Today Jaron had his final cub scout pinewood derby race. He thought it would be more fun to have his car look good rather than make it to win, so he decided to make his car a truck this year. It was nice that he had that attitude about it because he'd enjoy the race more that way.
Josh helped Jaron cut out his truck with his new saw I gave him...
Josh helped Jaron cut out his truck with his new saw I gave him...
...while Jaedyn entertained the rest of us...
After his truck was all cut out and sanded, Jaron painted it red...
When it was all dry, I helped paint the rest of the truck. I painted windows and a "FOX" symbol on the hood. Then, Josh added the dirt bike in the back (yes, it's a "HONDA", of course) complete with a "strap" to hold it down.
I got a quick picture of Jaron with his truck before we left for the race...
Here's a close up of Jaron's truck. I think it turned out pretty awesome!
When we got to the church, Josh found out that he had way too much weight on the truck (3 oz. too much), so he had to perform a little surgery on it before Jaron could race it...
He finally got it down to the 5 oz. weight limit barely in time for the races to start.
Here's Jaron anxiously waiting with Kaiden and Keagan for the races to begin...
I'm still trying to figure out how to get action shots with my camera, so not many of the pictures I took of Jaron's truck racing turned out. This is really the only one that doesn't look like a red blur. It's at the finish line of one of his races. His truck took 3rd place with every race he did...he was happy with that!
On a side note, The cub scout leader in charge of racing the cars complimented Jaron on his truck. His exact words were, "That's sweet!". Several other people also commented on how cool his truck looked. No one else got compliments like that for their cars, so Jaron felt so happy even though his truck didn't win. He accomplished what he was trying to do, make it look good!
These are all the cub scouts in our ward that participated in the pinewood derby this year...(Kaiden, Keagan, Ethan, Jaron, Caleb, and Bryce)...
After the races were all over, the cub scout leaders let Jaron, Keagan, and Kaiden race their cars for fun until the next group of races began. Jaron was happy because his truck won every race...
After a couple races, Jantzen wanted to join in, so he added his pinewood derby car (the far left with the yellow stripe) that Jaron made for him a couple years ago. His car took 3rd every time and he was so happy!
The boys all had a good time racing their cars. Jantzen only has a couple more years before he'll be able to really race a car with the scouts, he can't wait.
After the race, Josh took the boys to see "The Avengers". They've all been dying to see this movie and they all said it was "Awesome!".
So, I guess it was a pretty "awesome" day all around.
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