My husband is a very passionate (and a little CRAZY) about scouts. And I guess if he wasn't, I wouldn't be making this post right now so thank goodness he is:)
Ethan JUST turned 13 on Tuesday, Feb. 24th, and then had his Eagle project completed by Saturday, Feb. 28th. He chose a project at his school in Mesa--Heritage Academy. The school's basketball court desperately needed some cracks repaired and freshly painted lines. So Ethan decided to repair the cement, re-paint all of the lines, and then to paint school logo in the center of the court.
Ethan really did this project on his own. He visited MANY Home Depots, Lowes, Shermann-Williams, and Dunn-Edwards asking for donations for this project--my husband seriously sat in his car while Ethan went into the stores by himself!!! Ethan was such a pro! No fear at all!!! I would have gone in WITH him but I'm really glad that I was not involved in this portion because he really did learn a lot. And he did secure all the donations he needed.
Here are some of the "before" pictures of the school basketball court:
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| There used to be lines:) |
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| He also re-painted the fire curb in the parking lot. |
This project required some serious preparation on our part. We had the logo printed and then projected onto our garage wall where we traced and then cut it out with Exacto knives. We then printed out each letter by hand onto card stock and cut them out again by hand to make a more sturdy and exact stencil. All the prep work was totally worth all the effort because by the time Saturday rolled around, we were 100% ready to go with everything already planned and plotted out.
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| EVERYONE helped on this! |
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The main part of the logo--the letters were printed on card stock
and cut out later. |
We also had some help the weekend before repairing the cracks in the sidewalk so they would be nice and dry by the time we painted:
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| One of Ethan's deacon buddies--JD |
Chris, Papa Frank, and Ethan headed up to the school on Friday afternoon (the day before) to get all the lines chalked in and the center circle painted before everyone came on Saturday. So on Saturday morning, we just had to tape and paint:)
My older brother, K.C., is currently deployed for the US Coastguard. His wife has sent out a "Flat KC" to keep him involved in all the state-side family adventures. So I took some pictures of "Flat KC" helping us out this weekend to share with his family who is missing him terribly at this time. It was fun to post them on Facebook for everyone to see:) We miss you KC!!! I will now mail him to his next destination:)
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| Ethan with "Flat KC" |
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| "Flat KC" helping with the logo. |
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| Papa Frank feeding "Flat KC" a donut:) |
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| "Flat KC" helping tape |
There was a 30% chance of rain that we watched ALL week long. We also prayed ALL week long that the rain would hold off long enough for this project to be completed as this was the ONLY weekend we had until June (because of Chris's work/travel schedule). Well, our prayers were answered and our hard work and preparation paid off. We had plenty of help and everything ran amazingly smoothly and the finished result was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G if I do say so myself!!!
We had plenty of help show up and we are ever so grateful for everyone who took time out their Saturday to help us. I forgot to get an entire picture of everyone but in total, we had 23 people show up to help which was just right--everyone had something they could do and it ran smoothly.
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