redemption in a car

Jonah has redeemed himself.  Last year at the annual cub scout pinewood derby, his car came in last almost every race.

This year, his car was fast.  He won race after race and out of 50+ boys, came in 2nd overall.  He was thrilled.

Mark cannot explain the win, as he thinks they did everything about the same both years. Hopefully he will figure out what he did differently because we have 10 more pine wood derbies to look forward to.  He is very happy for Jonah this year. It is almost redemption for his own cub scout days when his mom tole painted flames on his first car and they didn't know they could use weights and graphite.

#22, second from left.

The difference between 1st, 2nd and 3rd places was 1/100th of a second.

Cool winner's trophy: his car mounted atop a wrench.

all is well

This last weekend the Craig boys (my brother-in-law + nephews) were in a very serious car accident. On their way home from a Sundance ski trip, their car slid on some ice, then rolled several times into a snowy bank. The car was totalled. Steve, Elliot, Aaron and Isaac walked away, virtually unscathed. We are so thankful for seat belts. Even more so for miracles.

We are so happy you are OK, Craigs! We love you!