Blue Star

Norque Ski Resort near Banff  holds a cardboard sled race every year for fun.  The YM in our ward entered the race last year and we went to watch.  Grant loved it and wanted to participate in the race this year.  Camille and one of her friends Jordan and Grant all worked to build this sled.  Grant named it and we just prayed that it would even move at all down the hill.  He recruited his buddy Jordan to ride down with him. 

Grant and Jordan before the race.

 The boys got a ton of attention because they were the youngest contestants and had the cutest sled!  :)

The local newspaper taking pictures of the boys...
Yep, they were in the Banff Paper.

The YM and Grant and Jordan

Steve with the boys. 
I am sure that if Steve could have fit in the sled
he would have gone down with them.

Getting their award

In the first race the boys started out great but then the sled turned and they rolled it.   The last race was called the free for all and all of the sleds (about 20) raced at the same time.  It was stunning to see the Blue Star shoot out of the gate and win the race.  They were going so FAST that I was a bit worried about them.  They finally came to a stop after running into a makeshift fence.  The crowd cheered the boys on and they got the biggest reaction at the awards ceremony.  Steve and I laughed about it the whole way home.  Grant is ready to start making the sled for next year!