PINEWOOD DERBY!

Mitchell had a great time tonight in his first Pinewood Derby! He and Kevin worked hard on his car and had a ton of fun racing it! Mitchell made it to the Final 4! He ended up with 4th place and was super proud! He has such a great group of friends in the Scouting Program with him and leaders who are outstanding! It was fun to see the guys all having such a fun time racing their cars!

What a fun night! You are an awesome kid Mitchell!

Whoa.... the car....
Mitchell googled cars on the internet and told Kev he wanted a Lamborghini... alrighty then...

Two proud guys!

Mitchell got to race about 20 times!
This picture was the top 4 racers!

Kev was there for every pit stop to graphite the axels...

There was some serious competition!
I was happy to see that all the boys had such a fun time!

And they're off!!

The awesome cheering section!

The scoreboard...

The best part about the Derby... the buds and their cars!

Mitchell and Dallin the champ! Way to go Dal!

Mitchell sanding his car a couple days before the race!

He was able to put the power tools to use!
There was a LOT of testosterone in the garage that weekend!

Aaahhh! Finally the paint job!

GREAT JOB MITCHELL AND KEVIN!

GOT PASSPORT???

Our passports arrived today!! We are so excited! Applying for and obtaining them was such a great teaching opportunity for the kids! We are so privileged to live in the United States of America! We are truly blessed! And we are COUNTING the days until December!! WOO HOO! Thank you U.S. Department of State!!! For such an efficient and speedy delivery of our passports!

Ok.... I admit it!!

My big kiddos are back to school as well! Actually for a month now! Wow it's flown by. I guess I'm finally just admitting to myself that summer is over and school has begun. Mitchell and Rachel started the end of July... and at that time I was really in denial. However... we have managed to make use of every spare moment the past month and still play summer time style.... and we're crossing our fingers for a few more weeks of outside fun!
I am so excited for Rach. She is in FIRST grade and loving it! The whole day school thing has not even phased her! She has so many cute friends! I think she really loves the structure of school and is really excelling thus far!
Mitchell started THIRD grade. He is smart as a whip as well. They have begun to learn cursive handwriting and is doing really good. He is super fun and has a ton of friends. I am so thankful that they enjoy school and do so well. What a blessing.

My Baby started PRESCHOOL!!

Tate started preschool today and we are so proud of him! He was on cloud 9!! You could hear it in his voice! He is so excited to be a big boy and head off to school like his older brother and sister! We found him a cool Tony Hawk backpack that is as big as he is and he won't let it out of his sight! Kevin dropped him off at school and he ran right in! He had an assignment to bring some small items in a little bag provided by Miss Martha that would tell something about him. He wanted to take the two "T" blocks from his name that is on his dresser. One he said... was to represent his name Tate... and the other for Tony! I thought that was pretty smart that he knew that fact... he also took some of his small toy skateboards to show the class that he loved skateboarding and riding his scooter. I am just so proud of all that Tate has become in his little 3 years! He is just the funniest dude ever! I love spending time with him and will miss him the couple of days a week that he goes to school! Here are his first day of school pictures. Bad timing that the little neighbor boy scratched the heck out of Tate's face yesterday! But he is so stinkin cute all the same! I wish I could freeze time a little. Tate...... please don't let me blink and you are all grown up!....... WE LOVE YA!

click on the picture to see his cute little "thumbs up"!

That backpack ought to last him until 6th grade!

Seriously Tate!! Could you be any cuter?!!!!

3rd Medina Child to Miss Martha School
WE LOVE MISS MARTHA!
Have a great year Tater Bug!