Louisa Eunice Porter 1925-2009

There was never a better woman on the face or the Earth. She loved the gospel,her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Even though I married into the family, I have always felt like I was her grandchild. She taught me how important tradition is and what the most important thing in life is...FAMILY. So we love you grandma and will miss you very much.

Family

Last Sunday my grandpa died. He was 90 years old. My mom and I flew to Mississippi Saturday to be with him and to be there for the funeral. It was the first time in a long time that I have seen most of my mom's side of the family. Here are some pics.
Starting in the back: Debbie, Cindy. Next row: Karen, Gina and Melinda. Front row: me, Kayla, Courtney and Erica
This is my Aunt Becky. We share the same birthday.
My Aunt Becky and Uncle Johnnie
Me and My mom
My cousin Michelle and her husband Anthony and son Robbie
My cousin Ashley, her husband Scooter and sons, Josh, Corey and Chris
My cousin Dennis, his wife Julie and their kids,DJ and Mikella
Me and my cousin Greg

This is not all of my family. There is 7 brothers and 2 sisters. And pretty much all of their families were there. It was nice to be surrounded by family at that time. I will try to find a pic of my grandpa and get it on here soon.

Yea Emma

With all of my kids, I didn't force the potty training issue. I let them wear pull ups until they turned three. When their birthday rolled around, it was panty or underwear time. It worked pretty well with the oldest 3. Even before they turned 3 they would at least sit on the toilet. My youngest,Emma,hasn't wanted anything to do with it. She wouldn't even sit on the potty. Well, her birthday is coming up so we decided to start telling her "When you are three, no more pull ups. You get to wear big girl panties." So Saturday we took her to the store and she got to pick out her panties. She has been carrying them around with her everywhere. And guess what, Monday she started using the potty!! Only 2 accidents in 2 days. Sheis no longer my baby.

Easter Party

This year we went to Nate's sister's house for Easter. We always have so much fun when we are there. Here are some pics of all of us having a great time.

Easter Morning

Nate's family has a tradition of hiding the kids' Easter baskets and having them find them. So Nate and I have continued that tradition. Here are some pics of the kids after they found them.Sarah was happy as you can tell.

Easter Outfits

I decided this year I would make the girl's Easter dresses. I don't know what came over me. I figured I could get better fabric and make it for less than I could buy it. I have only sewn once and that was a disaster. This great idea is coming from a girl who in seventh grade failed Home Ec. So I bought the patterns and fabric, cut out the material, and set out on my sewing quest and this is the results.

Noah was "sad" that I didn't sew something for him,so we went to Target and purchased his attire.
I think my kids are adorable.

Park

Here are a few pics of the kids at the new park that opened up in Daybreak. We had a good time. We were there for about 2 hours. It seemed like the time flew by.