Showing posts with label Bethany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bethany. Show all posts

Saturday, November 1, 2025

Marching band 2025

 Our 16-year-old had a wonderful year of marching band again this year! She is a junior this year and their theme was "Lines in Motion." They had yellow show shirts this year, which were really cool! They also had yellow shako (hat) wraps which matched the show shirt. They didn't wear their typical blue jackets, and that confused some people at the competitions, because it is hard to tell what band it is when they're not wearing their traditional school colors!

They had a great time playing in pep band and performing at football game halftimes, too. They were in a fall festival parade, and will be in the Veteran's parade next weekend, as well as marching in two Christmas parade. But there will be no more shows! We miss it already. Please enjoy the pictures!

Blogger put the pictures in backwards, so they start with the state competition last weekend... oh well!

Chilly evening watching the bands until 10:30 p.m.!
Bethany's heart clip that she had in her hair...
With Mom and Dad after performing....
love this kid! Daddy bought her a new hat...
Fans listening to the music, it was warmer in the morning sun and the afternoons...
Nana and Auntie were there too, we missed them last year!

The bands lining up for the "retreat" at the end of the night...

Circling up while performing...
There's my girl when I zoomed in!
Zoomed out...
A friend's daughter made a poster for our daughter~ so sweet!

My girl and me... she's so great!
Our band performing...


At State Championships...

Performing again...
Love those yellow and red flags!
Our daughter is standing by the black synthesizer cart on the left...
Can you see the shape in the picture?
The banner holding kids...

Marching in the fall fest parade...
Performing at a local football game...
We can hardly believe that she only has one year left of band and marching band! We have a concert next week, but life will be calmer now!


Psalm 92:1
It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High,

Psalm 147:7
Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.

Ephesians 5:19
speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Bethany's 13th birthday

 We had a great birthday party at home for our Bethany's 13th birthday. We had sub sandwiches, veggies, and chips for dinner. Her theme was SILVER. We had silver plates, napkins, balloons, and silver sprinkles for the cake. We did a negative number 13 on her cake, it turned out cool!

After dinner, we opened gifts...
A new shirt from Grandma & Grandpa...
A cool map of Tatooine (from Star Wars)...
A hot chocolate bomb, yum!
A comic book that she loves...
Another cool comic book...
Dinner setup
A cute leopard stuffie...
Reading the map of Tatooine...
Yay! Harry Potter legos from Rebekah!
WOW! A big-wheeled scooter from Mom and Dad...
Grandma and me played with a fun popper...
I think she likes her scooter. It lights up too! She has ridden it to band several times already...
Happy birthday to you, dear Bethany! We can hardly believe our baby is 13!?! Now we have three teenagers for the first time ever! We are thankful to God for our bright, happy, sweet, smart, book-loving tomboy Bethany!

Bethany's favorite Bible verse...
Psalm 23:6
Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.

2 Peter 3:9 
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead, he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.


Bethany's life verse, on a plaque in her room with her name meaning...
Acts 2:39
The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Bethany's 12th birthday

 We had a wonderful party last weekend celebrating our daughter's 12th birthday! I can hardly believe that she is 12. It doesn't seem that long ago that she was born! We had a gathering at our home, which was another COVID-compliant party. We were thankful to have friends and family come. She had a NERF themed party, with NERF guns at the ready for a challenge! The kids did have a small battle upstairs. 😁

My husband's mom and sister came earlier in the day and brought our girl her gifts. She loves everything that she received.

She got new, gray leggings and a black fuzzy sweatshirt...
She got the game Pay Day, which is one that we don't have! (we have LOTS of games!)...

...and a nice, soft white sweatshirt...

My 14-year-old baked her sister's cake, and Daddy decorated it...
It looked so cool! Nice job, Daddy!😀
The table decorations... I didn't take pictures of the food, but we had a Pasta Alfredo with kielbasa sausage, carrots, blueberries (NERF colors), 3 kinds of chips, veggie straws, and blue jello with mandarin oranges for dinner. After opening presents, we had her chocolate cake with sweet icing and ice cream!
She opened several lego sets!

Her brother gave her a cute baby Yoda (we know it's real name but won't spoil it here)...
She was very excited to get this particular lego set from Mom and Dad, it was not easy to find! It has tigers in it that she really wanted.
She was happy to get a new winter coat that she needed. It's a little big, but she is growing!
She enjoyed putting lego sets together with her friend.
Make a wish!
She wore her new pajamas and the hat it came with to bed, and her new, soft sweatshirt from Rebekah matched so nicely. Thanks for the pj's, Grandpa and Grandma! She looks as tall as the tree in this pic, but she is not. It's a weird angle!

It was a great day celebrating our sweet, silly, fun, witty, smart Bethany! We are so thankful for her life and the gift that she is to our family. God knew we needed her in our family!


Bethany's favorite Bible verse...
Psalm 23:6
Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.

2 Peter 3:9 
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead, he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.


Bethany's life verse, on a plaque in her room with her name meaning...
Acts 2:39
The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
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