Pinewood Derby Races 2012

Here we go again...
The races were so fun this year. Everitt made his first car and it actually looked like a race car. He named it Silver Stinger. This was Coltin's last year racing. He ended up going with a phone style car (blue and gold). Called the 'Phoner'. Both cars did real well. The races were so exciting, as each one of them crossed first in the first round. They got to race 6 rounds and placed based on accumulated time. So for the Wolf den, Everitt's Silver won first place. For the Webelos den Coltin's Phoner won 2nd place. As an overall pack (17 boys racing) Everitt was 2nd  and Coltin 4th. They made some good cars, of course dad helped and loved it. To bad he was out of town and missed the races. =(

PIT ROW

Phoner on the far left.

Silver Stinger- the one with the flames!

Dinosaur Museum (Spring Break cont.)

We spent a day in Grand Junction, had a picnic lunch and explored the Dinosaur Journey Museum.

It was the kids first time to see dinosaurs and they were excited.

Can I touch the big dinosaur bone?  Oh look how big that one is!!

Guys it moves!!

They got to do their own 'dig'.

Corbie even got to ride the dino! 

Pinewood Derby Time

This year for the Pinewood Derby, Coltin decided to carve his car out in the shape of a bug. It came together really well, shiny gold paint and googly eyes. His first race went pretty good, taking 2nd place qualifying  to go on. Then he got beat out. But he won the "Best Vehicle Not a Car" Award.  It was a fun event.

Spring Break - Easter Eggs

Coloring Easter Eggs

Not sure what her expression means!

Their eggs turned out cute. Corbin looks like he's been eating chocolate! Hummm did he find the candy?

Pinewood Derby Fun!

The Racers

The Racetrack

The Car-

"Gold Stripes"

Get Ready, Get Set,

Go!!!

This was race #1. Coltin took first place with a time of 2.64. But all it really counted towards was qualifying positions, so he ended up racing against the fastest cars.

In race #2 he came in third and would now race in the consolation bracket.

Race #3 he took second place. Not moving on. :(

His time is in red, he ran lane 1.

In the end he was awarded the "Shiniest Paint Job" award and a candy bar. (It is hard to see in these pictures but we sprinkled it with glitter.) He was over all pretty happy and it was a fun night, we are looking forward to more of these.

Everitt can not wait!

While Coltin did a lot of work Justin totally helped out and I know he enjoyed, a lot! These sort of projects are always fun.

Oh wait, they did have an "open race" after all the scouts had competed. Coltin got to race against one of Justin's cars, that he had made years ago for scouts, and Coltin won!