All about Paul

So my husband has an amazing job working for a construction management company. He does a lot of high tech projects and has recently been adding broadband projects to his list.

On New Year's Day we as a family packed up my husband and the 5th wheel travel trailer so that Paul could start his traveling work adventures. He drove far too many hours and decided that Portland, Oregon was not a great place to try and drive a travel trailer around during rush hour traffic. LOL He settled in Wilsonville, Oregon at a really nice RV Resort which was about 30 minutes or so from his job site in Hillsboro, Oregon. Just a couple of weeks later Paul came home for this first home visit - Alexys was devastated without her daddy so he took her back with him. The two of them lived as happy as could be in the trailer from January through June. We decided that it would be best to have her home for the summer (which ended up being permanent :)

We all had some amazing travels throughout the Spring and Summer back and forth from Oregon to Utah. In September Paul was moved to a different job site in Bend, Oregon - still not close enough to home for me :) I keep telling him that he has become such a super star that they are never going to let him leave Oregon.

Paul is going on month 11 of working away from home. It is never easy and we all miss each other like crazy!! We are hoping that sometime this Spring the company he works for will have opportunities to do a couple of jobs here in Salt Lake or in Lehi, Utah. All We can do is hope and pray for the best cause it would sure be nice to all be under one roof for more than a couple of weekends a year.

Paul enjoys playing his bass - he can listen to just about any song then just start playing right along. It is so amazing. He is also an amazing cook. In our home - when he is home - Paul is the cook. He can cook anything and everything. Some of our favorites are: One Pan Breakfast (potatoes, onions, bacon, sausage, peppers, garlic and anything else he can find to throw in there); Fajitas, Salmon, Halibut (I miss him cooking the fish!); He also makes some yummy hot butter rum. Paul can make a meal out of just about anything - its great! He also enjoys archery, hunting, shooting, riding ATVs, hanging out with the family and supporting his children. Paul is also good at building anything and everything - he can build from the ground up and has very patiently taught me how to do alot which with him gone I really appreciate.

So I know this is totally scattered but that is the best part of this being my blog! I can write whatever - however I want!

So Paul and I met online January 2006 and decided to meet in person in February 2006. We have simply been together since. He is so understanding and such an amazing person to have been able to walk into the mess of a family that I had at the time and totally take the kids in as his own. He has taught both of them so much and has helped teach and mold them into the wonderful kids that they are! In February 2007 I became impatient and right about our 1 year dating anniversary we went to this concert in Nephi, Utah... I remember we were sitting there on the balcony waiting for the band to start and I was thinking ... I thought for sure he was going to propose during our romantic dinner or at some other point during the night and was a little disappointed that he hadn't yet. So.... I DID! And thankfully he said 'YES'!!

June 2007 - Paul and I married in Richland, Oregon on his Father's Ranch. I couldn't have thought of a more perfect place however it really would have been nicer being an outdoor wedding without all of the wind. Anyhow - pretty funny that I am ending this post of my sweet hubby with the beginning of us. I miss him like crazy and sure hope that his job will soon bring him back home for a while. Well that's enough for tonight - maybe tomorrow I will write about one of the kids.... hmmm....