Pinewood Derby

Last night was Pinewood Derby for the cub scouts in our ward. About a month ago Jay started doing research on the internet on ways to improve the cars. The boys picked out their car designs and went to work getting them cut out. They spent several hours in grandpa's shop spending quality time with their dad and grandpa. Jay decided this year that he wasn't going to procrastinate and get the cars done ahead of time. Well, things around here don't work out as planned. Jay was sick for about two weeks and we ended up finishing them up last night right before the race. Oh well, there is always next year.

Two nights ago the cars received their paint jobs. Both of the boys wanted camo paint jobs. Colton had requested a red camo paint job. Jay got out all the spray paint (including pink) and just before he was about to paint Colton covered his eyes and said "I can't watch"!! He was so afraid it was going to look girly. Needless to say it turned out awesome and Colton loved it.

Several hours before race time Colton had become sick. I was afraid he was going to miss out. Luckily he got better and was able to go. I know he would have been so disappointed as he was really looking forward to this race.

Cars were weighed and checked in. The boys sat patiently in the pit area. Every car got to race a total of 8 times. There were 22 boys racing so it took about 45 minutes to complete the race. During the race the boys were so excited they couldn't sit still. They thoroughly enjoyed cheering on all the racers and then giving them all "high fives" at the end of each race.

Colton's car was a little on the slow side but he didn't seem to care. Jayden's car did pretty good and won first place a couple of times. At the end of the race all the boys received trophy's. The smile on Colton's face after receiving his trophy was priceless.

The boys proudly brought home their cars and trophies excitedly looking forward to next year.