Stockton's Eagle Court of Honor

I spent forever this morning trying to find this picture.  It is still one of my favorites.  Stockton has changed so much.  Scout camp was torture for him.  Too much singing.  Too many crowds.  Now he doesn't complain at all.  Well, maybe a little.  But when he was given the choice to go to the Klondike or his diving competition, he chose the Klondike. Wow.  I never would of thought I would live to see the day when Stockton would choose to go to scout camp!

Stockton with his head down next to a beaming Weston

Mike spent a lot of the day working on the video.  It is really great!  We are just going to show it while people are eating cupcakes, so that takes a lot of the pressure off!

Bubs and his family came, Matt and his family came, Steve and his family came, Lisa and her family came (well, just Michael.  He is the only one home now.), Scoop and Cori also came.  So many people to support Stockton!  It was awesome!

Anne Marie

The boys were each supposed to decorate a table.  That was my lowest on my priority list.  Stockton brought his hamburger carving, his useless machine and drew a comic on the way over.  Logan's mom felt bad because she brought a ton of stuff.  (Stockton and Logan were sharing a table.)  I told her not to worry.  It was awesome because it looked like Stockton brought it!  I should have gotten a picture of the entire table, but I just took a one of Stockton's comic.

 Padz, Jorja and Maysen

Logan's mom arranged for a lady to bring an eagle.  It was pretty cool. She did a great job.  This eagle is about four years old.  You can tell because his head isn't completely white.  I learned that from the eagle lady.

Jordan, Isaac, Logan, Stockton

 Stockton with the eagle and the eagle lady

 Preston

I gave the camera to Jorja.  She had it the rest of the night.  It was so cute to see her taking pictures with the giant camera.  She loved it! Some of the pictures ended up blurry, but we got a lot more pictures than we would have without her!  Thank you Porge! 

Mike, Stockton giving me the MOM pin

 Mike, Stockton, Stephanie

 Brandon and Bubs in the Eagle's Nest

 Brandon, Bubs, Mike, Matt, Steve

 Logan and Stockton taking the Eagle's oath

All four of these boys finished their Eagle at 13.  Wow.  Isaac and Stockton turned 14 in January, Jordan had his birthday on Friday and Logan will turn 14 in a few days.  Pretty impressive!

 Jordan, Isaac, Logan, Stockton

 Brandon welcoming Stockton into the Eagle's Nest
Bubs welcoming Jordan

 Brandon, Bubs, Stockton, Mike, Jordan, Matt

 Logan, Jordan, Isaac, Steve

 Isaac and Jordan talking to Nathan

 Nathan welcoming Stockton

 Logan, Isaac, Jordan, Stockton - the newest Eagles

President Beck, the General Young Men's President was the speaker. He told the boys he wanted to make an example of them.  President Back said they are thinking of putting something in the Church News. He's trying to get them to hold off a few months because three more 13 year olds are almost finished with their Eagle.  Josh, Josh and Darby.

President Beck

 Abby and Stephanie - I can't stand how cute Jorja is with the camera!

 Stockton, President Beck, Mike

 Scoop, Stockton, President Beck, Mike

 Anne Marie & Matt

 Stockton, Jordan, President Beck, Logan, Isaac

Poor Jordan was SO SICK!  I'm glad he made it, there are a couple of pictures where you can tell he really doesn't feel well.

All four boys gave President Back their mentor pin.  It was really cool! He was embarrassed, but he deserves it!  They each had one more mentor pin to give away.  Stockton and Isaac are giving theirs to Brother Masters.  He couldn't come tonight.  Jordan gave his to his dad (and the 11-year old scout leader) Brother Covington.  Logan gave his to his step-dad Brother Trost.

Brother Trost, President Back, Stockton
Jordan, and President Beck's shoulder

 Isaac

 President Beck's other shoulder, Logan, Isaac

 Stephanie

Taylor has turned in his mission papers!  Nathan was taking predictions.  We are supposed to give two.  Foreign and domestic.  I choose Alaska and New Zealand.  Maysen picked Kentucky and Argentina.  Jorja picked Taiwan and Michigan.  Michigan would be cool.  He lived there for the first part of his life.  I can't remember what anyone else picked.  Except Mike picked Kentucky.  Pretty exciting! They announced in church today that Tripp Affleck has received his mission call.  Tripp is the Senior Class President at Alta.  He was also Preston's swimming coach this summer.  He will be going to Russia. He leaves in July, one month after graduating high school.  Wow!

Nathan

 Haha!  He loved pulling faces at Jorja

I asked Bryce to come over when I was talking to Steve.  Bryce went to graduate school at UCBerkley.  That is where Spencer did his undergraduate.  Bryce said, "Stephanie, is this your dad?" Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! I said, "No!  This is Mike's brother!"  Bryce said, "I haven't seen your dad in a long time."  I guess Steve is the same age as Bryce would have known my dad when we were in high school.  That is crazy!

Steve

 Amelia

My family was walking to the car when I heard Karen (Logan's mom) calling for me.  I answered her twice, but she didn't hear me, she just kept calling after my family.  I walked up to her and said, "Yes?"  She looked confused and looked at my family who was now pretty far away. I said, "That's Maysen."  She couldn't believe it!  She was one of Maysen's Young Women leaders when Maysen was a Mia-Maid. People are funny today!  I am so glad Stockton's court of honor is over with. Everything turned out great.  I love being to hang on other people's coattails!

Matt and Sam came over for just a bit.  Matt showed us his new Dominion case, but we didn't have time to play.  How nice to have all the cards in one box!