see liz run

 i did it! i finished my first half marathon!! i ran it 20 minutes faster than i thought i would finishing at 2 hours and 10 minutes. it was such a great experience and i would do it again in a heartbeat. i felt great the entire time and loved every minute. a big huge thank you to my sweet husband who had to miss out on several long saturday morning bike rides so that i could do my long runs...also seeing his face at the finish has got to be one of my favorite moments of all time! he was beaming with pride!

and another big thank you for my darling sister and nephews who made me a sign and cheered me on as i crossed the finish line. they almost missed me because my sister said she kept looking for a blonde. hahahaha!
good thing yousef has a sharp eye!

and did i mention that i have the greatest mother and father in law in the WORLD!!! they came to cheer me on and shower me with love and flowers. i couldn't have asked for a better day!
...my joints are a little sore but other than that i feel great and can't wait to do another one someday. it even gave me the crazy notion that maybe, just maybe i could run a marathon at some point.

another work of art

i was so pleased with all the positive comments about my family watercolor portrait! thank you all!

my sweet friend, whitney, asked me to do one of her family too. 

and... in my humble opinion i think it turned out pretty great.

so if anybody out there in blogland is wanting one of these beauties i would be oh-so-happy to paint one for you. the cost is $20 for a two-person portrait and $5 for each additional person. 

if you live out of state - free shipping. :)

i've also made a few more of these pretties lately - great for baby shower gifts or girly birthdays!

one customized fabric doll is $30

*BUT if you get a watercolor, i'll throw in a doll for $25*

email me if you are interested and/or have questions 

lizhart1290@gmail.com

newness

there have been some changes around here on the blog. i'm trying to "pretty" it up so i'll be motivated to be more diligent with my posting. so if you are in reader you should click over here to see all new stuff.

also see this sweet little watercolor i made using our family picture as a reference. 

yeah, i'm pretty impressed with myself.

in other news naomi started walking!

that deserves a post all its own, so stay tuned...

around these parts...

someone is growing taller and lovesssss opening any and all drawers

also we love playing with our rumbi boy..and he loves baby-size socks

naomi could read books all day long! her favorite part is turning the pages.

she's discovered how fun it is to play in small spaces.

and don't forget mr. giraffe... heaven help us if we ever lose him!

crafty lady

recently i had this grand {and time consuming} idea to make fabric doll look-a-likes. i, of course, started out with my sweet little naomi... pictured below...

she turned out pretty darn cute i think. also i learned A LOT during my first attempt so i decided i would make a "sophia" who is naomi's little neighbor friend...

and here's my 3rd attempt. i did two at once while watching conference. i think i've finally got all the kinks ironed out so these turned out SUPER cute. in my humble opinion.

london and demi.
these are for steve's two little nieces who have the same birthday in april.
i hope they like them!

be-lated birthday pics

i am officially the worst blogger ever. but these pics of naomi and her birthday cake are just THE cutest. that's exactly how she ate it - face first.
what a fun first birthday she had!

Lately

We have been caught up with all sorts of sickness up in here for the past month. Which resulted in many a "stay in your jammies" kind of days.
Thank goodness we have rumbi and the good old tellie to help us through the tough times.