AZ Trip

Out trip to Gilbert, AZ

Maria and I got a chance to drive down to Arizona to visit her brother Loren & Karen in Gilbert. The kids had a blast. From going to an indoor amusement park, the Phoenix Suns vs. Utah Jazz game, the Science Museum, or the Phoenix Zoo, it was a never ending week of fun.

Isn't that just the cutest little boy

Hike to Superstition Falls just outside of Gilbert AZ

Some hieroglyphics

Bed of nails at the AZ science discovery museum.

Life inside a stomach and intestines

Family Pinewood Derby

We had a blast this year with the Centennial Ward Family Pinewood Derby.

I had totally forgotten about the Pinewood Derby until the night before. So in less than 24 hours we put together what we could to race the next day. Maria and I cut and sanded it. The kids painted it. And then we taped on some 16 penny nails for weight and a cool Lego driver with 70's haircut.

We placed 5th out of 15 cars that night.

This pinewood derby had NO RULES so you had cars with remote control wheels, battery powered fans, and one guy had a CO2 cartridge on his.

battery powered remote control

fan-powered

CO2 powered

Everybody lost to this guy. I just kept taping on more nails with each run so I could beat most people. But didn't work with that guy's car.