Winter Wonderland Weekend

We had our first big snow of the season this weekend. We went to bed with grass, and woke up to find this.

Daniel was very excited when we opened the curtains and he saw the snow. He couldn't wait to get out there and play in it.

So, he and Jen headed out after breakfast for a little fun, while Nate and Andrea watched from the warm kitchen windows

The snow was wet and sticky and PERFECT for building a giant snowman.

The rest of the weekend, Nate had a major project lined up with neighbor Tom. He's been talking about and planning for building some garage cabinets in order to try to organize a little bit out there. Nate came up with the plans, took some measurements, and Tom went to work with his CAD software drawing up the plans. They started with 18 sheets of particle board and a bunch of pine for face-frame material, and went to work.

This is how I had everything "organized" before we started.

Nate and Tom got all the parts machined in Tom's garage Saturday, and then Nate started assembling the boxes Saturday evening back in his garage. Sunday, Tom and Doug came over to help installing everything.

And, here's where we ended up so far. Next, I have a bunch of holes to drill for the adjustable shelf pegs, and we need to finish drilling out the hinge holes for the doors. Lastly, a little paint, and it'll be all done.