Lower cabinets are so NOT useful

I took some scraps from the garage and made some shallow trays and mounted them on full extension drawer slides in the island. Lower cabinets are a pain because you have to crouch down and reach way in to get/see what's in there. Not any more! These trays pull all the way out, giving you full access to what's in them. The slides are rated for 100lbs too.

Halloween 2008!

Here are the requisite Halloween pictures of the family!  Every year Jennifer comes up with our family costume theme (and does most of the assembly & design work).  This year's idea was heroes and villains.  The boys were all super heroes and we were villains (that is more or less what the reality is anyway, right?)  Hopefully, you can guess who everyone is: