Back up: January-ish 2010

Tanner got to go to the Elks Hoop Shoot Contest. He didn't win, but he did just fine! I think Scott and Quinn ran in the Mark Evans fun run while we were at the hoop shoot contest. Connor and Allison were good sports.

Sophie turned 2, and I couldn't resist getting matching dresses for her and Allison. And I still can't resist---they have another set of matching jumpers from this summer....can't wait to see what I find next!

The last photo is of Allison with her Kindergarten friend, Sydney. I love having a new friend, too: Sydney's mom! Sydney's mom, Karrie, isn't a member of our Church, but she went to Church girls' camp with a friend when she was a youth! Pretty neat!

You will appreciate me not posting a photo of another event that happened around this time (and I do have pics of it). Tanner had his pinewood derby cub scouts race. That went just fine. Quinn made a car, and was drilling whilst holding the car, and, well, the drill drilled right through the car and started drilling into his hand. Kind of put a damper on the event.... Tanner will have one last pinewood derby next year, and Quinn IS NOT allowed to make a car!

Pinewood Derby

This was Tanner's first pinewood derby, and Connor's last pinewood derby. Both cars raced well and they won ribbons. Scott says that next year he will not help so much with the axles.

Connor likes simple, sleek cars: just a wedge cut with green and white paint. Tanner's was quite the elaborate creation: black and yellow stripes with a white racing line down the middle. Connor and Tanner designed the cut of their cars. Bro. McGraw cut the wood out at a Saturday workshop. Then, a couple Saturdays ago they painted and worked on their cars.

Quinn made a car, out of one of the old pinewood derby cars we had around the house. He is not in cub scouts, but he sent it down the track a couple of times after the racing was over. Quinn's "Bob" went fast at first, but then came to a screeching halt on the runway end.

And not to be outdone or left behind by the brothers, Scott put some wheels on a block for Allison. She painted it one morning right before pre-school: two colors of purple!