Lego Robotics

Our school has an awesome 4H program. It is basically run by one amazing woman, Deb Ivie. She is truly an unbelievably lady with amazing children! I just adore her! This year, they started the Lego Robotics Club, and Austin has been in heaven! They build robots made out of Lego and then program them to do different things. Then, they get together and compete against other teams. A few weeks ago, we spent the entire Saturday at Salt Lake Community College at the tournament. It could have been an episode out of "Big Bang Theory," but it was fun and pretty cool what all these kids learned throughout the year.

The teams spent the morning talking to judges and practicing and making last minute changes. Sadly, one of the dad's got involved with Austin's team and tried to re-program the entire vehicle right before competition. It was simply not enough time and their poor vehicle ended up not doing anything. It was like the Pinewood Derby on steroids for these dads. Sadly, it backfired. They ended up in second-to-last place (at least they beat the team that didn't show up)! But, it was still a good experience. We learned a lot, and Austin is super excited to do it again next year.

It's always good for a family to support each other! (On a side note, Paige has taken to dressing herself lately. She's really great at it!)

The kids and I spent time in between the competition jumping off the stairs. We did this for about a half an hour. I love the ways that kids find to entertain themselves. My kids are really loud, especially when they are in a giant, empty room! I learned that I am incapable of taking pictures of people in motion. Not one of them is in focus!