Pinewood Derby

Here’s a random cute picture of the kids.

Hunter loves cub scouts and was very excited about the pinewood derby (almost as much as RJ).  I bought RJ a band saw for Christmas and Hunter designed a really cool flaming car.  The fire cooled off after the design was created and we had to ask him several times thereafter if he wanted to work on it.  Finally we got him to put one coat of paint on.  RJ took his den to a pinewood derby workshop at Jerry’s and got some good tips.

Taken before the car even touched the track.

It’s good to have confidence.

I was excited to support Hunter on his big day.  I was worried though that he would take it hard if he lost (which I assumed would happen).  We joined with another ward and gathered around a taped up track supported by garbage cans.  However, they did manage to get a timer on it down to the thousands of a second.  Hunter got to race his car on each of the three tracks.  He took first in each one!  He then got to go onto the finals and took first in his den and second in our ward.  We lucked out because the other ward (Weaver Lake) had some very competitive dads… I mean cars.  All of the boys received certificates.  Hunter’s was for “the car with the most aerodynamic fins.”

Way to go Hunter… and RJ!