You're lucky, man. My family are all stupid engineers and shit. The only thing I can ask them for is if I need to be reminded exactly what a resistor or a capacitor is.
Actually, my dad's a pretty good handyman, and my uncle owns his own carpentry business. He's really sharp, but he just decided that he wanted to be a carpenter, so he dropped out of college and went to work. If you're ever in Florida and need something built, look up Richard Ham and give him a holler. I think he's expensive though - he's one of the best carpenters in the state, I do believe. Got a pretty big business actually.
Which leads me to another thing - he just bought an island so he could build it up and have his retirement there. I think that's pretty slick - he rows out there and works on it in his free time. I wouldn't mind having an island...