The Cub Scouts' Blue & Gold Banquet was at the end of February. The boys had been working for weeks on preparing for it at their den meetings. The theme this year was robots, and they created and practiced a skit, helped color a backdrop for it, and made props for it. In addition, they were supposed to make a robot invention at home to bring as a table centerpiece. They both made robots out of tinker toys--a magnificent invention for creativity, if you ask me! I thought both of their tabletop robots turned out so well!
We ate casseroles for dinner, and then we watched their fun skit about zombie robots and scouts.
Ammon's Eagle Scout Court of Honor was on the last day of February. He had a joint court of honor with his friend, Hunter.
They displayed their Eagle Scout handbooks on the table. Ammon's project was building two bridges for the golf course this past summer. Hunter's project was repainting over 30 water hydrants in the city boundaries last fall. Hunter's mom Ashley had two blankets embroidered for the boys, which was a fun surprise and a nice gift.
My parents came up for the occasion, and my dad (an avid scouter) had the boys say the Eagle Scout charge, which was such a nice part of the evening's program. So many things happened regarding the court of honor that were out of my control, and completely stressed me out in planning the program. But at this one moment, I felt like everything would be okay.
Our Bishop Justin Williams, who has been Ammon's scoutmaster the past few years, presented him with the award. He said some very nice things about Ammon, and we were so grateful for his presentation.
I pinned Ammon's eagle award on his shirt, then he attached the mom's pin to me, the dad's pin to Josh, and the mentor pin onto Justin.
Josh got his Eagle Scout project done the night before he turned 18, so he was so instrumental in helping Ammon get his project done as soon as he could. My dad also took Ammon to a scout camp with him last summer which enabled Ammon to earn more merit badges and camping nights, for which we were so grateful. We are so proud of Ammon for this awesome accomplishment!
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