Weekend Update

We had a fun "boy" weekend while daughter G was gone. It happened to be the weekend of the annual Pinewood Derby that our boys who are in Stockade participate in (boys club at church). So off we went to church early Saturday morning. Stockade is just for boys in 3rd through 5th grade, but our other two boys jointly made a car to race in the open class. They helped with the shaping, using power tools with daddy's supervision, and did all the power sanding themselves!

Here is son C with his car, patterned after one of his favorite hotwheels. He came in third in his age division!


Son L with his car. His age division had a LOT of racers, and his car was solidly in the middle of the pack.


Son G and Little Man worked on a car together that was shaped like a shark! Doesn't it look cool? It came in last during every heat of the open class, but it looked awesome and that's what they were going for. ;-)



By the time Little Man completes fifth grade, we will have made cars for the Pinewood Derby for nine consecutive years!


Saturday evening Uncle B came over and we played a 3.5 hour game of "Settlers of Catan." Uncle B is the one who gave us this game for Christmas. We had a lot of fun! Everyone participated. Little Man mostly built villages on the table with the extra pieces. :-)


Sunday evening, after daughter G got home, we had our own family Super Bowl party! We had decided as a family to cheer for the Packers. So while I worked on the food, I sent my husband to the dollar store to buy green plates and yellow napkins. He, being color blind, came home with black plates, so I teased him that he had secretly wanted to cheer for the Steelers all along! (he says he thought the plates were dark green.....)


I'm so thankful for every opportunity we have as a family to enjoy one another and build a memory together.

GO PACKERS!!!!