The Eagle Has Landed

Hooray for Matt!  The long Boy Scout journey was completed last Wednesday night when he was awarded his Eagle Scout.  Oh, happy day!  Doesn't seem so very long ago that he was but an over-eager little Cub Scout,  excited about everything.  Now he has achieved that last milestone, and I am proud and relieved.  (I've told him that if he wants to earn some palms, he can knock himself out, but there will be no pressure from this camp.)

The Court of Honor was especially awesome because Mike's parents got to be here.  Mike's dad is presently serving as the Hermosillo Temple president, but they have the option/opportunity of heading home for a couple of weeks twice a year when the temple closes for maintenance and cleaning.  I don't think they were planning on coming to Boise this time, but Mike invited them to drive over for  the event.  They graciously consented and played a big part on the program.  Mike's dad gave a typically wonderful talk about the Eagle award being a good jumping off point for even greater things.  Mike's mom played the piano and, of course, did a wonderful job.

Adam also got his Life Scout award, and it was fun to take some pictures of my two boys together.  As I looked at the two of them standing side by side, I wondered if Adam would have the same type of growth--physical, social, mental, and spirtiual--from age 13 to 17 as Matt has.  I suspect he will.  Those are fun years.  I also hoped that Adam would just put the pedal to the metal and get his Eagle scout in six months.  If everything fell into place perfectly, he could get it in August.  We shall see.


10-0, Baby

We also got lucky enough to have Mom and Dad Young here for Adam's last basketball game of the season.  (It's amazing what two people can accomplish in 15 hours when they put their mind to it.)  He's been on the "B" team this year, and he and his team had a very successful year.  There was just one kid smaller than Adam on the team (with most of the boys being A LOT bigger), but Adam is scrappy and held his own. 

I'll have to admit that I was a bit pessimistic about their last game of the season.  Unfortunately, they had some boys who had academic struggles during the year, and by the last game, they had just eight academically eligible players.  That was good for Adam and all the other boys who got a lot of playing time, but I was worried that we simply wouldn't have enough bodies to keep up with Eagle, who seemed to have about 15 players on their squad.  I shouldn't have worried.  Lewis and Clark beat them easily.

The funnest part of the game is that Adam put in the final bucket of the season.  There was about 8 seconds left on the clock, and he took a couple of dribbles and let loose a floating shot that ripped through the net.  I think I was almost as excited as Grandma and Grandpa.  What a fun way to end an undefeated season!

P.S.  I got the first of the two quilts done and turned in today.  As impulsive as it was to take two more quilt kits, I enjoyed the opportunity and feel like it was good timing with the earthquakes in both Chile and Haiti.  I'm sure the Church is sending as much relief as possible.  Will this quilt go to Haiti?  Chile?  Maybe neither, but having the quilt stay in the Treasure Valley would make me feel just as good.