Its been a while since I posted. A page called Facebook was invented and most of the postings have been through Facebook. I would like to try and start making updates to your blog for you to view as you get older.
You are now in 4K. Your teachers are Ms. R. Wham and Jackie Evans. You are attending MS Bailey in Clinton. You have did so great with school. There are times when I get you up for school that you give me a hard time with brushing your teeth. However, before we leave for school, you can bet your teeth are brushed!!
I love you more than you know. I will do the best I can to keep this blog updated just for you.

Needed help with the turkey.

This year our family celebrated Thanksgiving on Friday Nov. 26,2010 due to my sister's work schedule. We were invited to her house where everyone prepared a dish. I have been cooking the turkey for the past 5 years now so I will continue cooking the turkey. Now that I have a daughter it is never to early to get her started in the kitchen. ( I am not a great chief , but maybe Bethany will absorb the knack of cooking and be a great cook one day and she can cook the turkey for a Thanksgiving Day.)

However, I am not sure what Bethany got out of being in the kitchen because she went and put on her Sleeping Beauty dress, crown and wand and walla the turkey was done. I am not sure of how to take this.

I can seriously say that I am so thankful to have Bethany in my life. She has blessed me in ways that I did not think was possible. She has made me grow into the person that I did not know existed, She makes me laugh, and she sometimes keeps me in line. I have heard people say that Bethany is lucky to be here with me , but the truth is... I am the lucky one.

I am so lucky to have the family that I have. My mom helps me so much with Bethany. I am so thrilled that Bethany's Nanny and Aunts love her the way they do. For that I am gratefully Thankful. I could say Thank You every day...

The Flower Girl

My cousin Bo and his girlfriend were engaged to be married Nov.20,2010 at the Shady Grove Church in Joanna, SC. I was asked to be a bridesmaid and Bethany was asked to be a flower girl. The colors of the wedding were fall colors of champagne and browns. I had a hard time finding a champagne gown, but I finally found a gown a week before the wedding. The couple spend a few days in North Carolina and Tennessee.

Bethany with another flower girl Emma and her sister Laya. The weather turned out perfect.

Halloween 2010

Well Almost another year has gone by. This time last year Bethany was a little bumble bee and this year she is a pumpkin princess. Time is sure passing fast.
The above picture was taken before we left to go trick or treat.
I decided to take Bethany to the local church in Clinton for a Trick or Trunk. It is so much better instead of door to door. There were people wrapped around the church. I think Bethany had fun looking at the other children in costume and getting candy. I can't believe it... Bethany actually said "trick or treat" and "thank you". She was such the perfect trick or treater.

However, after we finished trick or treating we went back to the car where she was ready to tear into all the candy. I told her to "look and let me take your picture" This is the face she gave me. She did not want to get her picture taken again. All though Bethany loves attention, she hates to get her picture taken. (what a face)

After Trick or treating we went out to eat at the local cafe. Bethany got treats there also. Bethany loves the chicken strips and jelly.

On Oct. 30, we were invited to Kason's birthday party at Ghetti town in Greenville. Bethany and I both had a great time. We ate pizza, pasta, salad and cake. After we ate, we went and rode rides, the big carousal and video games. Bethany liked riding the cars and carousal but her favorite was the Jurassic Park video game. It was a game where the player would shoot dinosaurs. Bethany was a pro at it. I know we played 8 times. After we got burn out on video games we sat back and enjoyed the movie, "How to Train a Dragon" Of course Bethany and I had to eat another piece of pizza. After the games and rides we could collect points to turn in and get a prize when leaving. At the end of the day we had accumulated 1043 points. Bethany turned in the points and got a whistle, small gray rabbit and a princess gift bag of stickers, hair bows, necklace, and bracelets. She did great. I plan on taking her back soon and spending the day shooting dinosaurs.

Happy 3rd Birthday.

A week before Bethany's birthday, My friend Christie, Bethany and I went to Cross Anchor to Musgrove Mills location and took pictures of Bethany in her Snow White and Sleeping Beauty dresses. Musgrove mills has paths in the woods for sight seeing along the Enoree River. It is a beautiful location.
Bethany's favorite dress is Snow White. We walked in the woods for a while. The picture below looks like she is complaining about back pain, but it is a great shot.


