Tanner is finally awarded his Eagle Scout

We are excited that, after having completed all the Eagle Scout requirements 8 months earlier, Tanner finally had his Court of Honor and was awarded this rank. Like most kids, once he hit the age of 14, his interest in Scouting diminished, but he had done what was needed to advance.

At the event, Tanner was awarded his Eagle by Mike Lee, who is running for the Senate. I hope he makes it (and it isn't just because he is our next door neighbor).

Tanner had quite a few of his friends attend. Below are some of his guy and girl friends.

Tanner also had quite a few member of our family attend. Both sides were well represented.

For Tanner's Eagle Project, he took quite a few people down to the indian reservation and help to remodel a small school. Tanner was responsible to painting the outside and inside of this building. It was a 3 day trip and turned out great!

Lilly's date night with Dad.

Last week I took Grace out on a Daddy Daughter date night to the BYU/New Mexico basketball game. Since that point, Lilly has been begging me to have a special night out. We found out that Disney on Ice was coming into town and got tickets. It turned out to be a really fun night.

Since Disney on Ice was at the Energy Solutions Center, we hit the Gateway across the street before hand. We passed a Build a Bear store and Lilly ended up getting the only puppy that our family will ever own.

After that, we were able to walk into a really nice resturant call Flemmings. I had the best steak ever. Lilly insisted getting up to talk to the workers and quickly became the most popular patron there. We finished our meal off with dessert and raced over to the arena.

I was expecting a slow kid’s show, and was planning on spending time surfing on my phone, but found this to be a very visually stimulating experience. We got lucky and got great seats, which made it fun to see the expressions of the actors.

All in all, it was a great night and a good reminder that I need to make time to do these on a continual basis.