Through all the campouts, merit badge clinics, sweat and tears Colton has earned the rank of Eagle in Boy Scouts. He had his last board of review last week and the award will be given in a ceremony next February. It certainly seemed at times this would never happen. He has always enjoyed the campouts and comraderie in scouting, but the self-initiative was often lacking. Our great incentive plan began the summer of 08 when a cell phone would only be granted upon completion of the eagle project and all required merit badges. This should take a few months I thought, then it turned into a year and a half :( But we all perservered and are so proud of his achievement.
Another thing you may notice from the pic is his teeth, specifically braces. Just hours before the board of review, he got braces put on. Fortunately his teeth didn't hurt yet during the interview, but the next few days were painful as he even missed a day of school and a swim meet. We're trying a new technique call "Fast braces"--google it. Supposedly this new technology requires about half the time of conventional braces and are about half the cost. Sounds like a win-win as long as his teeth don't fall out, right?
3 comments:
Welcome back to the blogging world!
Congrats Colton
wahooo! What to go! Good luck with the braces....
Ahhhh . . . now, only three more to go!
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