Eagle Scout

Sorry about the picture overload in this post, but this doesn't happen every day. I didn't post all I took, I promise. :) Last night was Scott's Eagle Scout Court of Honor. He looked very handsome and we were so proud of him.

Brandon, Trevor, Scott and Ryan taking the Eagle Scout oath.

Hug from mom. In case you're wondering why his merit badge sash is all skeewampus, it's my fault. I put the badges on the wrong way, so the sash would cross his chest over the wrong shoulder. I must have put them on the back or something. When tried he put it over the correct shoulder it had to twist all funny in back. Oh, well, this is the only photo you can really tell there's something wrong unless you're looking for it in the others. I haven't sewn any of Kevin's merit badges on yet, so I'll try to get it right for him. Not sure why these simple concepts sometimes are so difficult for me.

Hug from Dad.

Ogden Nature Center brought their bald eagle with an amputated wing. The caretaker was trying to do these cool pictures with the eagle and the scouts and their parents where he would hold the bird above us, but I think they turned out more humorous than he intended. The eagle is not really sitting on Scott's head.

This one turned out a little better. It was a very impressive eagle. It visits Matt's school quite often, because they have adopted it as their school's mascot.

Future Eagle Scouts

Posing with Sherm, their 60+ year old scout master who had them run the Ogden Marathon Relay and Half-Marathon, bike around Bear Lake (50 miles), back pack all over the Uintahs and Book Cliffs, cross country ski who knows where, and tuck their shirts in.

Scout Camp at Bear Lake in 2006. Can you find everyone in the above picture? It's amazing how much boys change in 4 short years. It's a great group of boys and leaders and I'm grateful for their support for Scott.

Flashback Sunday

My Internet has been down for a couple of days, so this Flashback is delayed a little, but better late than never.
We are all looking forward to Mom and Dad returning on Wednesday, but I didn't want to overlook a very important event happening on Tuesday. We are FINALLY going to have Scott's Eagle Scout Court of Honor. It has been rescheduled about a hundred times. Apparently fitting into 4 families' summer schedules is not an easy task. I thought maybe Mom and Dad would be home in time the way it was going, but not quite.
This is a picture of Scott on the first day of Cub Scouts. He's grown up in a lot of ways since then. He's had a lot of adventures (some I'd rather not know about) and had a lot of wonderful and patient and caring scout leaders who have helped him along the way.
Congratulations, Scott! We're proud of you!

Eagle Project

Yes, it's true. Scott has completed his eagle scout project. Don't faint. He talked to a lady at the Salvation Army office in downtown Ogden who told him that their Red Bucket donations were down this year. She said they'd been able to get enough toys, but they were low on funds for food and other supplies, so Scott decided to do a food drive for his project.

These are a few of his helpers after collecting the food. It's a little hard to see, but they collected a lot of food. The whole back half of my car was stuffed with food. They also collected a little bit of money.

Here they are delivering the food to the Salvation Army. The Lieutenant in the picture is the director of the Salvation Army who signed off on Scott's project before and after he did it. He was surprised and happy with the amount of food that they collected. He said it would probably be gone in about a day and a half, though, because of the need there is in the area.

Cub Scouts

Have I mentioned lately how much Matt loves Cub Scouts? He counts the days until he gets to go, and he's always reading his scout book trying to find achievements he can pass off at home. The other day they did the coolest thing yet at scouts, though. They went to the Jr. High and the shop teacher helped them make tool boxes. Matt loves his. He carried it everywhere he went for a couple of days. Now he wants tools to put in it for Christmas. You can guess that Santa is all too happy to oblige and has had lots of fun doing so.