The Slocum Super Six: March 2011

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Pinewood Derby 2011

After our horrible luck at last years Pinewood Derby, I am happy to report, that this years Pinewood Derby was a success!

#1 Success was that Chad only had to help one child build a car
#2 Success...they designed a pretty cool looking car that Jared was thrilled with
#3 Success...Chad worked his magic and Jared's car was pretty fast. He came in second overall! Hooray!

Here is Jared with his cool black car

Getting Ready for his first race

All of the boys listening to the rules and instructions

Jared and his friend Kyler

Jared getting is award for "Best Batmobile" car and 2nd Place overall!

Here is all of the pinewood derby cars from the kids in our ward

Monday, March 14, 2011

Another Proud Moment

Landon really wanted to tell a story for the storytelling contest at Central Elementary. So, we talked and talked about a story that he might want to tell. Of course it is Landon, and he couldn't tell the traditional Three Bears, or Billy Goats Gruff. He had to come up with a really UNIQUE story called The Big Hairy Toe. We worked and worked and worked on it. First he had to tell it to all of the first grade classes. Then the teachers picked him and another girl to go in front of a panel of judges. They pick one from each grade level to tell their story in front of the entire student body He was so excited to be chosen! Shout out to those judges, because it really helped his little confidence! He did a great job! I got a couple of pics, and filmed it. I just didn't know that I had pushed the wrong button on our new camera so the video didn't work.

Here is Landon with all of the other story tellers! He was the only boy!

Landon on stage telling his story in front of the whole school

St. George EQUALS fun

Last weekend (March 4th), the boys and I loaded our Suburban with shorts and bikes and searched out warmer weather. I feel like this has been the LONGEST winter of my life. I had been getting a little stir crazy, when my friend Shari started talking about a Mountain Bike race in St. George. Kyle is really good at extreme sports, so I decided I wanted to enter him in the race (first one EVER). My dad moved to St. George and we hadn't seen him since last September...another good excuse to head South. Chad had to work, so I called my dad. It turned out that he was up here working, and decided to ride with me back home for the weekend and then come back up with me to finish his job. We all had the most fabulous time. Dad and I talked and talked and had the best time together. It was so fun to see him in St. George where he had always dreamed of being. He lives right next to the most beautiful red rocks and really feels like he is in paradise. I realized how much I miss him and just how much alike we really are! The boys also loved all of the time we got to spend with Dad and Cheri. They loved St. George and the endless trails right behind my dad's house to ride their bikes on. Dad hiked and hiked with us, while we rode our bikes and Cheri was such a great sport to drive Kyle to meet our friends for a longer Mt. Bike ride. Kyle took 3rd place in the race, I couldn't be more proud of him. Our friends daughter came in just 12 seconds behind Kyle, and ended up taking first place out of the girls. Not bad for their first races. We cannot wait to go back. But, I think we wore Dad and Cheri out, so we will give them a break for a couple of months!

Kyle's age group (10-12) getting ready to start the race