Caden had his first Pinewood Derby yesterday! Thanks to Caden's grandpa for his help and for letting us use his cabinet shop. After learning how to use the band saw, Caden was able to do most of his car by himself. It was fun to see Scott get excited about helping Caden with his car. Our family had fun going to the Derby to support Caden and the whole stake. Since Cub Scouts is on a stake level here, there were 35 boys/cars. So it took quite awhile to get through all of the cars. Caden did great on the first round. Out of the four times his car took first place each time! The second round didn't go so well. A lot of the boy's cars were having problems. Some of them even went off the track, including Caden's. So he didn't get to move on to the finals. But we sure enjoyed watching the first round! Caden had a blast and was a good sport the whole time even though he only ended up with a participation ribbon.
We had fun cheering for the last three boys in the finals since two of them were from our ward. They won first and second place! It was fun to cheer on the boy that won first place since his dad just had a brain aneurysm a few days ago and couldn't be there to see his son win. (Thankfully his dad will make a full recovery after being in the hospital for a few weeks.) We're looking forward to next year's Pinewood Derby. And Scott and Caden are already planning how they can make next year's car even better!
