Shay

Shay is my youngest sister. She is a fiery red head. And everything you have heard about red heads and having a fiery temper is true. When we were younger she would have these rambling tantrums and go on and on and on and on......well you get the point. But what is funny is now she is a mother and her son could be her twin only in boy form. This kid is a terror but can also be sweet and cuddly at times too..go figure. My sister also struggled with drug addiction. But has come great lengths to overcome that part of her life... SO here it is what I love about this crazy fiery red head..

What I love about my sister Shay......

1. She is loyal to a fault...it doesn't matter if you live in a palace or live on the streets if you are her friend...YOU ARE HER FRIEND! And she will stick by you through thick and thin.

2. I was in aw of how good she looked after she found out she was pregnant. I had left her in Vegas after coming home to stay. It had been a few months and I would get the phone call from Lindsey telling me about my sister and her horrible choices that she was making. I was so angry with her...The way my parents were aging worrying constantly about her. So when I went down to Vegas for a visit. I decided to stop by and see her. By this time she had moved out of her boyfriends home and was living on her own. She had to take the bus to and from work because of one of her other "horrible choices." But she was doing it.... So I called her on the phone to get directions. I was close but unsure of what apartment building she was in. I told her where I was at and she said well I will go and stand outside. That is when she told me that she thought she maybe pregnant..I asked if she had told mom. No. well are you going to tell her. Yes. When? When I know for sure. That's when I spotted her.....AND the huge belly that she had. Its also when I said...Uhmm you "THINK" you "MIGHT" be pregnant? I'm no doctor but I'm gonna go ahead and tell you.....your pregnant. She laughed....and I could tell by the laugh that she had been very nervous about what I would say...Seeing her I knew she would be a good mother. She had quite EVERYTHING and I do mean EVERYTHING!!!! No caffeine, smoking quit it cold turkey, no alcohol, she was making sure that this kid had a fighting chance...I was so proud of her.

3. That she gives everyone a nick name...I have said before that mine is "poodle" who knows why she calls me that. Cristy's is "Teener" which I think is funny. But she loves to call people by the nick name that she has given them.

4. How much fun she can be to be around. I enjoy it when all of my sisters and I are around each other. I don't know how to explain it but its almost like I crave that feeling and when one of us isn't there all of us feel it. It feels like a hole.

5. How funny she is...we took a girls trip down to Mesquite to get Greydon her son from his dad. While we were headed down we decided to pull over at a stop and get something to eat. We were past Provo and unfamiliar with things. My mom was driving and asking for directions. I remember Shay (the only one that was familiar with where we were at) said "Mom get over." My mother already frazzled said get over where? Shay: Get over, but now pointing to the right. My mother couldn't see where she was pointing. Again my mom said Get over where? Shay. get over. Finally Cristy said to the right she is pointing to the right. Cars are flying past us as we try to make it to the exit. When my mother starts in "Get over whats that suppose to mean I cant see where you are pointing." And Shay pipes off with " Get over means get the Fruck over" My sisters and I explode into laughter...it eased the tension in the car but we laughed about it all the way to mesquite and back.

6. How talented she is in sports...she runs like she hasn't a care in the world and she craves the competition of sports. I have never liked them and wished that I could love them as much as my sisters. Maybe then I would be 500lbs and think of running as corporal punishment. But she loves it and is awesome at it.

7. Her hair out of all of us girls hers is the thickest, and its the color red that I wish mine had stayed..When she straightens it, its beautiful she looks like a different person.

8. How kind she is...when she is angry she is scary. But she is one of the kindest people that I know. She will always rout for the under dog. And she doesn't care much for mean people. And she will let you know if she thinks you are being mean.

9. If it has been a few days since I have talked to her. I will get a phone call and we will just talk and see how each other are doing. She likes to hear gossip...doesn't like to be involved in it. But I love that she will call to see how her big sissy is doing.

10.She is a wonderful mother. She loves her little demon to death.