Trish and Thomas Phillips

Trish and Thomas have lived in Hot Springs for eighteen years.  They grew up in central Oklahoma, specifically, Midwest City and Edmond.

Trish has been a ceramics and wood crafter for twenty-five years.  Thomas has done remodeling and new construction for forty years and has also taught math and science.

Their Model T story is an interesting one.  Since Trish was a little girl she loved antique cars and pedal cars.  She wished for one of those beautiful, shiny new pedal cars.  One day her father came home with the long awaited gift of a pedal car.  It was old and rusty but she fell in love with it and spent hours scooting around their yard and imagining great trips.  Thomas knew the pedal car story and for her birthday in 2006 he gave Trish a brand new Model T pedal car.  These Model T pedal cars are a treasure and a limited edition so it is kept protected from the weather in its own “barn,” a cargo trailer.  They hope one day to add to their Model T collection with the real full sized T.