Dancing and the Water

Patrick, Samantha and Bean all had professional pictures taken for their upcoming dance recital. I have only posted my favorites here. There were many. I will post video of the recital once it is over.

Last week Patrick participated in his first rain gutter regatta for Cub Scouts. He decided he wanted to make his boat a 'Utah Utes' boat. I told him he could do that, but explained that placing a Utes logo on the boat meant that he had to win or else I wouldn't let him come home.

We arrived at the event to find another boy decorated his boat with a BYU logo. I then decided that he didn't need to win it all, as long as he beat the BYU boat, which he did. During the event the boys began to refer to Patrick's ship as 'the U boat'.

The event brought back good memories for me. My cub pack never did the regatta, but we always did the pinewood derby, which Patrick will have later this year. For the pinewood derby I never won, but I always had the best looking car. It's was a testament to my old man's woodworking skills. I suggested to the scout leader that we have the boys race their cars first, then let the dads race their cars. I hope they go for that. Otherwise Patrick might have a really cool looking car that won't win...