The Eagle Court of Honor

On September 11th, 2010

we finally had Cole's

Eagle Court of Honor

It took some doin' talking Cole into holding one in the first place.

But we have ways of persuasion

and finally he submitted allowing us to

go forward with the ceremony.

It was very nice.

A lot of family and friends came.

Cole had two mentor pins to give out.

One went to Eric Eaves,

who couldn't be there but we accepted the invitation on his behalf.

The other mentor pin went to his sister,

Emily Zoe

for keeping him on the right track and for putting up with him

when he was a ding bat.

She was surprised.

Surprised because she didn't even know

the significance of receiving a mentor pin

and she was surprised Cole acknowledged her hard work

to keep him from a life of crime.

Cole gave me the

mom pin

for the Eagle.

Dad got one too.

Rick presented Cole with the

Eagle pin and

Cole presented me with a dozen roses,

'cause I'm the mom of an Eagle now.

Only two more kids to go.

No sweat!