I love him

I'm going to take this blog post opportunity to brag on my husband :-) .

Because I love him and he more than deserves it.

There have been several things as of late that cause me to go, "Wow, I am one lucky girl!"  He is just so everything I ever wanted and feel so blessed that God gave him to me.  Don't get me wrong, I get plenty aggravated with him and frustrated at him sometimes, but it's usually shortly after those moments that I think to myself, "Why I am so aggravated or frustrated about that when he has so many wonderful qualities and awesome character traits???"

One of the main things I love about him is his passion to be a good dad to our kids.  I know of so many dads out there who just aren't that "into" their children.  I'm not saying they don't love their kids or that they don't want to provide for them, but Kraig wants to go above and beyond that.  He takes part in teaching our children, in playing with them, even in correcting and discipling them when necessary.  And he does all of this without me nagging at him to do so.  It's just who he is being the kind of dad he wants to be.  If he needs to run errands on a Saturday or a day when he's off work, he usually asks Taylor is she'd like to go with him.  He knows she loves to be out and about and she especially loves riding in Daddy's truck!  Often when he's working outside or in his garage, Rylan wants to be out there too so Kraig lets him (as long as it's safe, of course) and does his work while keeping his eye on Rylan (which is no easy task and probably makes whatever he's doing take twice as long!).  I appreciate that he takes the time and opportunities to be the leader to our children and to be the role model they each need.  I also love that he wants to take individual time with them whenever possible.  I know they might not realize it now or even know to appreciate it now, but I know this is something that, espeically when they are older, they will look back on and be so grateful for.

I also love so much that Kraig has never questioned my desire to be home with our kids.  Before we ever got married, this is something we discussed and decided...that I would become a stay home mom once we had kids.  It's one reason we waited seven years to start our family!  Not that we have it all together, but we wanted to reach certain financial goals (mainly no debt other than our house) before bringing a new life and responsibility into our lives all while losing an income.  I'll admit, going from two full time incomes down to pretty much just one income (I do still work usually just one day per week) over five years ago was very challenging to say the least.  There are a lot of things we had to change and even just plain give up, but Kraig never complained (and still doesn't!).  He loves to have his "man toys" ('62 Chevy, motorcycle) and his fun hobbies (car tinkering, gun collecting) and things like that, but he finds creative ways to save and even make extra money sometimes to pay for those things.  I'm sure he would like to do more on a regular basis, but he doesn't make that  his priority and I'm so thankful for that.

It's also wonderful to me that he is just HOME.  He's home from work by 5pm and, while I know he'd love to make more money or have a job where there is opportunity for overtime, it's so nice that he gets to be HERE.  He's not constantly at work.  He's also not going out after work with "the guys" or hanging out with "the guys" on the weekends.  When he's not at work, he's with his family and I just find that incredible because, trust me, we are not always that lovely to be with LOL ;0)

Since he was a teenager, Kraig's life verse has been

"A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil:  for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh." ~ Luke 6:45

How thankful and blessed I am that the abundance of Kraig's heart is that which is good!!!