Maturation

Over the last few weeks I have had a few people, after seeing Mikkele for the first time in a while, ask me if she is starting to get little boobies. I have come back with, "NO she's 8!". But after taking some time to evaluate things I was starting to see what other people have been seeing. So I've been debating whether or not I should get her a training bra. I never had a training bra, and I think that it might have been a little easier to get used to the new time in my life easing into it rather than jumping in to the real ones. So anyway today we were at Wal-mart and we found Hannah Montana training bra and panty set on sale for $3 so I decided to get four pairs. She thinks it's pretty cool, but doesn't really understand what they're for and she thinks they feel a little weird. I've tried to tell her it's to get her ready for when she really starts to get bigger little boobies. Maybe I'm jumping the gun a bit, but big boobies run in both sides of the family, so ready or not I'm sure she's in for it as well. Hopefully nothing else gets started here really soon.

Mikkele's Baptism

The invitation

Mikkele before the baptism. The dress she is wearing was my baptism dress from a little over 21 years ago. Thanks mom for keeping it all these years. It sure added something special to the day.

Jeremy and Mikkele before the baptism

Family pictures

We had a really nice day yesterday. Mikkele has been so excited and counting down the days until her baptism. We had a nice program. Adam and Aaron gave a missionary style talk on baptism and the Holy Ghost. My mom did a nice musical medley on the piano. Jeremy did a good job on the baptism and the conformation. I don't think there was a dry eye in the room after the conformation. Mikkele is such a special little girl and I am grateful she made the choice to be baptized. After the baptism we had a brunch at our church pavilion. We had some yummy food and we brought some sprinklers for the kids to play in while the adults visited. It was good to have all the family together. We had a lot of people there that we haven't seen in quite a while. My whole family was there which was awesome. We haven't all been together for 2 years since Adam's been gone, and we don't get to see Aaron and his family very often since they live in Germany. I'm glad that we could all be together to help celebrate Mikkele's baptism.
And then today at church she was sustained the newest member of our ward and was able to sit on the stand in between the Bishop and 2nd counselor. Talk about forcing you to be reverent. She also bore her testimony stating how excited she was to get baptized and to receive the Holy Ghost. Congratulations Mikkele, I love you and I am so proud of you!

Adam's Home

Adam got home from his mission on Thursday. Mikkele has been so excited for so long to see her Bubba Adam. She was the first person to get to him and give him a big hug. He looks good. I don't think that his looks have changed too much. But I know he has grown up quite a bit. He was a great missionary and we are all very proud of him and glad to have him home safely. He will give his homecoming talk next Sunday and then will fly back to San Antonio with my parents, Aaron and Brittany and family, and Mikkele. He'll be back up in late summer to get ready to start school. Here are some other pictures from the airport.

A proud Mama Roberts
Cousin Chris and Clay Turnbow sprayed him with silly string.

A proud Papa Roberts

The proud parents

Adam and Grant

Adam and Audrey

Adam and Maddison

Christian, Bubba Adam, and Papa Roberts

Papa Roberts cleaning up the silly string mess.