We had our Porter Family Reunion in Greer from the 12th to the 18th. We had such a fun time.
It rained everyday that we were there, mostly in the evenings. Three of the mornings we woke up to sun, but that disappeared usually around lunch time. I loved it.
I was happy to see my siblings and their families. I haven't seen my sis in law Tiffany and her kids since the last reunion and she had never met Hayden before. Hayden loved his cousins, he had so much fun with them. Anyway, there are 28 grandkids from 10 - 6 mo, with one more due in Sept. (Good Luck, Mimi!) With tons of kids to play with, my kids were in heaven. Aaron hung out mostly with Nate, Harley and Cole. Alyssa hung out with Sarah and Aubrey. I hung out with mostly the older kids (Yep, I have yet to grow up).
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I gotta tell you ~ I had so much fun with my nieces and nephews. We ended up playing late into the evening on most nights and I learned some new games, and even made up one of our own. Thanks guys for the Phase 10, Killer Uno, Quiddler, Apples to Apples (Sensual - Firefighters are hot!) and Busted. Too bad I didn't have time to whip your buns at Mafia. Next time, guys, next time...just you wait and see...a deal has been made...Match~Cover. Hehee!
We played a "down-south, phonetic" version of Quiddler. Here are some of the funniest ones that we came up with:
Kanoo (canoe)
Ay-Yo (a greeting)
Fuee (fooey, what's that smell?)
Luq (Luck)
Binquie (binky)
Miqey (Mickey)
PU (poo) Meg could have spelled UP, but where is the fun in that?
and yes "Jinn" is a real word, Not as in GIN, but as in a Genie.
There were two really super funny stories that I have to share.
Spencer was getting tired of his little sister bugging him and so he showed her how to fish.
"First, you cast your line, then you drop to the ground really fast and try to hide from the fish, if they see you, you'll never catch them." While he was down there, he found some mint and actually enjoyed laying there. We later saw a water snake near there. Ew.
Jeffrey told Wyatt on the last day, "You go hide and I'll get the 'apples'". So they hid under the kitchen table after Jeffrey stole some Nectarines.
We all rode the merry-go-round and some of us got hurt by it. I was clipped in the back, Alyssa was hit in the head, and some got hit in the legs and I think someone got it in the mouth. But it was fun for most of them that rode it, I did, and I didn't think it was very fun at all. I though it was a little freaky. Megan has the video so she can blackmail me someday.
We came home a day early and had a nice trip home. Now we can finish the floors that we couldn't finish before we left.
We were supposed to have the new floors done before the reunion. We were going to finish them on Thursday (the 10th), but instead we had a huge monsoon storm that hit and ended up bringing everything in off of the front porch. We weren't able to finish the 3 ft. that we had left and we couldn't leave everything important outside while on vacation, so this is what we came home to. Uggggg! It is driving me crazy. Hopefully we can finish them tonight, but don't they look nice? (At least what you can see of it.)
