Pinewood Derby

I know what you're thinking "Pinewood Derby? They don't have any kids in scouts!" Or not. Our ward does a family pinewood derby every year. I have to say it was so fun. We invited our neighbors Chris and Pat to join us and they made a really cool snickers car. Our car was sparkly blue, with silver and gold details. Jarin cut out the wood and left the rest to us. He was VERY PLEASED when I told him we didn't decide to paint it all "sugar and spice." Since we're new to the pinewood Derby world, our car didn't weigh nearly enough. So when we arrived at the church, we were hastily drilling holes in it so we could add weights. With help, we got it from 2.9 oz to 5.0. Hooray!! But it looked a little clunky with fishing weights all over it. Next year, we won't make the same mistake.


Hannah was in charge of the paint job. She was pretty excited about how it turned out.
Chris and Pat let Jesse keep the snickers car. He was so excited. (If you want to see it closer up, just click on the picture.)
Here are our cars facing off against each other. We had so much fun. The only thing missing was Dad.