The newest, sweetest, bestest redhead of all!

Yes! He is a redhead!

WOW! My grandson John Rowan Shelley was born today... What a thrill! He will be called Rowan which means red! Hard to describe the awesome thrill it was to see him for the first time! We thank God for his many blessings in our lives...and now we have another one in Rowan! By the way...the origin of his name is Gaelic and means "rugged little redhead!"

"Yeah! I know...his hair is really bright!"

That's what Dillon's mom said when I approached them in line for the Buzz Lightyear ride at Dizzyland! Not such a good pic--in the the sunlight his hair is really bright red..made me want to snip off a lock and take it to my haircutter Lola and " Yes, Lola, I do want to color my hair!" Dillon had just woken up from a nap, so he didn't have much to say...but his mom was really friendly!

Disney Reds!

So we went to Disneyland and I loaded up on my redaint dead biz cards expecting a veritable bonanza of redheads. In the first 5 minutes I saw about 8 redheads, but I was still getting over the shock of having paid $66 to get my red head into the Park and I was busy passing out Disney $20 to my adult daughters, so I lagged and missed some good chances. But then I met ASHLEY from Alpine Utah. She was visiting Disneyland on spring break with her two reds and two brown children. Sadly, the reds were on a ride with dad so I just got a pic with Ashley. And I gotta tell ya...redheads from Utah are super nice! Just look at her!

Red is Preg!

So here are two of my favorite redheads! My daughter in law Amanda is having a boy any day now and my daughter Maryam is having a boy too in July! Hopefully they'll be adding to the redhead population!

Wanna be redhead!

So what is wrong with this picture? A couple months ago I saw my friend Brittany, who obviously is not a redhead. I've actually known Brittany since she was a little bitty baby. So we were catching up with each other's lives and Brittany said I'll give you my buisness card! Brittany is an actor and a singer and her business is called 'Chameleon Comedy.' She does improv, stand-up, sketches, parites and events. So I checked out the pic on her business card...can you see it-- her chameleon alter ego is a redhead! Wow! I said, "Brit! You're really a redhead! You can be on my blog!" So if you need an adorable african american redhead to tell jokes at your next party...she's the redhead for you! http://chameleoncomedy.webs.com/

Grocery shopping with Alexa

Spring break and Alexa was hanging out with her mom at the grocery store. I stopped in on my way home from school, and as I was passing in front of the milk fridges, here comes a mini me down the aisle pushing a cart! Wow! I moseyed up and said, " Hi, you could play me in a movie about my childhood!" Seriously, Alexa is a alot cuter than I was... but we have the same hair and eye color and she wears glasses like I did. She is in the 5th grade and says she has always been the only redhead in her class. Her mom says she always gets more attention from strangers than her brunette sister... She seems like a pretty serious girl, probably really smart. Hey, Alexa do you like to read alot?

Red Baby Fever...Kelly!

So my redheaded daughter Maryam is having a (hopefully) redheaded baby boy in July. So we went to Babies R Us the other day to create the redheaded baby registry. I spotted a redheaded mom, Kelly, in line with her cute little NOT redheaded daughter. I told Maryam, "I'm gonna go make a new redheaded friend!" She kind of rolled her eyes but she thought it was cool when I made friends with Kelly. I snapped our pic and gave Kelly my moocard. Hi Kelly! So as Kelly was leaving the store we were sitting at the baby registry and Kelly got my attention with ,"Bye Dawn, nice meeting you!" That was nice. Redheads are really nice, yes they are! Kelly hopes to be having a redheaded child in the fall!

Switzerland 2008

So Rod and I went to Switzerland to ski again! And we were there for ten whole days and can you believe it???? I only met ONE REDHEAD! It really made me worry that Red might indeed be dead!!!! Perhaps National Geographic only meant Switzerland. Of course, we were skiing so those beautiful locks may have been hiding under hats or hopefully helmets! Anyway.. this adorable redhead was not even Swiss, she is from WALES and I didn't write down her name...so mystery girl from Wales...tell me your name! She was a little reluctant to have her picture taken because of hat hair and everything...but she knew it was for a good cause! Good on ya!