Tuesday 12/23 The Ottoman

Tuesday morning was a little crazy! I woke up at 7 a.m. to take care of the kids. I mean, it was only fair since Luke had gotten up at 4 a.m. to get to work on Monday and then drove the whole way to Chicago. When we got there my sister, parents and me stayed up really late talking (BTW, my family is a whole bunch of night owls. Luke is only just realizing how much and we have been married 7 1/2 years!!)

Anyway, by the time he got up on Tuesday morning I was wiped out! I got to take a much needed nap and he took the kids out to play in the snow! (Previous posted pictures) They had a ball! They were out for a few hours and while out there Luke helped my dad shovel and shovel and shovel. It didn't matter how much they shoveled, it just kept coming..

After coming in and defrosting my dad, Luke, me and the kids ventured out in all the snow to do a small little project. They have a coffee table (for over 30 years!) that we use as an ottoman of sorts. Since it hurts to put our feet up on a hard table, we decided to try and make it into an ottoman ourselves. It isn't beautiful, but it works and we had a great time doing it!!

Ottoman project:

The coffee table...

Spencer helping grandpa measure

I didn't take a picture of the finished project without stuff on it...so I'll post it later!