This time of the year is always busy, but this year I think we can go ahead and stick it under a category marked "crazy!" I feel like we haven't been home for over 2 weeks with no end in sight! Not that it's a bad thing, I just feel like we need to slow it down and remember the birth of our Lord and Savior. I am more and more thankful for Him each and every day. After the events last Friday (which I read about during the school day on my lunch) I was left heartbroken and crying out to God for those sweet babies, their teachers, and their parents. I was quite literally in shock of it all. This week at school I am watching fiercely over my kids, hugging them tighter, and making sure they know they are safe. I am so glad that even though I don't know the future, I know the one who holds my future.
For a while now, we've planned on finally finishing our family room. That's right, it's kind of been unfinished for the entire time we've lived there. It was painted and decorated, just no molding and the ceiling was hideous because we (and by we, I mean Zach) took down the drop ceiling the previous owners had put up. So, anyway, I looked at curtains and didn't really find anything I liked, so I decided I was going to make my own. Zach and I looked at Jo-Ann's a couple times and each time we looked I liked this fabric more and more. It was the most expensive fabric I've ever bought, but in the end, it was sooooo worth it! (*Note- I bought the fabric in January before NSM! : )) Here we are at Mama Joyce's one day after church cutting the panels. I think we were all nervous to cut it. It was too costly to mess up! Fast forward a couple weeks because I didn't have time, was lazy, and also scared to sew on it, and I finally just delved in an...
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