I am so proud of Sophie she has started peeing on the ground.

I have tried to get her to in the past but she never would. She had to go really bad yesterday and she finally went. I made a huge deal over it and she was very proud of herself. So today I took her out every time she needed to go and she did it. She is so happy when she does she wants to come straight in and get made over by my husband. I haven't made up my mind if we are going to go to ground only or still use pee pads on the porch which is what we had been doing. I just dread taking her out in the rain, snow, and dark. What do you all think? Will she get confused?