Our Eagle Scout Boy

John got his Eagle Scout Award. It was a great night to finally have his court of honor. He was pretty excited. We sent out an invite on Facebook to everyone we could think of. And we had so many people show up. I was overwhelmed with the response really. Quite overwhelmed and touched that so many people think so much of our boy.

(look cake??!! mmmm)

Lots of Eagles in the Eagles nest to support and show Jake that he is next. 

This man is Tyson, affectionately called T-diddy or T at our house. He is has had a huge impact on our family and our boys. The first year John went to boys camp T was his dad for the week. This man and his wife are two of the greatest people i have ever had the pleasure of knowing. They understand our family and its always a joy to be around them. 

When we moved to Caldwell Bro Priest, the fine man in this photo, took over and helped to push John to his goals. Brother Priest has done a great job. I know he was used to working with much older boys but he got this young 13 year old, which must have been a challenge but he did a great job.

Look at his brothers face. Haha that kid makes me laugh all the time. He knew his sister was taking photos so he decided that was the time to be a ham. That would be why we call him piggy??!!!

Not sure how well you can hear this but he gave a little talk and it was nice to have him speak...I cant tell you how proud I am of him. It seems like just yesterday he was my little baby who was so sick we were struggling to keep him with 90% O2 in his body. Now he is big and strong and so smart.

Here is John and his Cousin Jared. John made sure to have Jared there. These 2 this summer have had a lot to talk about and have had quite a bit of time together. He is a great young man. Jared will be finishing school soon and going on his mission, John wants to follow his footsteps. It was so nice to have him with John.

These 2 boys with John are his buddies from camp. Matthew Harlin and Daniel Van Ormer. They have been with John since the beginning of scouts. its so nice to see these boys still hang even when they arent together so much. We try as much as we can to get them together, trust me its a smelly situation when they are.....Very SMELLY. 

My favorite part of the night was seeing John pin this on his dad. Shane is so proud. Shane never got a court of Honor so he made sure to have one for John and it was a success. 

Here is mine. Its a pretty neat thing. I am pretty proud of my boy. He is pretty amazing. I know i say it a lot but he is great. 

There wasnt a plaque at our building so we made sure to get one with Johns name on it and had it put up in the building. Now his name is there and soon Jakobs will be there as well. Tough hard work, but accomplished and onto the next endeavor.