Poppa (June 14, 1930- July 1, 2006)

Your birthday is this Saturday, June 14th...your second one in heaven. Happy Birthday Poppa!

There is not a day that goes by that you are not in my heart and thoughts. I have cried everyday since you were called home by our heavenly father, be it sad tears, happy tears, or just tears out of guilt for realizing that today I didn't cry...I cry even more.
I hear your voice when I miss you more than I thought I would.
I hear your laugh when I think of funny times we had or just sitting on the porch shucking corn and you know I hate bugs, but you always gave me the corn with those caterpillars. I remember riding horses in the country every sunday and we'd suck the horse feed and you would just fuss and then laugh. he/he
I literaly see you in Payton, Poppa when she smiles and her blue eyes shine....I see your smile! She always said she got her blue eyes from "my Poppa". I feel you it's a hot day and by some lil chance a breeze blows by or for some reason everytime since you died we are thinking of you...a butterfly flutters by. Payton knows thinks of you everytime she sees one and I honestly think that has helped her to deal with you not being here. I tell Madison and Payton all the time lil things about the time God gave us. They love that Granny told me that she was proud b/c one of her kids found "another Poppa". I will remember that forever b/c you just smiled and said 'yep, Scotty's one of a kind and you lucked out with that one."
I wish I could have held your hand forever on that day, but I knew it was your time and it literaly broke my heart to see you take your last breathe. I am honored to have had you in my life but to have you as my grandfather and friend, is truly one of the greatest blessings that God has blessed me with. You will always be the greatest man I know! I will love you forever with everything in me and I miss you so. A person as great and special as you are will never be forgotten and the love I have for you will never end. I love you Poppa and I always have and always will.

The history of our grandparents is remembered not with rose petals but in the laughter and tears of their children and their children's children. It is into us that the lives of grandparents have gone. It is in us that their history becomes a future. ~Charles and Ann Morse

In loving Memory of Girlie J. Touchet (our Poppa)

Pics of the girls!

Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me

A mother's treasure is her daughter.

A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. And mothers are their daughters' role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships

A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.

Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there

I love this pic of Payton & I..."I am not a perfect mother and I will never be. You are not a perfect daughter and you will never be. But put us together and we will be the best mother and daughter we would ever be.

In my daughter's eyes...I see everything I am and everything I ever wished i could be. Thank You God for my beautiful Daughters!

Payton Avery Romero "7"

Madison Esperie Romero "9"

Violet Louise Boudreaux "8mos" our new niece!

They love Violet!

Awards Day 2008

Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.

Madison & Payton walking into their Awards Ceremony. Madison received an award for Honor Roll all year. Payton received awards for reading and also for Honor Roll all year long!

I am so proud of my girls!

Mother's Day 2008

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.


There comes a time when a woman needs to stop thinking about her looks and focus her energies on raising her children. This time comes at the moment of conception. A child needs a role model, not a supermodel.

You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back.



Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

On Mother's Day we spent the day at Scotty's mom and dad's with his 2 sisters and their kids. We had a really nice day and the kids were literaly outside all day. Scotty & I got back home and the girls decided that the fun wasn't over yet and insisted that we all go 'swing' in the back yard! Low and behold here is a lil bit of our day. I only wish i'd have taken some pics at Scotty's moms-I forgot my camera :( shame on me! Anyday I get to spend with all my 'kids' and in laws is a very blessed day!