Happy Birthday Jessica

Jessica's Birth Announcement

"A darling, a dear, a perfect delight"

Describes our little girl just right!

Jessica Dawn Reidhead

6lbs 1/2ounce

January 25, 1981 Flagstaff, Arizona

You were blessed February 3, 1981 on mom and dad's 2nd wedding anniverary!Yes, for those who are counting, that's 2 baby girls in the first two years!

Your Grandma Francine LOVED you SO much!

3 weeks old

Mary Law bought you this dress. She is the mother of your dad's best friend that passed away when they were 18 years old.

6 months old

Grandma Francine

Sitting up! August 11, 1981

Halloween. Liz with her two little girls. Crystal my blonde with dark brown/black eyes and Jessica my Dark haired blue eyed beauty.

First Birthday...after the cake...hence the messy face! Notice the hair it's turning blonde!

Jessica and Crystal ready for church-March 1982

February 13, 1983 you broke your clavicle on Trina Harpers swing set...with some help from Trina, man that was one ornery little girl!

Crystal (her hair got darker), Jessica (my blued eyed blondie) and our new baby girl Amanda LaNae, August 1983 Look at your little chunky cheeks!

Three years old!

6 year's old - Pinetop

7 years old...don't you just love the laser beams!

Your daddy baptized you on February 3, 1989. Our 10th anniversary!Yes you were blessed and baptized on your parents wedding anniversary.

Sweet 16

December 18, 1997 Grandma Francine playing Yahtzee and celebrating Crystal's 18th birthday. She would lose her battle with Leukemia the following day. This is a poem you wrote for Grandma.

Grandmother

It was dark with benches lined up in a row, at the front she lies in a casket of gold. Friends and family gathered around to wish her farewell for a life done well. Everyone new her for her kindness and giving. Her happy smile, youthful blue eyes and hair of gold. She was always a lady and I was her baby. I will remember you as a loving grandma, with life in your heart.

Grandma's Funeral

May 1998 Front yard in Mesa Crystal-18 Jessica-17

New York

You worked at Michael's craft store and saved EVERY penny for two years so you could go on the American History tour the summer of 1999. Your traveled for 6 weeks and had the time of your life!

18 years old

Graduated! Highland High School Class of 2000-19 years old

You went through some really hard times for the next several years. But you found the courage to build a life for you and your little girl, you pulled yourself up by the boot straps and started all over again setting an example for all who were witness to your amazing COURAGE...the following is an exert taken from a poem you wrote in High School.

"...Courage is my shield in the battle of life a power that comes from within..."

Jessica and Kaitlen 2005

Jessica and Mom

2006

What a beautiful woman you have become! I hope you know how much we love you and hope your day and the days ahead are the "the best that's yet to be". Happy 28th!

"The Things I Grow" or "High Fives To Me" or "Cheech and His Pot"

Maybe I should title this post "Dumb Animals"! Either way thought I would share my latest dilema...well one of them. First I had the cat in my Christmas tree...

Ahhh that's so cute you say...mmmm yea whatever. When DJ moved home Cheech, his dog, came with him. The dog becomes MOM's dog because it's my job to feed all who live here. I suggested, in October, DJ build a dog house for Cheech. His reply went something like this, "Mom that dog don't get cold! Look at all of his hair! Geez! Besides it don't get cold here!" blah blah blah. Well when the temperature dropped and the rains came Cheech got cold and I noticed Teele tossed an old saddle blanket on the porch for him. But that wouldn't do, oh no Cheech decided to take up residence in the pot with my asparagus fern! So today I look out the window and Cheech is sleeping in the pot when I get the brainy idea to put the saddle blanket in the matching pot that doesn't have anything planted in it. I go inside and wait. Then I look out the window and drum rolls please!!!........

I was so HAPPY! See the other pot that was his old bed. So I'm giving my self pats on the back, silent high fives and seriously thinking about dancing a jig. I can't wait for Teele & DJ to see what I did. Why I'm so smart why didn't I think of this earlier! Then I decide to take another peak and this is what I see...

What the heck! Maybe this post should be called "STUPID HUMANS"! So I shrug my shoulders, grab my camera and BLOG the DOG! Okay so an after thought...Cheech of Cheech and Chong loved pot...maybe I should change his name!

WILLIAM YOUR TEAM IS GOING DOWN!

If you didn't know it my grandson, William, is a huge football fan. His favorite team is the Steelers. He has a special attachment to Ben Rothlesberger because he plays football at school with the Rothlesberger brothers during recess. His love for football began as an infant when Crystal and I would drag him to everyone of Uncle Royal's football games. William was so sad when uncle Roy graduated. We had a football party at Amanda's house Sunday afternoon and William sat next to me. He was cheering for the Eagles because that's his schools mascot and I think he loves challenging Grandma. When the Cardinals were down by one he looked and me and said, "GRANDMA YOUR TEAM IS GOING DOWN!" He was sad when his team lost but that was short lived when the Steelers won their game. William has let me and everyone know that "THE CARDINALS ARE GOING DOWN!" He is so pumped for the Super Bowl. Grandma is very torn because I really want the Cardinals to win but I will TRY really hard to be excited for William should his team win!