Monday, June 9, 2008

Sorry folks what can I say.... life happens. We are still alive, we have not fled the country or been forced to go into hiding. (Not yet anyways.)

Rather than try to captivate you with verbal ramblings describing the events and happenings of the Downs household over the last several months I've decided to bombard you with imagery (infused with captions when necessary) otherwise no one will make it to the end of this blog, myself included.

A few highlights if you will....


The family at opening night at my exhibition at Gallery UAF... Sid's favorite part was the refreshments! Thanks everybody who came!









For Simon's birthday the whole Downs crew went to Hogle Zoo...













Road trip to Zion with my sis...









The tree was something we found on a back road
outside Zion and had to stop and photograph it.




Making friends along the way!


Standing at the Lower Emerald pools.








Lot's of Rocking out! Greg's has had ton's of gig's lately!

Greg at Addicted Cafe...
I know it's hard to see, but it was
so packed that night this was
as close as me and Sid could get,
so we had to cheer from the back.



And of course when your a kid what is summer without parades?













Fort Douglas...













Downs reunion at Bear Lake, a family favorite!

The bunk-room! Sid was really excited to sleep on the top bunk!

Playing a little one on one baseball.









Heading to the opera with my sis....













More art shows! Pieces exhibited at the Gittin's gallery and the Pickle Company...













We've stayed super busy lately! Greg's new album is out, you can find it on i-tunes. He's also been experimenting with orchestration for film scoring and is starting up a new project with his old drummer Clay, which he's really excited about. Sid has been way into baseball this summer, reading the Hobbit, and playing Age of Mythology. I'm almost done with the semester for the summer (yeah!) and just finished up a new series in the darkroom.

Hopefully that catches us up a wee bit!