Zach and Nathana

This week is Zach's spring break, so we've been trying to do some fun things to help him relax before he goes back to finish the semester off strong! We also put down laminate hard wood floors in my Mama Joyce's dining room on Monday and Tuesday. ( I took 3 days off from work to spend with him! : ))   Also, on his spring break, our newest nephew was born!  It was Monday, March 11.  He was born at 7:59 a.m. and was 7 lbs. 12 oz.  He was three weeks early, so his lungs had some fluid in them and he had to spend 6 days in the NICU!  It was awesome when we finally got to hold him! : )  His name is Samuel Ray, and his middle name is after Zach's dad's middle name!  I know ya'll can't believe this, but I don't even have a picture of him!  I am a bad Aunt!  On Wednesday we had finished the floor, so we were going to have some fun!  We went to the Gerst Haus for lunch (YUM!) and then bowling.  I think I scored my all-t

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