General Conference

This was a neat General Conference.  I have always loved Conference, especially in October, and especially when my birthday falls on Conference weekend.  I thought the messages were amazing and I loved spending the two hour blocks with family as we listened to the prophet and apostles speak.  This time, with nice low voices, dim light, and quiet houses made it perfect cuddle and sleep time for Porter.  He was able to snuggle with different grandparents each session which was nice because then I could hear more of the talks too.  My Grandma Ada held Porter the entire 2 hours of the Sunday afternoon session and loved every minute of it. She was called a baby hog, but I was kind of glad that he wasn't being passed around to so many people too.  It is sad not being with JD during conference and my birthday since we have a lot of traditions around this time of year, but it has been good to be with family so much too.

Meeting the Greats

It was so fun getting to show my grandparents and Karen Mr. Porter.  He was his usual calm self as he got passed around to meet so many new people during this trip. I remember 5 of my great grandparents very clearly from when I was growing up.  I am sad that Porter will never know his Grandpa Bryant who passed away when I was about 8 weeks pregnant with Porter, JD's Speth grandparents also both passed away while we were dating, I had never been able to meet them.  How grateful I am for the ones who are still here though! It was fun surprising them in different ways as well.  Karen was over for a visit when we showed up.  We did a doorbell ditch number again for my Grandma Ann.  My Hewlett grandparents were invited for dinner not knowing that Porter and I were in town.  They are all so cute, kind, and wonderful people that I love so much.

The Gorge and Utah

We went to the Gorge with my Grandpa and Kathy today.  We saw the usual falls that we take people to and they loved it.  Erin took lots of pictures and I was able to stay with Porter while it was raining so it worked out perfect.  My grandpa took us to dinner in the Multnomah Falls Lodge.  I have never eaten there and we had seats with a perfect view of the falls.  We got to see huge falls because of all the rain we have had the past three days.
After the Gorge we went straight to the airport to be dropped off.  We got there with the perfect amount of time to get checked in, feed Porter, change his diaper, and then board.  Porter did great on the flight.  He spent most of the time sleeping on Erin.
My mom and sister picked us up at the airport and were so excited to see Porter.  After we got home-I was exhausted from driving in the Gorge and the airport, and packing etc, Sye came and picked me up to go an surprise his parents.  We put Porter in a basket and doorbell ditched.  JD's mom screamed when she realized the package on the doorstep was Porter.  It was a really fun surprise.  It is nice getting to show off this cute baby to family and I'm so excited to be able to play with my sisters for a whole week.

The blue and orange people are Erin and my Grandpa.  I took the picture from the bridge over this fall.