Scarlett got baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last week. It was a really special day for her, something she has been looking forward to for years.
We do not have a font in our church building so the baptism took place in the non denominational church on base called the Chapel of Hope. Bob and I are very proud of her.
Scarlett has been learning about the church and what we believe since she was born, but I took extra care this month to make sure she knew what she was doing when she got baptized and that it was something she wanted to do. We believe that eight is the age of accountability and I can really see that she has matured a lot over the last year. She is definitly old enough to know right from wrong and also to make this decision for herself. Half of our children are now baptized.
She wanted her hair to be in a braid crown. It is sort of tradition in our family. I had my hair like that when I was baptized and Penelope did as well. It is super easy for dunking underwater and then for getting dressed after while all wet.
Both my parents and Tianna came out for the occasion. I think it felt extra special for Scarlett to have more family to come see her get baptized. We also had a lot of support from the ward. Our ward is really great that way.
I made huge CTR sugar cookies. It is hard to tell in the picture but they are pretty big, each cookie was probably about six inches tall. And some of them are in Japanese. I had to quadruple the recipe. The hardest part was keeping Calista away from them until the baptism.
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