Eagle Scout

We finally had Luke's Eagle Court of Honor last month, at long last.  He finished his project almost two years ago and has been officially an Eagle Scout for over a year.  All that has been left to do is wait for his lame parents to plan a court of honor.  It was nice to finally get to recognize all his hard work over the last several years.  He really has worked hard and has been happy doing it.  We are really proud of him! We are also really glad it is over because mentally he really is done with it all and busy with other things now.

The most fun part of the court of honor for me was looking back through Luke's years of scouting and seeing how much he has grown.
Here is Luke at his first scout camp at age 11.  He was lucky that his dad was the scout master.

The following year at age 12.

Climbing at 13.

His Eagle Project. Age 14

High Adventure. Age 15

And Today. Luke at 16. My how he has grown!  And hopefully will grown some more...

Congratulations Luke!

Hannah's Day Out

Ever since it opened just recently, I have been wanting to visit the new Portland Temple Visitors' Center.  Recently we had a free day and I thought it would be fun to all go down together.  Most of my family had other plans.  The boys took off to do boy things.  Tyler got a better offer from a friend to go see The Hunger Games.  In the end it was just me and Hannah.  I don't very often get one on one time with my kids. I should do it more often.  We had a nice afternoon together.

Although it is small, the new Visitors' Center has quite a few interactive displays.  Hannah enjoyed the Book of Mormon display.  It contains about 30 Books of Mormon in different languages.  When you open one up, it starts reading aloud in that language. We also enjoyed the interactive display on the history of the Portland Temple and playing Temple Geography.

Since we were here, we had to walk around the grounds, one of my favorite places in Portland.  It reminds me what a beautiful city we live in.

We also made a little trip to the bookstore.  Hannah has been anxious to spend her money on her own personal Hymn book. Go Figure. And finally we went out to lunch. Hannah's choice - 5 Guys.  

Those other people should all be jealous that they missed out on our fun day.