Our 1st Pinewood Derby

Last night, Tyler participated in his 1st Pinewood Derby. It was a blast. I myself had never been to one before. Before we get to that, we'll back it up a bit. Waaaay bit. When Randy was of age, he won the Pinewood Derby for his ward one year. In Hawaii, they have a state Pinewood Derby. Randy came 7th in the state. So, needless to say, we do not (I found out) mess around when it comes to Pinewood Derby (lol). Just kidding, Randy is not a character from that movie "Down & Derby", in fact, he was very patient with Tyler and worked on the car with him almost every night after work for 2 weeks. Tyler drew up the designs and Randy helped cut the wood and showed Tyler what to do. After much sanding, trips to Michael's, and a couple of paint jobs, the car was finished.

The whole family was excited for Tyler. Everyone's cars were great! It was neat to see all the different designs. Of course our favorite (other than Tyler's), was Tyler's main man Dalton Webb's with his "Wii Remote Car" that he did all by himself.



The first couple of races Tyler won, then he lost a couple and won a couple. It was very exciting to see the races even if your kid wasn't racing.

The ward had a little concession stand that Leigh and her friends manned. We had a great time. In the end, Tyler didn't place, but had fun anyway. Dalton's block car the "Wii Remote" tied for second, GO DALTON! We went home and celebrated the fun night with ice-cream (like we needed it). Can't wait for next year's. Sorry about the weird type-setting. I tried to fix it, but couldn't figure out how to do it. Enjoy the video (they are, of course, all of Tyler's winnings. Haha.)!Take note of the sound effects Randy added.