Oh the mind of an 8-year-old

Today Oby's nephew Tonio took the exciting step of getting baptized. It reminded me of a story about Oby's cousin, Jake, who has autism. He is so sweet, loving, and he takes things very literally. He was of baptizing age about a year and a half ago. When he was asked if he wanted to get baptized, he said, "No. I don't want a ghost following me around all the time!" When the concept of taking on the spirit of the Holy Ghost was explained a little better to him, he bravely decided to get baptized. What a funny boy.

Jake, after he overcame his fear of The Ghost

So back to today, and Tonio. He got to choose where the family went to dinner after his baptism. He chose, of all places, Chuck-A-Rama. When I asked him why he wanted to go to Chuck-A-Rama, he said (as if, duh Aunt Tara, don't you know) he likes their fried chicken. Apparently he had a lot of fried chicken, because after dinner, he told me he had to unbotton his pants because he ate too much.

Mr Eats a lot of fried chicken after being baptized

I bet there were a lot in our group who had to unbotton their pants after dinner

Chloe and her daddy especially enjoyed the all-you-can-eat dessert. (Doesn't Chloe look cute in this pic?!? I just love that mug of hers.)