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Monday, August 9, 2010

Artsy Fartsy FTW (For the win!)

Okay, so this morning I'm probably either racing to get my kids ready and off to their Grandma S's house or I'm already at my MRI to see what is going on. But while we are waiting I will update you on my weekend!

Quite a while ago my mom invited me to go with her to the Park City Arts festival. She has been going annually for over a decade! Up until this year she went with her mom, but due to some unfortunate events that is no longer possible, so she invited me.

We left on Friday and headed down to Salt Lake. While there we stopped to drop off some things to my Grandpa K and to visit :)

It was so good to see him! Even if he wouldn't let me get a picture of him doing "brain surgery" aka pretending to shove his pinky finger all the way up his nose while pulling a hilarious face. That stunt always brings back good memories of when I was little.... that and him "Growling"... such a ham! I love him so much and his sense of humor always has me laughing.

(He and my mom making a "pinky promise" about something.... hmmm my memory must be going!)

After visiting with "Grumpy" and going out to dinner with him we headed to our hotel for the night.

The next morning we headed up to Park City to attend the Arts Festival.. or the "Kimball Arts Festival" for those of you that are picky. :)

The art there is so cool! This rooster was part of a group of other motion sculptures... each of the heads would nodd in the wind. I loved how this ones body wasn't a solid color, but instead had texture to it.

Mom bought me a really fun hat that I'm totally going to wear to death:

My mom and I are of the opinion that these pictures we are standing in front of could totally be done by my machinist of a dad!

(See dad.... you could totally do those!)

I loved looking at all the different types of art! They sooooo make me want to try my hand at art again... even though I am sorely out of practice and would probably be disappointed in my lack of skill... even then, I want to learn how to weld at least!

I mean... how many cool things could I make!!!! Funfun! 

Okay, so maybe I'm a little ambitious... I admit... but aren't these things so cool to see? Turbo has asked me to play this one over and over again. :) Maybe I can convince Jer to let me build a shop out back? hmmmm maybe not, not enough space :( And then there's that whole... I don't know how to weld thing...

And yes, there was "normal" paintings there too... this one totally made me think of my boys! batman: check, Light saber: check, big wheel: check....

So fun!

4 comments:

Winders said...

HOW AWESOME!! I remember going to this festival with Mom and Gma, once. It was so beautiful. I'm glad you had so much fun!

Kar said...

Ohhhh I love arts festivals. They totally inspire me, too. I go home with a mental list of things I want to do. And then I get caught up in diaper changing, cleaning, etc. Blah.

Maggi said...

I had fun, too! Thanks for coming with me. You're good company!

Loni said...

Ha, I love the Boba Fett helmet in the bottom painting. Too funny. And your hat rocks!!