Reflections Contest

Recently Grove crest held the annual Reflections Contest.  The theme this year was Who I Am.  Sunday, a few days before the entries were due, Rubie wrote a poem during sacrament meeting and wanted to enter in the contest.  Tuesday morning I took her to school and helped her, hurriedly complete the entry form and get it turned in.  While there the mom in charge asked if I would be available to come back and help judge.  So on that Thursday I went back to help judge.  I was disappointed really at many of the entries.  They were ok.  There were of course some that really stood out in each category.  Overall there were not that many entries.  I was able to judge all of them within an 90 minutes.  I may really be biased, but I honestly felt that Rubie's poem was one of the best.  She stayed true to the theme and it was very creative and honest.  She actually won one of three awards and her poem has been sent on to the next level.  I hope others continue to like it.  I was so proud of her.  Scott took her to the assembly when the awards were given.  We almost didn't make it, it was kind of an after-thought that Rubie reminded me of.  But I'm so glad she went.  This is her poem:

A Smile

A smile makes me happy,
A smile makes my laugh,
A smile makes me jump,
A smile makes me dance.
A smile makes me who I am.

by Rubie E. Wilson

Pinewood Derby

We had the most fun at the cub scout Pack Meeting this past Tuesday 11/15/16.  It was the annual Pinewood Derby.  I have recently been released from teaching Sunday School to the 13-14 year olds and have been called to be the Assistant Den Leader in the Bears Den, which is what Eric is in currently.  Scott graciously agreed to Rubie and Sam's wishes for Pinewood Derby cars too.  So he spent the week leading up to the Pinewood Derby helping the kids each build their cars.  They were fantastic!!  Eric's red Spiderman theme car took 2nd place again this year among the cub scouts.  Rubie won a certificate for the wildest paint job.  Her car was hot pink with yellow flames and blue windows.  Her car was fast and during the opening racing she beat a few of the top racers.  Sam's car was a metallic blue (BYU blue) but he decorated it well with stickers and won the certificate Best Use of Stickers.  He stood right up there and accepted his certificate and Brother Griffin put the microphone down asking if he had anything to say.  He loudly proclaimed, "Thanks!!"  Then was off again to play with the cars with the other little kids.  There was a great turn-out of all the families and a lot of work went into the cars.  Many of them were very close for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places.  Eric named his car Spider Man, Rubie called hers Hot Shot, and Sam called his Blueacuda (the car style was the Barracuda).

2016 October Pictures