What a builder!

~ Anniversary gift 2003 ~

Steve is seriously the most talented builder I know (not body builder LOL j/k babe).  He can build anything.  Even if he has never done it before, he just somehow figures it out.  I love that about him.  He has built hundreds of houses and now is starting to build lots of buildings.  I love that he built our house, but I also really love the porch swing he made me.

On our first anniversary he took a bunch of 2X4's cut them down, shaped them, and did whatever builders do and made the a porch swing for our awesome porch.  At that time we lived in a cute little old cottage style home that had a huge porch.  It was just begging for a swing.  I loved it.  Over the years it had gotten pretty weathered, so last week I sanded it down with a belt sander (which was the most powerful thing I have ever seen!  I broke the belt in the first 5 minutes which had Steve laughing pretty hard, followed by the those are expensive so be a little more careful now.  Followed by laughing and "I knew that would happen!") and then stained and put a protectant on it.  I love it!

At the same time, Steve replaced our front door so that our old one could be used for our cold storage.  I am WAY excited about the door.  The windows are really lighting up my life!  No really!  So we now have a nicely matching door and porch swing.  I am in love (with Steve)!