Eagle Court of Honor and Wood Badge

My brother, along with a couple other wonderful young men, received their Eagle Scout Awards yesterday. As much as I love the other two young men, my brother is my brother and I'm going to be focusing on him. Sorry guys.

This is my youngest brother helping with the Presentation of the Colors. At the end he also did the Retiring of the Colors. He did a really fantastic job.

 This is my dad being escorted by two of his sons to receive his Wood Badge.

My mom created two videos for this Eagle Court of Honor. This one is a summarization of the Eagle Projects these young men completed.

 This is my brother receiving his Eagle.

 Joshua is the absolute sweetest person ever. Often you see a child and you see that child helping someone else and you say, "Oh how sweet!" Especially when that child is in elementary school. However, my brother has always been that way and always will be that way and you'll always think, "Oh, how sweet!"

 These are the new Eagle Scouts giving their Eagle Promise.

 This is Joshua receiving the American Flag.

This next video my mom did is the Trail to Eagle.

 This was when Joshua gave his talk and spoke about his mentor who led him to where he is today and for being the kind of person he wishes to be someday. He said much more that caused me to tear up. I'll have to ask for a copy of his talk. Because he chose my dad, even though he already received his Parent's Pin.

 This is one of the other young men. He's basically like a brother to me and it was so awesome to see him receive his Eagle at the same time as my brother. :)

He also chose my dad as his mentor. My dad has done a lot for these boys and has enjoyed every minute of it (at least in hindsight). But he was so touched that he was a little teary-eyed himself.

These boys have already received their Eagle Scout. But I added his photo for several reasons. First off, the Eagle Scout in the middle is my other younger brother who received his Eagle awhile ago. The boy on the right is the older brother of the new Eagle, Ryan, who chose my dad as his mentor. But these three are all like brothers to me (one of them actually is my brother). I'm so grateful for the example they give to my younger siblings and for always strengthening each other.

Congrats everyone on all your achievements.