What The Hail?

Katie and I participated in our first ever Chalk Art competition in South Jordan. Her art teacher and my friend, Camille, is a Chalk Art Guru and part of the crew/committee or whatever it's called and recruited us, even though we all live in the Sugarhood. We partnered with friends Michael and Brenda Sherwood -- our team was the Hutwoods. This isn't your kid sidewalk chalk. This is a lot of work. You use pastels and tools and there's a whole technique to it. We even had Camille do a workshop for us, so we knew what we were doing.

I drew us a picture we'd be doing and we worked on it for 4 hours. The kids were troopers and really helped for the most part, except for Sno Cone runs or when Katie forgot and walked over the picture. With only 1 1/2 hours to go before voting, we just needed to do the ocean and finish the detail work. It started to pour. Monsoon-like rain. And HAIL! In FREAKIN' AUGUST!!!! We tried to cover it, but it was useless. With blisters on our hands, chalk from ear to toe and drenched to the skin, we left. Still, it was a BLAST and I'm sure we'll do it again (and bring a tarp!).

Here's what it looked like before the storm...

And five minutes before it washed away...
(If you click for a larger view, you'll see 1. how wet it was, 2. how much chalk I had on my face and feet.)