Does anyone remember what I gave Sam for his birthday? Lovely bags filled with corn feed (remember the bugs, is this ringing a bell, if not go back to April and read about the horror of making these bags) to go with the game Cornhole. The catch was, Sam and I would have to make the cornhole boards ourselves. Sam loves projects, and knowing that we have access to a fabulous workshop while living here in American Fork I knew he'd be excited. But, to be honest, I wasn't sure we would actually get these boards finished. So for one Family Home Evening (whats that? read here ---> http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/welcome/0,16785,4210-1,00.html) we headed to Lowes and purchased $50 worth of boards, bolts and wood nails. After an hour in the shop I was bored, so Sam took over the project 100%. Little did I know that these cornhole boards would become his baby. Every waking second that Sam didn't have to work or that we weren't watching our nightly Wheel of Fortune (yes, we DVR it every night) he was in the shop working on the boards, for like a week straight. Not that I'm complaining, I got to get away with extra time on Pinterest or other time wasting activities. But Sam truly did an amazing job on this project- his first woodworking project like this to be honest. He followed some very detailed tutorials and self-taught himself how to use the misc saws and power sanders, very impressive indeed.
We debuted the completed boards at the Kerr's family Memorial Day BBQ and they were a hit. For the first few minutes of watching the nephews chuck my (remember 'lovely') corn filled bags I was sure they were done for. But they have held up (although I'm sure I will be the unofficial corn-bag lady, its only a matter of time before one of those suckers breaks open). All the men got into the competition of the cornhole game. Even the ladies went head to head. Now I wish I had pictures, but of course I don't. Imagine us all having a wonderful time with good food and cornhole.
So Cornhole. The name has given Sam and fellow family members a hard time lol. Not being from the midwest its been hard to get everyone on board, but after working with some rebranding- 'Tillman Toss' or 'Bags' Sam decided that the game is called Cornhole, so Cornhole it will stay. After Memorial Day Sam took his boards to the next level, he designed and spent hours carefully staining them. They have turned out gorgeous, and we are very proud of them. I will post pictures soon with Sam and his finished boards!
Other fun summer happenings so far:
Hot tubbing at all hours of the night
Babysitting our nephews and niece for a night, wake up call to reality of having kids!
Going to the pool
Spontaneous putt putt nights using our Pass of all Passes
Weddings
experimenting with our grill, burnt squash anyone?!
lots of mowing for Sam (this grass grows fast!!)
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