Saturday, April 14, 2012

Jacob's Eagle Project: April 10th - Refinishing the Billinghurst Middle School Band Stands

Jacob worked hard on getting his first Eagle Project approved - the first one was helping with fire damage restoration in Reno City. Right as he completed the whole application and finished meeting with city leaders, the city pulled the plug on it. They were worried about liability issues. This was disappointing. Especially for how much time Jacob had put into it. A couple of weeks later Jacob came home and said, "I know what I should do for my Eagle Project. The stands in the band room look terrible and have so much obscene graffiti on them. I should refinish the stands." Jacob met with the Band Director and the Principal, who gratefully approved the project and said they would pay for the paint. Jacob set a date, wrote up his application and it was approved. The morning of his project, he was a bit surprised when Edgar (janitor whom he had coordinated with) didn't show up for the project. Jacob thought he was coming to demonstrate how the process should be done (since the janitor was responsible for this work in the past). Jacob, Darren, and I called him several times but he never came. So Jacob ended up deciding and showing everyone how to refinish the stands. In the end it was decided it would be easier to take them apart rather than tape off the silver parts. A lot of boys showed up to help. We were grateful for everyone's support! Jacob of course thinks it was a great time and is happy to have his project complete.

Taking the stands apart.

Dave Rasmussen - Jacob's Young Men's Leader

Spencer Smith

Christian Arnold

Taking apart the stands

Josh Warnick

No more graffiti on the stands!

Dallin Arnold

Craig Eyre, Ethan Chinowski, Jacob, and Ashton

Ryan Ross

Leadership!

Ashton Ochs

Darren

Cousins Come to Visit



This Past Week Rebecca, Nathan, Josh, and Tyler Warnick came to visit
us in Reno. We loved it! They were able to be here for Jacob's Eagle Project. We also went to the Discovery Museum, Virginia City (A Step Back in Time to a 19th Century Mining Town), and The Carson City Pool. Nathan directed an awesome cousin's movie done in Hunger Game Style, and we played LOTS of games including Dominion, Incan Gold, and Settlers of Cataan. Nathan played Candyland with Ben. The kids all picked out treasures in Virginia City (Matthew chose some shark teeth). Rebecca, Emma, and I saw a movie and did some shopping. We can't wait for their next visit!


Josh doing a back flip off of the diving board and Jacob getting out of the pool.


Making electrical circuits at the Discovery Museum.


Matthew, Tyler, and Benjamin played here
a long time.


Matthew, Josh, and Ben on the way to Virginia City.

Emma on the way to Virginia City.

Rebecca on the way to Virginia City.


Nathan and Jacob in the car on the way to Virginia City