We walked along the river where we stopped on a log to cool off and took this picture in her Sleeping Beauty outfit. Although it was hot, we all had a great time.



My sweet little princess.

Bethany's birthday was Friday Sept. 3.

I asked Bethany what kind of party she wanted and she said, "a princess party". So I planned her a party for Sept. 4 at our church fellowship hall. I love her birthday cake. Six princess figures came along with the cake.

Bethany eating her birthday cake. I hated to cut it. She looks like she is enjoying the cake.

We had Sandwiches, chips, cake and ice cream.

Bethany also wore one of her favorite princess short sets.

Bethany wanted the big blue flowers that was on the cake. She is showing that she is eating the flower. She has icing around her mouth. She is too funny!!

Bethany trying to be funny again.

I rented an inflatable bouncer for the kids to enjoy. Bethany got on it once but she did not want to get back on it when more kids started jumping.

I thought this was a great picture of Bethany trying to blow up a balloon.

We all had a great time at Bethany's birthday party.

A trip to Cherokee, NC

What a wonderful time we had in Cherokee at the Trout Derby. Every year, Our church youth goes to the Trout Derby. It is for children and teens. There are games and lots of prizes that are given away. Most of the people that attend camp under the stars, but of course Bethany and I stayed in a cabin in the woods. It was great! I also took advantage of the stay. I took Bethany to Santa Land. My parents took me there when I was a small child. It tickles me to be able to share my childhood experiences with my daughter.We visited Cherokee for 4 days. One night Bethany, Nanny and I went out for pizza. One of Bethany's favorite dish.

Saturday morning we spent the day at Santa Land. There is games, rides for all ages, food, feeding zoo and activities for everyone. This is me and Bethany posing on Santa's sleigh.

In Santa Land there is multiple places to walk in and look at. There is this small church that I though was adorable. I have a wonderful picture of Bethany and her nanny praying. **Priceless** I hope they thanked God for all the blessings that has been poured upon us. Bethany enjoyed feeding the deers, bears and fish. One of Bethany's favorite thing was riding the train through Santa Land. We had to ride it 6 times. Which was fine with me. It gave me the chance to cool down and enjoy the ride. Another favorite activity was getting on a paddle boat and feeding the fish. It looked like millions of fish swimming up to the boat to be feed. We stayed on the water 1.5 hrs. That was my favorite part also.

Santa's House.

( I forgot to change the date on the photo. It was 8/7/10) I can't believe that Bethany sat on Santa's lap. Look close at Bethany's eyes... she is numb. She wasn't sure about Santa. She did tell him that she was a good girl. (Of course she will say "yes") She really has been a great kid. Santa told Bethany that she would have a great Christmas this year. I also made a video of Bethany talking with Santa. It is so sweet.

We went walking one evening and came upon this water hole on the street. It was the perfect place to take a cool down. The water rushes and at times the water squirts out of the holes in the ground which is Bethany's favorite part. This is a picture of Bethany taking a rest.

Enjoying the cool water by crawling under the bridge.

There was a total of 31 people that attended the Derby. We all had a wonderful time and looking forward to doing it again next year.

July 4 2010

This is Bethany's second time celebrating Independence Day.Every year a friend of the family puts on a big bar-b-q for the community. Everyone enjoys great food, music and reunion. Bethany did not care much for the bar-b-q but she ate strawberry cake and watermelon. In the above picture is Bethany with her Aunt Faye ( blue chair) and Aunt Linda ( flag chair). Everyone has her so spoiled. I don't know what is going on but Bet does not look happy. The date on the picture is wrong. This picture was taken on Saturday 7-3-10. I forgot to set my camera to the real date.

This is Bet hugged up to her Aunt Brenda. ( she has so many nannys and aunts) Aunt Brenda adores Bet. Aunt Brenda has been involved in the adoption since day 1 . Aunt Brenda was always excited when I received pictures and updates from Guatemala. She went twice with me to Charlotte for fingerprinting, got up at 4am and headed to Charlotte to take me and my sister to the airport to bring Bet home. She was also there when we arrived back home with Bethany. Aunt Brenda is still there in Bet's everyday life and Bethany and I love Brenda to the ends of the earth. Thanks Brenda for supporting the adoption and sharing your love to Bethany.

