This is one of my favorite meals "Pho." Michael and David were down at the studio and went to lunch with me. This is their most common and much loved pose for me to soot. 
If you can't tell which twin this is. . . . . .it is the one who is always sticking his finger in his nose. (As if that would narrow it down!)
This picture represents many, many tears. The kittens "William" and "Harry" went missing and for the longest time we thought they really gone. We searched every square inch of the house and for days they were lost. Even "Lady" their mother couldn't find them. Then after two and a half very long and sad weeks. David found them burried in the gorillia costume he keeps in his closet. Pictures to follow.
I have been doing a lot of research on koi for my upcoming paintings. I shot this picture out at Robin's and really like it. Not so much for its composition or anything like that but because the koi on the left seems to be floating above the water. More to follow.
I know, way boring picture but it is here to show that we made it in. This is the conference room that was such a mess. We are down to a few punch list items and a few more pieces of art to add but the space came out better than we had hoped. Go see the third floor of the Walker Center, "Smith Hartvigsen" Very cool space if we do say so ourselves.
Annie's Birthday and here she is in her Birthday Hat! Next birthday is Katherine's and now she is already asking about her hat. She wants to be a fashion designer and I think wants to have creative input on the design of her hat. Well see. . .
Mom sent me an email with a photo of my niece's daughter wearing one of the hats she hand knits with the request to turn it into a logo for her web site. Here is what I came up with. Hope it works out. Love you both
We had a farewell party for John and Zac. John is headed off to start the photography program at Art Center College of Design and his cousin Zac is headed back to Lake Placid to continue luge training. John let me play with some of the glass he recently picked up for his schooling. Talk about jealous! I am so excited for him and wish him all the best. Work hard down there Jonner bugs!
Jane and the girls left Helper a day early because Jane "felt like she needed to be home." When they got there Lady (the cat) was already in labor. William and Harry were actually born at about 3:00 in the morning and the girls ended up sleeping through it. Watching the birth of the kittens was to be lesson one the home school version of the "maturation program." Oh well, I guess it will be books and pictures.
For the past couple of months I have been getting down to the office early and spending a couple of hours every morning back in the studio painting. Here is the "side view" of about half of the work I have been able to complete. For the front view you will need to come and see me at the studio.
This is the hand of the professor who taught me how to draw and paint portraits and the human figure. He is one of the most skilled and tallented figure artists today. Paul Davis
I spent the weekend in Helper Utah. I called and entered a painting in the salon and with it they offered me a free booth in their arts festival. I had a great time and was thrilled when the whole family and Howard and Betty showed up for support. It was a lot of fun and good to reconnect with the "gang" 
Look! It's Michael! Smiling! I think this is the best candid I have ever been able to take of him. I shot about six frames as fast as I could. By the third frame he had his tongue out and his finger buried in his nose. I have more pictures of the twins "picture bombing" their own photos than I care to admit. Glad to finally have one now.
We celebrated Emma's birthday today (officially it is on the 16th) and started a new family tradition, Birthday Hats! Jane and I put this one together while Emma was sleeping. Thank goodness there is a WalMart and a Michael's in PC. Annie is already asking about hers. . .
Peter came up and spent the day with us in Park City. Everyone rode the alpine slide and the coaster. Jane was not too thrilled when she found out that the bike he borrowed and rode up the hill on wasn't one that needed to be pedaled.
Annie, Raymo, and Belle hanging out in PC. This year Jane's family put together a semi stay-cation in Park City. We actually had a great time, had some killer food, saw some great art, heard some very good music and had a brilliant time with the extended family. One treasure we found is "Jupiter Bowl" if you have never been you are missing a real treat!
This evening was the neighborhood block party. I was recruited by one of my neighbors to help with the face painting booth. This is what you get when you ask a guy who paints flowers to paint on faces. I tried, but couldn't talk anyone into a big koi fish across their face. Maybe a back piece. Volunteers?
I found these sunflowers just down the street from the house. They are great fodder for a painting. . . . . .or two.
