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!

Baby Kittens

We worked pretty hard this morning.  Besides the regular chores we managed to get the playroom under control.  I spent a lot of time going through a box that had been in my dad's garage.  There were a lot of letters in there.  I'll have to get back to the Letter's From Harriett blog. Also, my mom's hair was in there.  A lot of it.  I thought it was one of her wigs, but when I pulled it out it was just plain hair.  I think it was from before she was married. Wow.  Not sure what I should do with it. There is probably enough for Locks of Love.  That was surprising.  I also found her junior high year book.  I could not stop laughing!  Their mascot was the kittens!  The pictures of the basketball team with Baby Kittens on their uniforms are hilarious!  Hahahahahaha!  Bubs, how would you keep a straight face if you were reffing this team?

Baby Kittens

We finished the evening by taking Mike's toy down to Walmart.  We parked in the parking lot and left Maysen, Stockton and Preston playing games.  Mike, Jorja and I picked up some groceries for the week.  We also got some Cafe Rio and ate in the camper.  Then we drove home.  The kids loved it.

Mike and I picked out some music for the slideshow.  Hope Mike can pull it together tomorrow!  Good thing we have 1:00 church!

Program Pictures

I made Stockton get dressed in a shirt and tie so I could take his picture.  He loved that.  Best time he has ever had!

Stockton

Cosmo and Flight (???) were at the elementary school today.  The BYU mascot and the University of Utah mascot.  I'm not sure if I got the UofU mascot right because I had never heard his name before. Anyway, the kids loved it.  As I was leaving I realized that Cosmo had just pulled up.  I was waiting for him to get out so I could snap a picture, but some kid got out with a bag.  It took me awhile to realize that was Cosmo!  I snapped a picture of him walking away, but it was too late.

Cosmo

Bryan invited Preston to come over and play today.  He had a lot of fun over there.  I picked Preston back up on my way home from taking Stockton to diving.  Preston helped me make pizza rolls.  He did a great job! He is sad that his cooking week is over because he didn't get to do much.  That is because we are usually out of control!

Alta Idol

I had a hard time sleeping last night.  I couldn't stop thinking about Jordan.  I was so worried that his green card wouldn't come in time for the court of honor.  Jennifer (Jordan's mom) sent me an e-mail asking for a picture of Stockton for the program.  When I wrote her back I also told her what to expect at the store when the green card arrives.  I mentioned to her that maybe she could convince them to let her buy the awards early and she could get the certificate later.  I hope she can figure it out, because it would be sad if he didn't have those!

I have spent quite a bit of time looking for scouting pictures of Stockton.  Mike and I are in charge of the slide show.  Which really means Mike is in charge of the slide show.  President Back gave me a thumb drive with a lot of scouting pictures on it.  That will help a ton! Now we just need to find the time to do it!

Mike helped Preston make French Toast with Kneaders cinnamon bread.  He loved that!  I have no idea why he is cooking without his shirt.  His food was delicious though!

Preston

Maysen and I went to Alta Idol today.  Maysen tried out for this, but didn't make it.  They only take 12 and about 65 people tried out.  I can see why they only take 12, because the show was LONG!  It was fun to be there with Maysen, but I was really relieved when she whispered that she didn't care who won.  We snuck out after the last person sang. We were there close to two hours, and they still had a lot on the program left!  Much to Maysen's delight we went to Cold Stone before heading home.