Lou the Artisan.

When I married Lou I had no idea of some of his talents. Lou is a modest man who never will brag about himself. One talent that really surprised me when I found out is Lou's wood working talent. We had been married about 2 months he had left his job at Circuit City and was looking for a new job. We were in one of the computer labs at BYU and I was looking for jobs nothing was really grabbing our attention and I saw one for cabinet maker, The pay (at the time) was pretty good and I said too bad you don't know how to build cabinets this job looks pretty cool. Lou responded I know how to build cabinets I did it for 3 years in Boise. I was so suprised I thought how cool I have my own Charles Ingalls. I was even more surprised when I was able to see some of the work he did. Lou of course got the cabinet job because also one of Lou's talents is that he is a great people person. People just tend to love Lou, he makes a great first impression and continues impressing. So to my point, Lou built and carved a frame for me. We received a wood shutter from Lou's parents when they were in Singapore. a little bit later we received some paintings from them we hadn't gotten them framed because of the expense. A couple of months ago we were talking about the paintings and Lou while looking at the shutter said hey I bet I can build frames to match that shutter and sure enough Lou did it and did it brillantly.

The original Shutter
Lou's frame (hand built, carved and stained)
Close up of the lower carvings
Close up of the upper carvings