old classic hot rods. He owned a '61 Chevy pickup for many years that he hoped to finish restoring, but finally sold it to buy our crew cab, which is much more practical. Let's just say he has a new project! Someday, I think Dave would love to build a classic car with the boys when they are all old enough. For now, they build models of classic cars!

Dave is not into sports at all (unless it's racing of some kind). I truly appreciate that quality about him. I hate football!!! We have gone to see the drag races before, which we all enjoyed tremendously. Now that we all like riding dirt bikes, we would like to go see some Motocross racing or something.

Dave is simple, and that's what I love about him. No frills, not complicated to understand, not hard to live with at all. He's even a very clean person. What more could a wife ask for???