Saturday, April 7, 2012

Grandma Porter

Grandma Porter, (Tom's Mom) has been here all week and we have enjoyed every minute of it.  I love having her here, as she is easy to entertain, and is quite the ray of sunshine in our house...until she talks politics with Tom.  With her here, I was reminded of some of my favorite things about her this week.

1- She loves my cooking and tells me lots.
2- She has no problem with spending an entire day watching Disney movies with Kira and laughs louder then the kids at the funny parts.
3- She really enjoys all the "dumb" Disney channel shows that annoy me. When I told the kids not to force Grandma to watch these shows, she insisted it was fine and that she watches them all the time with Jeannie's kids.  After that, I heard her again laughing out loud.
4- She is in no hurry in the mornings which makes it nice.  We don't dare plan to do anything before 10am.
5- She is always up for a chocolate treat, but my chocolate stash is a disappointment compared to her daughter Marcy's. 
6- She still gives motherly advice to Tom, and I love to listen in.  My favorite was on a previous visit she told Tom he should be less sarcastic.
7- She loves the sunshine coming in the house as much as me.  With her here, they are open more.
8- She loves a good book, especially the Book of Mormon, which I caught her reading regularly.  
9- She is usually cold in our house, so when she is here, Tom runs the heat more.
10- She always shares an old family story, or two, and I learn more about the family history each time. 

She left this afternoon and I miss her already.  Sean will miss her as well, despite that every night he would ask when she was leaving so he could have his room back.

Come again soon Grandma. 

1 comment:

Marcia said...

Talked to Mom tonight - she said she enjoyed such a wonderful time with you all and could not believe how fast the time went! Love the photo!