This morning was the Pine Wood Derby. We had so much fun watch the dads - ahem, I mean scouts race their cars. We started off the morning a little rough - mainly because we didn't know what time the race started until 9:00 this morning when we called and they said 10:00am! So we rushed to get everything together but Dan noticed that Spencer was missing a nail for one of his wheels (okay, so the car wasn't totally put together yet!) so after destroying the house looking for this nail, which was never to be found, we rushed over to the church hoping that they would have some that we could use - they did. So Dan, and Spencer, added weights & wheels as the race was starting.
These are ALL the cub scouts in our ward. They are all pretty cute boys.
Spencer's first race was not so great. He lost... in fact, he lost his first 3 races. On the third race one of his weights fell off so Dan, and Spencer had to do a little pit-stop repair work.
But after that pit - he was on fire! He won the last 9!!!
Ethan and Olivia were trying their hardest to enjoy the sidelines.
In the end not only did he take home the "Golden Wedge" award, but he also took home 4th place! Which means he will be competing at district next month. We will keep you posted on that!
3 comments:
Way to go Spencer! I love the sleak design of your car. Let us know how you do in the district competition.
I'm excited that I'll get to take part in the wonderful tradition of the pinewood derby in the future!
Way to go Spencer!! Good job! We'll keep our fingers crossed for the district competition!
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