Tribute To My Husband

Last night when I was uploading more pictures of Courtney; Paul asked if I was going to put anything up about us. Hey, what a thought, there is more to life than my baby girl?!. As many of you with small children know, it is very easy to get wrapped up in our precious little ones and at times even neglect our husbands. (sorry for spilling the beans that we can be aware of this :-)) Although our husbands are proud that we are good Mamas and are so proud of our children, they don't like when we forget them; though most of the time they won't say anything and just smile when we show them yet another update on the blog of the kids. Sooo, here is to my husband, who loves me more than I deserve at times. Who is a wonderful Daddy and now, more than ever, my best friend. He is so thoughtful and sweet, makes me feel like a queen (even if it is of NWA), still a queen, tells me I'm beautiful and is trying the hardest ever to be a Godly man, father, and husband. Without him, Courtney wouldn't be, without him, I wouldn't have anything to 'blog' about in the first place. So here is a little about him and what he loves to do.

Can we say MR BUFF?!?! Paul has been going to the gym for a few months now. Can I say "WOW". I am blessed to say my husband looks better than when I met him.


These are some of Paul's toys. He is a big RC car buff (no, not muscles anymore) and is really good at racing them. He does all his own paint jobs and builds custom parts and pretty much makes it the best out there before he moves on to the next one. Here are two of his recent ones where he did a Big Foot body and a Bounty Hunter body. I forget to tell him, but I still get impressed with his creative skills.


Building houses; a living and a hobby. This is my favorite house he's done so far. This is a house he built up in Rogers; he also designed the brick work. At first I wasn't so sure I liked it, but it really has grown on me. So much that when we are able to build our house closer to the school, I want to do a similar brick scheme.

Our 'fishies'. This is the most incredible thing in the house! Paul built this (the whole half wall actually) after our trip to Hawaii last year. He went scuba diving this his brothers and couldn't stop talking or thinking about salt water fish. He'd always wanted a tank so I said what the heck. It's amazing! We've gone through out share of fish but we have a pretty stable tank now. The tank is self sufficient other than adding water at times. All the plumbing and controls are built into the wall so they aren't an eye sore, and it's in the perfect spot as we can sit on the couch and look at it. Courtney has really gotten to enjoy it too. She used to sit in front of it when she would sit still in a bouncer and now she stands up next to it and looks at her 'sisheez'.

Every saltwater tank needs a Nemo. This is a maroon tang and yes, his name is Nemo.

This is Paul's favorite fish. He traded our yellow tang in for this purple tang. We think he has mental issues as he freaks out about once a night; swims really fast to nowhere, his eyes dilate and he just flat turns into a freak. Ethan is in the process of naming him, it's a looooong process.

This, is Shrimpy. Not so difficult for Ethan to name. He is a cleaner shrimp and literally cleans the purple tang. It is quite fascinating to watch.

Here is Nemo in an anemone. Are you supposed to name an anemone? Paul was so cute when we got this fish. He wanted a clown fish that bedded in an anemone soooooo bad. So when Nemo was headed towards the anemone Paul would get all excited and start yelling in excitement. When it finally was in it, I swear he jumped up and down and called Kyle to tell him. He made me take pictures with my phone because it was near and send it to Kyle to show him. It was pretty cute.

Another of the many hobbies Paul has. This is his newest, and cheapest one! :-) Building models. He started this a few months ago and has built some pretty neat stuff. My favorite is this Camaro. This is his favorite car and he wants to get one when they come out in 2010. He's on the list to get one, so I better get a job!


This plane is incredible. The detail is not given credit here. This took Paul about 2 weeks to do as every piece of wood is individual and had to be cut out and glued together. It turned out crazy good. It now hangs in Ethan's room. Eventually Paul wants to hang a bunch of planes and paint his room gunmetal grey and black.

This is the truck collection. More monster trucks and the black one is 'for me'. It's similar to the Back to the Future truck - they are all awesome. The stickers apparently are very difficult to put on and Paul is so critical of himself but they look like they came like that. (perfect)

Last but not least...THIS is how sweet Paul is. I had Courtney 3 days before Mothers Day last year. So this was my 2nd but 1st Mothers Day as Courtney is now old enough to 'do something' for me, with the help of Daddy that is. For those of you who are new moms, you know these are the best gifts ever! Paul took Courtney out in the garage and got her to 'write' on this for me. And I know from experience that this was not an easy task. Then he is so sweet in what he writes. What more could a mom/wife want?


In conclusion. I love you, Paul.