This Year's Makahiki

On my last day out of town, Randy and the kids went to Makahiki. Tyler had won the ward Pinewood Derby again. He had worked hard on his car. He invited Grandma and Grandpa to come watch. This was his last year. It was exciting and I will put that post up a little later. Long story short . . . he won! He was so happy!

So today at Makahiki, they have a statewide pinewood derby. Before you can race, you have to register your car again, which includes weighing. Well, at our ward weigh-in, his car was exactly 5 oz. The scale at Makahiki said his car was over by 1.7 gm. He had to fix it or he couldn't race. Randy did not have any tools and the Makahiki did not provide any. Being the resourceful scout, Randy started digging out the back of Tyler's car with his keys. It took them a while to do, and several trips to the scale to see if they had gotten the weight down, but they finally managed to get his car under 5oz. (Phew!)

Tylyer was officially eneter and ready to race. He raced his car in the district and placed third. I think the fact that he was awarded a trophy for that, it made it that more exciting. Placing 3rd however meant that Tyler qualified for the finals. The only bad thing about that is they had to wait around for 4 or 5 hours till the finals. There was a lot to look at though, so it was not totally a drag. They enjoyed all the stuff they had at Makahiki. I have to say, scouting is really fun in Hawaii. Finals came and overall, Tyler placed 15th in the state. Considering how many boys that is, I thought he did great. We were all proud of him.

P.S. More problems with the pics. I'll get on up of his car later.