District

Today was the Pinewood Derby District Championships. WHOA. I had NO IDEA how big of a deal this is. It was outta control. As you can see, there were a few more cars than there was last time, and a few more patrons. There was concessions and everything. Going into this I thought we would be in and out in an hour......

Check in was at 11:00AM so Dan took Spencer and Ryleigh, Ethan, my mom, Chad, Olivia and I followed about 30 minutes later (how long can check in take - right?) This picture of Ryleigh chasing Olivia captures perfectly her stage ~ she is a whirlwind of energy!

So, I mentioned that check in was at 11:00am. Well, the boys had to go through 3 stations that weighed them, measured them and check for possible problems then they had to go through to Entry Station (to pay the fee) and the DMV station (to get their driver's licence) finally they could go sit down with their family. Finally they got everyone checked in......

Then they were having computer problems. I guess we no longer know how to do a Pinewood derby the old fashioned way. Computers do all the thinking for us, and so when the computer doesn't want to cooperate we have issues. So we sat around and waited. An older Boy Scout that was there helping out was entertaining us with his awesomely bad Scout jokes - it was like torture. Finally the races started.......

Spencer Raced in the 4th Heat. We were pretty much the proudest parents ever! He WON all 6 races!

His average time was 3.143 seconds and he was averaging about 56 MPH!

HE TOOK 5TH PLACE!!

Check out that trophy! Now I need to buy a cool case for his car.

Our ward had 3 boys go to district and all 3 boys placed! Dakota (on the left) took 2nd, Grant (right) took 4th, and Spencer took 5th!

Way to represent boys!!

Of course you can not fully brag about the pinewood derby without including the dads ~ because who is this really about??