The 2012 Pinewood Derby

This was our second year to do the pinewood derby and Julia wanted to join the fun this time around. Both of the kids' cars did great!

They owed their success to Daddy, who spent quite a while embedding the weights in their cars so they would be as aerodynamic as possible.

Grandmamma and Dodie came over to watch the races even though they were in the middle of moving!

I was happy to pose with my winners!

I think that's John David's car on the left. Isn't the paint car neat?

Daddy had been in Washington D.C. and wasn't supposed to get home until later that day. When we walked into the gym after church there he was! He stayed up all night and caught an early, early morning flight home. Yea Daddy!

John David's best friend who lives on our street came with us to help cheer him on.

Aulora and Joshua entertained themselves by riding around on a big tricycle. The big kids may or may not have ridden around also.

It was a fun day! I hope that there will be pinewood derby races where we live next year!

Zoo Trip

One of the first things we did during our visit to Tulsa was go to the zoo. It was a HOT day, but we toughed it out and had a great time!

I think John David thought this goat had Dumbo ears.

John David and Joshua both really wanted to ride the shark. Big brother got there first, but he gave it up to Joshie. (Not sure if it was because he really loves him or if he didn't want to hear the crying! We'll go with the first one.)

See the caterpillar on his arm?

Now it's on Joshua's shirt!

There were peacocks roaming around.

All four kids rode the camel, but I could NOT - for the life of me!- get a picture of all of them looking at me! I took about 20 shots (as did Sandy) and there was always one of them turned the wrong way.

Boo!

Here's a video of the caterpillar.....

The Bounce U Trip

A few days ago we went to Bounce U, an indoor place with lots of inflatable things to play on. The pictures aren't that great because everyone was always moving fast plus the camera was always bouncing around. Oh well!

The girls and I (plus a friend) went down the big slide.

I'm not sure why I look terrified.

Now it's Joshua's turn!

Joshua played t-ball pretty well!

Now he's ready to wrestle with Uncle Maka.

Uncle Maka and I were the only adults who got in.

We may have had more fun than the kids! =)