Ducks

I have Tia to thank for letting me know about this event. I didn't know until this year but apparently BYU hosts a Ducky Derby every summer! It was a blast!

James and I really like ducks. We always go to the duck pond and feed them. One time James got a duck to eat out of his hand! We also like to take pictures of them and even chase them. Also, "duck" is just so fun to say. No wonder people invented Duck Duck Goose. Anyway, it took me about zero seconds to decide to go to this thing when I heard about it.

Tia and I went, and later James and Dave could simply not help joining in the quacking fun.

Dave is peeved in this picture because James decorated his duck for him before he got there.... He gave it eyelashes and lipstick and wrote "Dainty Duck." It's kind of a running joke between them.

James had Fire Duck. I just love the flames he drew on the sides.

So all the ducks raced in heats, mainly because the little stream they used was too narrow for all the ducks at once. I thought it was funny how they set up the starting line: just dumped in a bucket of ducks. A lot of the ducks started off upside down that way.

Luckily James' duck didn't. Fire Duck did amazingly well in our heat! He got 2nd place but was about a centimeter away from getting 1st.










Here's a video I took. I only started recording halfway into the race when I realized James was winning. Also, I am extraordinarily sorry but I have Vertical Video Syndrome.



So because of that James won a coupon for a free Jamba Juice! Not bad. It's only a medium though. Maybe if he'd won first place he could have gotten a large.

Victory pictures!

He also got to race his duck in the final round, but sadly he was almost dead last that time. It was definitely very fun!! My favorite part was when the little kids were shouting "Fire Duck is winning! Fire Duck is winning!" Haha. Well James is super great and so are ducks.