Ever since I was a child I have always had the knack for building and working with my hands. When I was young I always played with K-Nex and Legos, building and creating different things. I made all sorts of things such as ferris wheels using the K-Nex set, too little castles using my Legos. My mother always told me that I was constantly doing something with building. When I reached a certain age of about nine I was "hired" by my Opa (grandfather in Dutch) to help him around his house and mine. Every day I would go to work with him, always trying new things and learning new techniques. We would work on a different project everyday ranging from painting a wall, or digging to put in a fence, and even framing and building walls. My father also made an enormous impact on my love for working. He installed carpets for a living. On a Sunday my dad and I would go on a side job and install, carpets for people. The work is as difficult and hard on the body, but all in all the profession is what I would call "an art in itself." I would have to honestly say that my grand father and my father were both the ones who got me started in my life long job as a carpenter.