Bill's eldest. She will give her father away at the ceremony — and then play the fiddle. She graduated from Gonzaga in December 2025 with a degree in political science, and is living at home while she plans her next chapter — which includes returning to Philmont this summer as backcountry staff at Crooked Creek. She has 43 merit badges and 4 Eagle Palms, was named a NESA Scholarship recipient placing her in the top 0.1% of Eagle Scouts nationally. She is also, by general agreement, the best brander on the ranch — which is why she is the one burning the wedding vow into leather on the day itself. She has been watching over this family her entire life.

Bill's eldest son. Eleven Philmont staff seasons — Ranger, Conservation staff, Conservation Foreman — across summer, spring, fall, and winter. In 2021, he spent 54 consecutive days on trail across three Philmont treks, covering more than 400 miles. He has summited Kilimanjaro. On the Colorado Trail, he was pacing 25 miles a day — and stopped when a trail partner was injured, turning back to help. He sewed a fellow scout's boot back together mid-trek, on a crew he wasn't even assigned to. At Conservation staff gatherings, his fair share of dinner was reportedly seven pounds of steak. He packed a cast iron stove into a roadless backcountry staff camp. Where there's a Will, there is a way.

Bill's third child and the one who will marry his father and Flora under the Tooth of Time. He is ordained. He is studying environmental engineering at Colorado School of Mines. He is named for Lt. Henry Prather (1732–1775), a French and Indian War officer who corresponded with George Washington — eight documented generations back in a direct line. He completed Rayado in 2023, the same summer he and Flora and Bill stayed at the Casa and understood what this place meant. He represented the United States at the 2023 World Scout Jamboree in South Korea. He is the only member of this family to complete the BSA Grand Slam of High Adventure — all four bases: Philmont, Northern Tier, Sea Base, and Summit Bechtel. He knows exactly what he is doing when he speaks those words.

Bill's fourth child, Eagle Scout at 12 years and 11 months, with 79 merit badges and 11 Eagle Palms. He played Mufasa in his school's production of The Lion King. He played freshman football as a lineman and was on Bellarmine's freshman wrestling team. He is on the Order of the Arrow ceremony team for Saklan Lodge, and has shifted his focus to Venturing Crew 479. He earned the Ad Altare Dei Catholic religious award — presented to him by Bishop Oscar Cantú at the same altar in the Basilica San José where his mother was married. And it was Mark who, at his own Eagle Court of Honor, presented Diane with the Eagle Scout Grandparent pin she now wears on her lapel. He did that before he knew he was going to be her grandson.

Bill's youngest — Elizabeth Ann, named for her mother's confirmation name and her grandmother Ann Jennings, whose name she carries every day. She has been coming to Philmont since she was four years old. She has earned 31 merit badges, including her Swimming merit badge in the Adriatic Sea at an international Scout camp in Croatia. She starred as Annie in her school's production of Annie — rallying from laryngitis to perform while still recovering, and the audience had no idea. Before joining Scouts BSA, she earned the Bronze Award in Girl Scouts — the highest honor a Junior can earn — designing and building a Free Little Library with her friend Julia and presenting to forty kids about the importance of reading. She is now pursuing both Eagle Scout and the Girl Scout Gold Award simultaneously, which would make her a Golden Eagle — the first in this family, and the first to follow a trail her grandmother Ann blazed when Ann earned the Curved Bar in 1951. Her father earned his Eagle in the Bicentennial year of 1976. She is on track to earn hers in the semiquincentennial year of 2026.

Bella is on Philmont's Conservation staff and was on the A-Team in spring 2025 — the crew that walks all 400 miles of Philmont trail before camp opens each year, clearing blowdowns, repairing bridges, and fixing winter washouts with 100-pound packs in snow and runoff. She keeps up with Will, which is not easy. She keeps him on the straight and narrow, which is harder. She is Will's rock, and she is family — full stop.