Bethany Stuff

This has been one exciting Spring for Bethany. She went forward in church telling everyone that she accepted Christ. We were thrilled to get an email from her teacher telling how she told the whole class that she had Jesus in her heart. She continued with her ballet & tap classes and she is taking gymnastics. Much to Mark's delight she attended the Belton High Cheerleading camp with his cheerleaders and did great. She has formed a special relationship with a lady at church and is being ridiculously spoiled!

The best day ever...I mean it, Mom!

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009, was Bethany's best day ever. I have to agree it will go down as one of my best too. I arrived at the school to pick Bethany up from Kindergarten and she was so excited. She had earned Student of the Month for January. She was so proud of her sign and was smiling from ear to ear. Our next stop was our church. Bethany had an appointment with Pastor Andy. Mark met us there and we all went into the meeting. After answering several questions she prayed to ask Jesus into her heart. That would make it one of the best days for us, but for dinner that night I took her to Mex Taco Express and that pushed it over the top for her!

The decision had been coming for a few weeks now. She has asked many questions and I have answered a lot. About 3 weeks ago she asked me to go forward with her to talk to Pastor Andy about having Jesus in her heart. I asked her to wait a little bit and we would talk more about it at home. Then a week ago she was doing her bed time prayers and very clearly told Jesus that she loved him and wanted him to come into her heart. She went on to explain why she wanted him to do so. We made the appointment with Andy more as a formality I believe she asked Jesus into her heart in the most precious language he has ever heard. The office visit is a unique experience and will stand out in her mind to help her remember the time frame that she accepted Christ.
Student of the Month!
Bethany and Pastor Andy
Mark, Wendi, Andy & Bethany after accepting Christ as her Savior
On the phone calling Grandma to tell her she accepted Jesus
Telling Nana she is a Christian
Sharing with Grandad

Cotillion Semi-formal 2009

The semi-formal cotillion dance was held at the Cultural Art Center. The room was beautifully decorated (I helped). Much to Jake's shock he found out that Mark and I were going to chaperone the dance! The kids were so much more relaxed this time. They are learning to dance and would all put me to shame.

Flower Girl

We arrived home in time to prepare for Terra Webb's wedding. Bethany was given the honor of being her flower girl. Terra wanted Bethany to fill the role as "Little Me". Thankfully both girls are "girly girls" and think they are princesses. The beautiful flower girl. Only instead of flowers she was ringing a bell down the aisle to announce the bride.
J'net made Bethany's beautiful dress!
The dress was as beautiful from the back as the front. I did her hair and don't think I have ever been more nervous!
Bethany showing off her "red" shoes.
Terra and Bethany comparing their "red" shoes.
Bethany, Terra and the brides maids. Once again, thank you Terra for letting us be a part of your special day.

Our Montana Friends

I don't know how to limit the pictures and so here I am with another slideshow - I want to control myself but I can't! We had a special addition to our Montana trip this year. We found out that Andy and Micelle would be there at the same time. So after 10 long years, we finally got a little face time! We showed off our beautiful children to one another and of course we sat down for a little game time! We left a day early to avoid bad weather and spent a little time in Missoula. We met our other special friend, Kim and her granddaughter, Cassidy, at the carousel. It was fun telling the kids about Jacob's 3rd birthday in that very place. We rode the carousel so many times I thought I might be sick! As we hit the road we decided on a little detour to show the kids where we lived when the last 4 years in Missoula. I was telling the kids about the big horn sheep we saw all the time in our yard and sure enough as we pulled up to the house a beautiful big horn stood there for my kids!

Christmas in Montana

With the addition of Facebook I feel like most of you have already seen these pictures and it may be redundant. But on the off chance that you haven't seen them, here are a few from our trip to Montana. You need to move the cursor over the picture to get the captions. It's a little long.

Almost a Teenager

This year has brought a lot of changes with Jacob. One, he is going by Jake more often (I don't mind we originally named him Jacob expecting it to change to Jake around 2, but I couldn't adjust). Two, he can pass as a high school student (a young one...but still!) while walking the halls of BHS for Mark, Jacob has been asked for his highschool ID on numerous occasions. Three, the EMOTIONS! I will leave it at that. Four, he has decided he likes fancy coffees - I don't even drink coffee. So, as a special treat on Fridays, Mark takes the younger kids to school and then he and Jake head to Texas Java for a little pick me up. I thought no big deal, until one Friday I took the kids to school and decided to follow the tradition. When you enter a restaurant and they call your son by his preferred beverage ... I think it may have gone too far.
I happened to have the camera in the car and couldn't resist documenting this part of our lives!Snicker FrapMmmmm good!
This is how traditions are created.