Eagle Scout

This weekend Patrick had his Eagle Scout Court of Honor.  He earned the rank last August but it took us awhile to get the thing planned out.  The Master of Ceremonies was Rebecca Hatton from Troop 2206.

George also got to be part of the color guard and told us what it means to earn the Rank of Scout.

Here's all the Scouts telling us about the ranks.

The honor guard escorting Patrick up to the front.

Troop 206 Scoutmaster talking about what it means to be an Eagle Scout, followed by Patrick giving his oath.

Then his parents were called up.  I got a pin!

And got to help Patrick put his metal on.

Mike got something as well.

And Mr. Frieland got a mentor pin.

Then we had to get the Eagle neckerchief on.  It was harder than it should have been.

Mr. Frieland held up all of Patrick's old neckerchiefs to demonstrate how he's grown.

Patrick had some brief remarks.  Really, he kept it short!

Patrick with Mom and Dad.

A smile on my grumpy teenager face.  Wow!

I will close with the family picture of the whole family.  I opted to not wear the Scout uniform.  

On a side note, I was given an adult religious Scouting award on Sunday (2/19).  I have been helping the Cub Scouts complete religious awards since Patrick was little and started helping Scouts BSA members earn them in the last two years.  

February 2023

 February started out with George's 13th birthday.  We now have 3 teenagers in the house but George is still the crazy goofball he has always been.

Cecilia has been busy playing basketball in the park district league.

Cecilia posing for a cookbook her class is putting together.

Mary wanted a Perry the Platypus box for her valentines this year.

Mary had a birthday as well in February.  She is now 7!

With all that was going on, Mary was kind enough to wait a few days to have her birthday dessert.  

Mike and the littles also attend the Daddy Daughter dance with country theme.  They all had a good time but the "late night" (she was in bed before 8:30) was a bit much for Mary.

There's one more coming soon all about Patrick.

December 2022

 I am two months behind here but I don't have many pictures to share so it will be brief.  This year, due to some construction that took way too long, we did not get a Christmas tree until Dec. 23rd and we picked it up at Kroger.  This is how we brought it home.

Here are the kids all dress up for 9PM Mass on Christmas eve.

Some more pictures from December.

Patrick turned 17!

The high school had a Star Wars stem day.  Cecilia was the only one who wanted her picture taken with the characters

Moving into January, the youngest two participated in Pack 168's Pinewood Derby and took home 1st and 2nd place.

The top three winners.

George had fun with his Star Wars figures and made a Hoth battle.

To kick off Catholic School Week, the girls and I attended a Snow Much Fun event.

That's all for December and January.  I hope to have more up soon.