The Art Of The Brick

Last weekend we had a family date night.
Our family went on a date with another family.

We went with the Matt and Crishelle and their cute daughter Alyse up to spend the evening in Park City. First we went to the Kimball Art Museum to see The Art Of The Brick exhibit by Nathan Sawaya. It was life sized art made completely from Legos. Tyson was in heaven and the girls were super impressed. In the newspaper article it said that he asked his parents for a dog and they said no, so he built a life sized one from Legos and that is where his passion started. I like the idea of a Lego pet. Here are some great pictures of some of his pieces.

 This was Ava's favorite. She is our little artist.

 This was one of Tyson's favorites because it combine skateboarding and Lego's.

This was my favorite.{SMOOCH}

Bucket List: See Mt. Rushmore- {check}

 This was one of the coolest. I can't believe you can create such detail in a flat image.
 In the background you can see his self portrait in Legos.

The girls weren't sold on the Lego cat as a pet idea (Darn).

Here are some more great pieces. His self portrait, the city scape, a castle and a creepy peeper.
Ava found the money one real quick. Already going for the Benjamins!

We ended the night with dinner at the Wasatch Brew Pub.  Good food and good company. However next time we should rethink a brew pub when it is the night before St. Patrick's Day.

*Side Note- One funny event of the evening was when Tyson parked the stroller in the lobby area where everyone was parking their strollers.  When he came back to where the group was standing, I asked him "Where is the baby?" He looked at me and said, "I don't know. Don't you have him." I shook my head and Tyson took off quickly and headed back to the stroller.  He had parked the baby with the stroller. We were all giggling. The baby never noticed. He wasn't crying or even making a peep.  He is such a happy and content little guy. Tyson had seen me take the blanket off him and thought I had grabbed him too. It was so funny! We still giggle when we think about it.