Our Eagle

Last night was an important night in our family. After 3 years in Boy Scouts Kyle had his Eagle Board of Review. It was quite the experience. There were 11 boys there to be interviewed. Everyone who comes for an interview needs to bring their parents and two additional adults who will serve on another boys interview board. There is also a member from the Scout Organization who will also sit on the board with each boy. So all in all there are 3 people interviewing your son who he has never met before. Kyle says he wasn't nervous at all, but mom on the other hand was a nervous wreck. The way things worked out, Kyle ended up being the first boy assigned to a scout official. By luck of the draw he also managed to get the one who is the toughest interviewer. He's been around for years and loves to give the boys a real run for their money. We only found this out after Kyle had already gone into the room with him. He also told us as Kyle went into the room that it would take about 45 minutes to do the interview. So Robert and I settled in for a long wait. About 12 or 13 minutes into it the boy in the room across from where we were sitting came out, he was done. WHAT! Oh no....then sure enough, one by one more and more boys started to come out of their interviews. Kyle was the last one to finish his interview. 45 minutes true to word, Kyle emerges from the room with a smile on his face. Everyone one else had left the building by the time Kyle was done.

He did a great job. We are so proud of him. To top it off, it feels really good to be completely done, no more "next step" to do....well except for the Court of Honor, but that's the fun part....the reward at the end of a long journey. A well deserved reward too. Can't wait to celebrate.


To the left of Kyle is his Varsity Coach Bro. Stewart and then to the right of Kyle is Bro. Clausen who is the Scout Master for our ward. We sure were glad to have them with us last night. We really appreciate them coming and being there to support Kyle.
I'm sure over the past 3 years and many, many campouts they have felt like they've wanted to do this to Kyle and probably many of the other boys as well. The scout leaders really have done a great job with all the boys in the troop.