This is one of my best friends/wife of my first cousin/stepcousin, Amber Renee (Gautreaux) Pemberton, and my first cousin once removed, Makayla Grace Pemberton. This was taken at Amber's house in Port Huron, Michigan, just 3 weeks after Makayla was born on 1 February 2008. In fact, today is Makayla's first birthday, so maybe it's better than I waited to post this today. You may be wondering how Amber could be one of my best friends/wife of my first cousin/stepcousin, all in one. I first met Amber the summer after kindergarten, in 1987, at the community pool in Vinton, Louisiana. My dad was always taking my sister and I swimming there, and her mom was always taking her brother and her swimming there. Our mom's eventually became friends, and, naturally, we did too. Amber's dad had died very young of skin cancer just before we met them that summer at the pool. About two years later, my mother's brother, Uncle Brian, had just gotten divorced from his first wife. My mom set up him and and Amber's mom, Debbie, on a date. Well, they must have hit it off because they are still together today. This is why I also call Amber my stepcousin. Then, on 20 Jul 2002, Amber married the son, Stephen Jr., of my mom's other brother, Stephen Sr. Therefore, she's also the wife of my first cousin. Basically, she married her first stepcousin. Makayla is the daughter of Amber and Stephen, Jr.
