Max's Baptism

January 12, 2013

5 PM

Max came home from school on Friday and said, 

"I can't wait for today to be over and my baptism to come!"

He said this was the best part of his whole birthday!

 Papa Leo spoke on the Holy Ghost.

Taani and Neeley came in from California.

It was a highlight of Maxie's day.

Uncle Patrick, Aunt Ashley, Kaytee and Sammie came in from Utah.

So fun to spend time with them.

  Such a very sweet night for our family.

We felt so loved and supported by wonderful family and ward members.

 Britton, Uncle Ryan, Papa Leo, Bart Dewey, Bishop Tanner and Uncle Joseph 

stood in the circle to confirm.

 What a very fun and very special night.

Max was beaming.

Pinewood Derby 2013

 Max's Subway car.

The crowd called it, the "Eat Fresh" car.

Max's car took first place.

Funny story:  

Max choose how he wanted it to be cut.  You can't see from the pictures but it has a downward angle that edges to the bottom of the car.  When they were trying to get the axles and wheels on, Britton was SO nervous that it was going to break.  It was so narrow they couldn't get the axles all the way in.  Britton was certain we were going to have a tragic day with this car.  It turns out... because the axles weren't flush, it created less friction, making a super fast car.  Max won every race.  It was almost funny.  Who knew!

 Benton's BYU car.

Took second place.

Gave Max a good run, but just couldn't beat him.

They had so much fun... but mostly racing against each other.

 The judges.

 The cheering crowd.