Emma with a snap dragon, SNAPPING! I brought Emma and Katherine into the yard to show them the snap dragons and teach them how to make them "snap." They were so mad at me when they found out that they weren't "real" snapping dragons! "That's it? That's all they do? Dad you are sooooo boooring!" I like snap dragons, natures own puppet.
This is a progress shot of the space in the Walker Center we have been working on. The law firm moves in this week end. Oh poop! Good news, the space was ready when they moved. A little messy, but ready!
Jeffrey Cobabe and Associates has been working on the design of a law firm going into the Walker Center in down town SLC. While walking through the parking structure I noticed this. . .
These are the bottles of painting medium, varnish and solvent I keep in my studio. I was in the studio shooting some of my work and liked the accidental composition of my supplies.
Little Rosie Posy. I first shot Rosie on the beach in Newport in 2005. Some of my (and her Mother's) favorite beach pictures are of Rosie dancing in the surf. This one was taken while "hanging out at the Garza's pool."
For the pioneer holiday today the Cobabe's threw a "Trailer Bash." We all dressed up in our finest trailer trash duds and had baked macaroni and cheese from a can! After dinner we all jumped into the front seat of the truck and ran out to the track to watch the figure eights and the fire works. Ma' gooder judgement don't let me stick up none of them pictures of the family in their trailer house best. Just picture Daisy Dukes and a tied up gingham shirt, and that's notin' compared to what Jane was wearing! Next year, ya'll hav' ta come.
This is the third floor of the Walker Center. This picture was taken one week from move in day. At this point it was looking pretty impossible but at the posting of this photo our client is in, up and running and we are down to punch listing. I must say though, it was nuts!
Here is a studio shot mid-process on a some paintings headed to PD. Nothing like the smell of oil paint and damar varnish in the morning!
Paintings in process. I set them in the sun to speed the drying of the oil paint. I had one of the residents of the VA housing down from us knock on the door and ask if they were "Up for grabs". He was no longer interested when I told him. "Sure if he wanted to buy them." I've always wondered if I would feel complimented if someone stole one of the paintings I had sitting out front to dry.
This is Nana, one of my favorite photo subjects and one of the most accident prone little girls I know. This is the aftermath of a "woopsie" that is going to keep her out of the pool for the rest of the summer. Hang in there II! 
Introducing the newest member of the pack "Dodi". He was the pet of a group of the girls that run around with Michael and David. The girls however, forgot to see if it was ok with their parents. After bouncing around from house to house he landed with us. M&D told their friends. "Don't worry our Mom will let us have him!" After he climbed into Jane's arms to sleep the first night he was at the house, he became a permanent member of the family. Oh yeah, Happy Birthday Babe! xoxoxo
Annie has been teaching dance at Danz-4-Ever, the dance studio in Centerville where the little girls have been taking dance. This summer Annie ran "Princess Camp" and they needed a bean bag toss game so. . . . . .I got recruited. She said that the girls loved tossing bean bags into the frog's mouth but that she couldn't keep the little "princesses" from kissing him.
Garz and Nana hanging in the pool. This one is for you Dee. I think I have another coming up, post fall.
This is a blanket cabinet for the Idaho Falls, Idaho Temple. Not the most exciting piece of furniture but still fun to be a part of all that.
Now we are back to flowers from the front yard. These flower pictures remind me of one of my favorite quotes. It is from Georgia O'Keeffe, a american artist known for her paintings of flowers. It is "I hate flowers. I only paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move."
A couple of days ago I posted flowers from the front yard, here is a picture of some flowers from the back yard.
On the drive back from Denver I stopped to stretch my legs at a rest stop. There was an entire family of these little guys out begging for junk food from everyone at the stop. I gave them the last of my potato chips. I am guessing that they are the best fed ground squirrels in Wyoming.
I drove to Denver to deliver a table to the temple there. It was kind of funny, though I had taken clothes to change into for the installation, the temple engineer was wanting to leave for the day so he said what I had on was fine. I walked a 52" table into the center of the temple wearing shorts and flip flops. That was a first!
