A Badge (or two) and a Visit

This week Li'l Robby got his first awards at a Scout Court of Honor, so now he is a tenderfoot and has received his first merit badge (weather). I like our Scout Committee Chair's philosophy, boys should work to get their Eagle when they are 14 (or at latest 16). Hopefully, Chap can be most of the way by the time he is 14 because we all know life gets really busy in High School.

Our other excitement for the week was a visit by Uncle Wayne and his family. We got to enjoy an I-Cubs game in Des Moines in the evening with Uncle Wayne and his boys.

The best part of the evening was the fireworks show after the game. Maybe I should have taken pictures of the smiles plastered on all the kids' faces, although a picture wouldn't have truly captured it. We laughed as Jenna sat with wide eyes and covered ears smiling at the same time, while Olivia sat there repeating, "Fireworks!" and "Daddy, I not scared!"