Finally.... A Chance to Brag a Little
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 1:35 pm
As most of you may know from my previous posts, my son, Jusme Jr., earned his Eagle Scout rank back in March. Due to scheduling conflicts with Troop activities, Band banquets, Senior Prom, Graduation and a seemingly endless list of unacceptable dates, we finally managed to have his Eagle Scout Ceremony last night.
A little about my son, he started in Scouting as a Tiger Cub, when he was 6. He has been the quintessential Scout, he has been involved in Community Service, Fund Raising, recruiting other Scouts, and of course all of the normal Scout activities including Pine Wood Derbies, Cubmobile building and racing, up to High Adventure Rappelling, Canoeing, Survival camping etc.. He has attended summer camp every year since 2009 and has served as Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Senior Patrol Leader and Troop Guide.
HIs Eagle project was called "Backing The Blue", and it involved applying concrete stain to planters outside the local PD, filling them with soil and planting annual and perennial, foliage. He had to obtain donations for all of the supplies, write a very detailed plan, recruit volunteers, and schedule deliveries etc.
Last night all of his hard work and dedication paid off, as he had his Court of Honor, which was attended by, friends, family, community leaders and other well wishers.
During the ceremony he received his Henry Eagle Scout edition rifle. In the photo, the scout master is on the right and I'm the ugly guy on the left. I don't know if you can tell, but Jusme Jr. is a little taller than I was at his age.
You can read about my adventure in obtaining the rifle here:
http://www.texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=82946
I'm sure you may be able to tell, but Mrs. Jusme and myself are very proud of this guy. He also held a 90% g.p.a through high school, made 1530 on his SAT and plans to be an Aerospace Engineer ( I haven't been able to help him with his homework for a long time now)
I know this is a long post, but I have a hard time shortening all of the things I want to say about him. During my speech last night I told him that if God had given his mother and I a chance to list all of the things we wanted in a perfect son, we couldn't have come up with one that as good as he has been. Excuse me, I have to wipe away some tears now..
A little about my son, he started in Scouting as a Tiger Cub, when he was 6. He has been the quintessential Scout, he has been involved in Community Service, Fund Raising, recruiting other Scouts, and of course all of the normal Scout activities including Pine Wood Derbies, Cubmobile building and racing, up to High Adventure Rappelling, Canoeing, Survival camping etc.. He has attended summer camp every year since 2009 and has served as Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Senior Patrol Leader and Troop Guide.
HIs Eagle project was called "Backing The Blue", and it involved applying concrete stain to planters outside the local PD, filling them with soil and planting annual and perennial, foliage. He had to obtain donations for all of the supplies, write a very detailed plan, recruit volunteers, and schedule deliveries etc.
Last night all of his hard work and dedication paid off, as he had his Court of Honor, which was attended by, friends, family, community leaders and other well wishers.
During the ceremony he received his Henry Eagle Scout edition rifle. In the photo, the scout master is on the right and I'm the ugly guy on the left. I don't know if you can tell, but Jusme Jr. is a little taller than I was at his age.
You can read about my adventure in obtaining the rifle here:
http://www.texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=82946
I'm sure you may be able to tell, but Mrs. Jusme and myself are very proud of this guy. He also held a 90% g.p.a through high school, made 1530 on his SAT and plans to be an Aerospace Engineer ( I haven't been able to help him with his homework for a long time now)
I know this is a long post, but I have a hard time shortening all of the things I want to say about him. During my speech last night I told him that if God had given his mother and I a chance to list all of the things we wanted in a perfect son, we couldn't have come up with one that as good as he has been. Excuse me, I have to wipe away some tears now..
