Texas Style!!!

I think the layout of my blog is set for now. I'm relatively happy with it and I'm too busy to spend time on it right now.

We're in Texas visiting Erik's family this week. It's been tons of fun so far with lots of Grandma and Grandpa time for Max and lots of good food, shopping and visiting for the rest of us. Hopefully I'll get some sort of update up shortly after the trip.

Back to the real world on Monday.

Icky, icky, ick.

Feedback Please!

I'm looking for some feedback on this redesign. Does it look okay? Too busy? It's still a work in progress. Things may change at the drop of a pin. Or if I'm bored at work.

Please be nice. I'm new at this and I know I don't have the best eye for form and design.

Also, any suggestions for the header? I'm not too happy with it but I don't know what else to do.

Update #1: I tripled the width of the horizontal stripes. Better Zachy? Or still distracting?

Update #2: I'm trying it without the background. I'm not sure which I like better. One was too fussy, the other might be too plain.