Pinewood Derby

At the end of January, two local scout troops combined for the annual Pinewood Derby. This was Ammon's second year participating in the event. Last year, he took a green car (his favorite color) all decked out in stickers with a lego-man driver.
This year, he spent more time planning specifically how he wanted it to look. He helped Josh decide on a shape, and he helped with sanding it. He chose to paint it the colors of the NFL Patriots team: blue, red, and white.

The derby was so much better organized this year! When we arrived, they weighed his car and gave us a few extra weights so that everyone's cars were the same. Then they assigned him a number (which was #1!!!) and the scouts and their cars competed two at a time, using a double bracket system.

We had a lot of fun! Ammon did so well; he finished 5th of 13 racers. At the end, the leaders gave all the boys a mounted plaque for their cars to be placed on.