pinewood derby

This year, because the kids are participating in Awana's at our new church, they were able to build cars for the annual Pinewood Derby race. I can remember my dad and my brother building cars for Trey when he was in Boy Scouts. In fact, we still have the cars and now Tripp plays with them. So, it was exciting for Tripp to be able to build his own car with his Poppa and Daddy. Joey couldn't take Tripp to the work day at church in order to actually cut the car shape out of the wood, so my dad came and took him. Then Tripp and Joey painted the car. Finally, Tom helped Joey to get the weights in the car so that it would go faster. It was definitely a group effort! Unfortunately, my camera went MIA for a second, and I didn't get any pictures of the final product with my real camera. When I upload my pictures from my phone, I'll update it then. I was able to get pictures at the race with my phone.

After my dad drew out the shape on the block of wood, we had it cut.

 Mak observed.

 Poppa and Tripp watching the cutting process.

 Poppa sanding.

 Still sanding.

 And sanding.

 And sanding! :-)

 Mak even got in on the sanding action.

 All sanded up and ready for paint.

 Joey spray painted it first. And taped it off to put stripes where Tripp wanted them.

 Tripp just stood back and took it all in.

And that's all I got with my actual camera! :-( The night of the race was so much fun. We planned on just letting Makinley watch and then she could participate next year. When we got there, our neighbor's little girl was sick (and had already built her car), so Mak got to race Lily's car. Funny part? She won first place and got to bring home a trophy! Ha! Tripp won 3rd place with his...which Joey was proud of since it was the first time he had ever done anything like this. He said next year he will  know what to do to make Tripp's faster! I'll get up pictures from the actual race soon!