It's a Leap Year! Happy Birthday Dad!

So, today my dad becomes a teenager, 13 or 52 for those of you not familiar with Leap Year babies!!

He is an amazing man after God's heart and I am blessed to call him my Dad!

Yep, that's me :)

So for a number of birthdays I have told my dad I would make him some art...well my realism skills aren't that great, but I am putting myself out there for the enjoyment of my dad! 

Here is the start of my tri-panel landscape of the Grand Canyon for my Pops! 

The picture is from our family trip to the National Park when I was in middle school.

  

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Recently my husband and I went to Iowa to visit our families. We had a great time and got to see our grandparents along the way!

 My Grandpa Horick who is turning 90 in May hadn't been doing well, so I am glad we got to spend some quality time with him and fortunately he has gotten better. 
He is wonderful!

This is my Grandma Horick, my Mom's mom, love her!

We were also able to visit Jon's Grandma and Grandpa Schaad after Grandma had surgery to remove some cancer.

She is doing well and we are praying for her recovery and Chemo treatment to go smoothly, God is faithful! (Photo from Christmas 2011)

We miss our family in Iowa and are thankful for every visit we have with them even when it takes 8 hours to see them! :)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We brought back a project from Iowa!!

A dresser that was my grandparents...it will be my first furniture painting project! Wish me luck...and feel free to give any tips toward furniture painting success!!

Well, that's all for now...

enjoy.
Liz

A few quick thoughts

So I have been quite busy lately, and it isn't showing signs of stopping any time soon.

Life is good and God is great.

Here are a few pictures I took during Fargo's foggy season...
4 straight days of fog and frosted trees, GORGEOUS!

Weeping Willows are my favorite!!

I hope your week is going well too...maybe you're just as busy :)

It's times like these that I am thankful for the small things, and God's provision in my life.


enjoy.
Liz

Wednesday and waiting...

I have ordered my new pictures for the basement wall and upstairs, and now I am waiting for them to arrive...they have been shipped, so now their just trying my patience! :) SO EXCITED!

I used Mpix, as per recommendation from another blog that I follow, Whatever, love this blog, seriously have been following it almost daily for almost 3 years now!

Meg Duerksen and her good friends Kimberlee, and Ashley host a Craft Weekend and I REALLY want to go sometime in the near future. So, if you're interested let me know! It is kind of expensive, but you know what I say to that, my husband goes on fishing trips, hunting trips, and all kinds of manly outings...now here is my chance. Now if only I had a girl friend or two that loved crafting, chatting, antiquing, and all around girlie fun to go with...PLEASE help me out on this one! I would love to go, I am just not sure who else would love to go too?!

Don't get me wrong, I love my husband and am grateful that he pursues his passions, it's just that I am elated that now one of my passions has an outing! 

Ooh, I should also mention that I would love to go to Artfest in Port Townsend, Washington. This creative/art gathering I found through another blog I love following, artist Michelle Allen, check her out pretty wonderful things!

I bought this guy from Michelle two years ago

Anyhow, here is a sneak peek at the basement wall.

Hope to give you the full view soon!

enjoy.
Liz