Travis' Eagle Court of Honor...

This past Sunday was Travis' Eagle Scout Court of Honor, It was a really neat evening and here are some picture's of this great event...

Here is Travis telling everyone thank you for all the help and support that he has received. Travis wears his heart on his sleeve so it was a little hard for him to talk much. Sometimes it's not all about what you say but what you show....

Travis showing off surprise, surprise...
Travis' favorite merit badges where swimming and wood working. Well I couldn't fit a swimming pool in the church so we went with wood working. These are all the things Travis has made in the past 3 years....

Brian Berlin was Travis' assistant scout master, he said some really great things about Travis you could tell he really loved working with Travis...

Jerry Smith was Travis' scout master, I think it was great that everyone let Jake help and be part of this evening. Jake's favorite thing about himself is that he is a cub scout. Jerry also said some really special things about Travis and how Travis is such a great leader...

Here I am pinning on his Eagle, one of the greatest things as a mom I have done...

Travis gave him mentor pin to Nick Berlin who is serving a mission in Boston. So he wrote a letter and presented it to his parents to give to him. Travis loves Nick as a brother this was a very emotional thing for him, he misses Nick as much as Nick's family does. Brain and Carol mailed this to Nick's mission president with a letter telling him what and why Nick got this. They have asked him to give it to Nick and take picture's for them when he presents it to him....

Bishop Burns swearing Travis in as a Eagle scout...

Again a very emotional event for Travis I love this kid, as wild as he gets sometimes he is a really great young man...

Travis and us very proud parents....

My scouts I love them so much, proud momma moment...

Finally not to leave out Ben here is Jake, Trav & Ben...

So many son's I love it....

I Don't Feel Old...

Travis and Meg when the used to like each other Josh and Meg they where so cute together...
Now Meg is almost 12 and in young women's, in less than a year she is be in Jr. high...




Josh and Travis they where such cute fun little boys...
Now they are great young men who honor their priesthood...

So lately I have been feeling like "when did I become a mom with an older family?" I can remember not to long ago feeling like will the diaper changing, night feedings, play dates, the store trampers end. Now I find myself thinking and remembering those days like they where so long ago. I am now the mom of two teenage boys and a daughter who will be 12 and in young women's in 3 months. Over half of my children are going to be in high school and Jr. high. My baby is five and lets me know it at least two times a day. Their needing me for loves after they fall down or blow on their food when it is to hot has changed to needing me to take them to work, helping them plan their dates. It went from mom knowing what is cute to wear to mom please just let me show you what I will wear. It went from spending the mornings running around getting all the homework done and signed, doing hair, picking out clothes, making sure they brushed their teeth. To just making sure their lunches are made and talking them into wearing a jacket. I guess what I am getting at is I don't feel that old. I don't feel like I have a 16 year who is a 11th grade and starting to get paperwork for college. Or a 15 year old who starts his first day of work this Wednesday. I don't feel old enough to have a house full of teenage boys everyday asking me questions about girls because their moms don't understand and Josh and Travis' mom does. I think it helps that they know I will cook and bake of them, (having good food at all times is key to having your kids friends wanting to hang out at your house, this way you always know what they are doing and getting into). Gone are the days when in the evenings we had nothing going on. Now it is at least two things at a time going on and Lynn and I dividing and conquering. The weekends are so full that when Lynn and I don't have much going on we don't know what to do. I guess all of this remembering and all this going on in this blah, blah, blog post comes down to this, my family is growing up and now it is time I do too...

(Without getting old because I DON'T FEEL OLD)