I have to be honest, I do not look forward to Pinewood Derby. This probably stems mostly from our first year doing it, when Josh didn't win a race. Not one. Yes, he had the slowest car there. I know that it was a good learning experience for him, and it didn't scar him for life or anything, but it was still hard to watch.
He had good experiences with it later, but the whole derby thing still makes me nervous.
This year, we had Ethan (his first and last time, since 7th ward didn't do it his first two years) and Emma, who did it for activity days. There were actually way more girls than boys- 28 and 11, I think.
In the past, we've only used tracks that had two lanes- so either you win or you lose. This 6 lane setup was awesome. It was electronically timed, too- so you really don't know who is the fastest until the end. The above picture shows when Ethan and Emma raced against each other- Ethan's is the red car, and Emma's is the maroon.
Rebekah and her cute friends. :) They saw me taking pictures of them from all the way across the gym, so they posed. There are great girls in this ward!
Emma waiting for her turn to race.
Ethan watching a race.
Tim was sick- good thing he got the cars finished the night before! I wasn't really looking forward to attending with all 7 kids by myself, so I called Dad and invited him. It was fun to have him there!
I think these guys wished, just a little, that they could still race! They did a good job of cheering for our kids anyway.
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