Here is our house is Arizona City, AZ, this picture was taken last week i think. thats the back porch, nice huh? on the far left is the window for the kitchen, then living room and the far right window is our master bedroom. there are 2 other bedrooms that the window is on the front of the house. and 2 bath, our master bedroom has a big garden tub and walk in closet! im excited for that! it should be done thursday, and we plan on heading down this weekend! yahoo! 

Here is a palm tree sunet oil painting I started yesterday and finished today. oh,and i think our house in arizona is going to be delayed again...ugh! we just saw a picture of it and its not looking about ready to move it at all yet. 

okay here is the revised edition, look okay? 

here is the latest painting that i did. Tell me what you guys think! 

okay, i tried to fix the waves on this one... i still dont know. but it does look better i think more subtle... 

The FInished picture!! this is how it will look, unless someone has any suggestions. what do you guys think? feel free to leave comments;) im going to have this one framed and stuff , so i want it to look great. mom if you have any painting tips share them:) 

Here is what i finished last night about 1 am. i have no idea how long i was painting, but i couldnt stop. i was so elated with how this was turning out. i felt like i outdid myself! i just LOVE it. except for the ocean inbetween the waves and the opposite shoreline. i really just didnt know what to do there. but i tried. i couldnt sleep forever thinking about it. but i have found that when i choose a picture that means a lot to me, like this one, my heart is in it.and it always goes smoother. i still stumble, but i really ENJOY working thru everything. its so relaxing, but at the same time im so concentrated on it. this one is getting framed! oh, can you you find the differnces between this one and the other finished painting? there were some things that didnt look right on this one, so this morning i touched it up. 

here is the underpainting, i do this every time i paint a picture, i usually use terra rosa for color, and do a monochromatic sketch to block in my picture. i try to make sure i have the right shapes and shadows. sometimes i like the underpainting just as much the painting, just because its the time when you need to get things right. and when its right, it feels good!  

here is a painting i started last night and finished this morning. i dont know if i like it or not, i cant tell if i just dont really like the painting or if it was the picture that i took this from that i dont like. the colors were all shades of purples and pinks, and so painting was a little diffucult because the differences in colors were so suble some places. and since my knowledge about color is very very very basic, i felt like i was almost guessing at the colors, and doing that the odds are overwehlmingly against me happening to get the right ones. but i tried. i think next time im going to stick to greater contrast, like the sunset. maybe not that extreme, but i did really like the look of that one. Well, im off !  

its late! its late! a very important date!

hey guys, we finally got a date on when our house SHOULD be done. so cross your fingers. its the 17th of febuary, so like about 3 weeks away. theres light at the end of the tunnel. although its kinda nice, i looked out my window today and i think i might see a break in the fog. they said we should see sun by sunday. well thats about it. talk to ya later!

Hello From Salt Lake (still!)

Hey everybody we are still in salt lake, and we probably wil l be for a while because in arizona there is rain. i guess too much rain to build our house on schedule, so to our dismay our house will not be finished by the end of january like we thought. so we will be in salt lake for probably the next couple weeks, maybe a month. its just so gray! i dont think we have seen the sun for a good week at least. its been gray because the inversion is pertty bad and today it was raining all day, snowed a little over night but melt ed bcause of the rain. and we are in week 10 of our training , and i think we are geting closer to having some offers accepted. its kind of a learning curve. arizona is sounding better all the time! sunshine, 70 degree weather... our own house w/out neighbors stealing our parking spots... a finished house...we'll be able to unpack everything.. well maybe.. i guess we are moving to casa grande in may probably (like 10 minutes north, closer to pheonix) . when i get down there i want to check out Rocky Point. the mexican beach... Well, thats it for today!
Talk to you guys later!

Do you want to look like this? Glamour Shots By Deb are on sale.  

This is me painting. i wish i had a "horse" , its this wooden thing you sit on and it holds your painting. its sort of a mess trying to paint this way, from chairs and tables. but its still good:) hahah like dan said "dont we all wish we had a horse." im sure emma could relate... 

January 25th 2005. Oil on canvasboard. Titled Arizona Sunset. I did this All Prima. anybody know what that means? take a guess. i'll tell you later if you were right. i really like this! mom you said to paint only 2 strokes with the same color, and with the sunset, i really tried to do it. i didnt completely, it was hard to only do 2 , but it works! i will give you that! im excited. i love to paint. its just so fun. its relaxing, and i love to play with the paint. have i said that? haha. anyways, i've gotta go! 

Marys Summit. I drew this from pencil. and from reference. sorry you didnt get to see it in person mare. but here you are! you're out to discover. look at you go!  

Here is an oil painting that i did for my oil painting class last semester. Its oil on canvasboard, and i like how it turned out. the picture here doesnt show the brilliant and vibrant colors the origional painting actually exhibits. its really a must see in person to get the effect. I love oil paints! they're thick and rich. and the colors are bright and really amazing. 

Life Is a Beach

Well we are back in salt lake now, and getting back to work. sorta taking off slow, dans been sick. We dont know exactly when our 4plex will close, or when our place in arizona city will be done yet, so we are still in that transitional stage. well thats about it for today! oh yeah, and for anybody who wants to leave a comment, mary made it so anybody could. ;)

Here is Katie , Karlee and Kortney Jacobson, when Dan and Cassie got back from Omaha we had a late Christmas and opened presents Jan 9th.  

Cassie and Olivia Sleeping.She is such a cuddley baby! 

Jenny and Cassie, and olivia head.  

Parker eating his cereal! he had 2 bowls and still wanted more! 

Baby Olivia! Isnt she cute! 

Me and My Dad! What a guy!  

Merry Christmas to the Halls! We got these kayaks for our trips to Alaska! 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I can't belive its already 2005. Wow. SO this past year has been AWESOME for the Jacobsons. Starting one year ago, Dan and I (this is cassie) decided we wanted to be married. So we did it. We got married in april- Fabulous wedding by the way. Then we went on our honeymoon to cancun and playa del carmen, mexico. Next it was back to omaha for our reception there, and then to Alaska. We drove the whole way, David and Emma came out to stay with us and we met my mom, audrey, jenny and parker in Calgary, Canada and finished the drive together. It took about 5 days, partly because we fell in love with Banff Nat'l Park along the way. Dan and David golfed, and I took pictures. we stayed 5 days in Alaska and then headed back (won't do that again. but it was fun!)We both took classes this fall, I took oil painting, drawing, kickboxing, raquetball and sociology. Dan took Stats, raquetball, philosophy and first aid. We went to Omaha for Christmas, which was very good! I missed my family! He left on the 30th to head down to the Fiesta Bowl, he said it was the best game he's ever been to! Now we will work a little and move the end of jan/ first part of febuary to Arizona City, AZ, then in may to Casa Grande for at least a year or two, who knows where we'll be after that. Well. That pretty much sums up our year. We couldnt be happier!

My newest neice (Hall side) I havn't seen yet! Olivia Lynn McLean 

The whole fam damly just one year ago! (just think- in one year alot's happened- wheres dan??) 

The girls! 

Cassie and mom on our wedding day!! awww thats special!