Sunday was actually July 4. Bethany and I got up and dressed for church. Bethany was so cute in her American Flag dress and bows. I asked Bethany to pose for me and this is her pose. ( the date on the picture is backwards. I don't know why I can't get it right)

When we arrived at church, her Aunt Linda gave Bethany some bling.. bling.. ( as they both call it) Red and blue necklaces. It went great with her flag dress. This is Bethany at church walking back to the pew from taking her money to the plate.

Later that evening we went to Newberry High School football field to celebrate July 4. There were jumper toys for the kids, food and fireworks. Bethany is not afraid of the fireworks. She said she liked the fireworks and colors. In this picture Bethany is trying to choke her nanny. ( she plays rough) *laugh*

When we were going in the gate at the school the local fire dept. was giving the children hats, which Bethany loved. She just may be a fire fighter one day. So cute!

Things about Bethany at the age of 2.

I thought it would be great to list a few things about Bethany. It will also be a good factor for her to read as she gets older.
Of course Bethany has more toys than she can play with but she has taken to some small dinosaurs that she picked out a few weeks ago. Of all the toys she could pick out, she picked dinosaurs and she really likes to play with them. I think she likes dinosaurs because she watches "Dinosaur Train" every morning. It's a great cartoon about a family of pterodactyls that has adopted a tyrannosaurus. I actually like the cartoon too. Bethany has a lot of movies. She watched movies in her room, living room and in the Darango. (that is well worth having in automobiles) I asked her what her favorite movie is and she said, "Snow White" I do believe that because she watches it a few times a day. She now sings the Hi Ho Hi Ho song. It is too cute.

During the day she likes to snack on Lunchables that include apples, cheese, crackers, ham and bologna. These come in handy when traveling.

Anytime I ask Bethany what she wants to eat for breakfast or supper she will always say pizza and spaghetti. Our favorite place to get pizza is a local restaurant called Dempsey's. It has the best pizza. Bethany will put away some pizza, Pepperoni and ham chunks at Dempsey's.

As much as I try to get Bethany to drink water and juice she always ask for pepsi. So I have to believe that Pepsi is her favorite soft drink.

I asked Bethany what her favorite number is and she told me 2.

Her favorite colors are BLUE and PURPLE. That is so true. She always wants her toenails painted blue or purple.

Her favorite activities are riding the golf cart, feeding birds, singing and dancing.

Her favorite vacation spot is the beach.

Her favorite song is " I wanna rock n roll all night" Sung by KISS.

Bethany received a 2 gallon fish tank last week so I put it together and took Bethany to the local pet store where she picked out this pink Beta. Of course she named the fish Nemo. He does not look like Nemo but it is her fish. She is excited to have Nemo.

1st trip to the movies to see Shrek 3D

Bethany is a big fan of all the Shrek movies, so when the 3D movie came out I had to make a point to take her to the movies.
On Friday 5-29-10 Myself, Bethany, Aunt Jill, Nanny,Cousins Summer and Autumn took a trip to Spartanbug and enjoyed Shrek the Final Chapter.This is Bethany's first time to the movies. She did great at watching the movie.

Bethany loves to pose for any photo opportunity.

Bethany sat on her Aunt Jill's lap to watch the movie. Look at those eyes. You can tell she was involved in the movie.

Bethany enjoying a bag of popcorn and Coke. I am looking forward to another movie with my baby girl. Thank you Bethany for a great movie night.

Myrtle Beach Vacation

Bethany and I left on May 14 for Myrtle Beach and returned May 22 2010. We traveled with my mom, two aunts ( Brenda and Faye) and cousin Kim ( Faye's daughter) WOW! We had a great time. We enjoyed the sounds of the beach and the warmth of the sun. The beach was not crowded. We had the beach all to ourselves. While we were playing on the beach we seen many sea shells ( I found a sand dollar) fish and a few crabs. One evening we went out and walked the pier where we seen 4-5 sharks. I have never seen sharks in the ocean before. trust me... the water was not deep. I promised myself that I would not go out in the water deeper than knee deep. It was hard to travel back home but we look forward to return to the beach before the end of summer.
I started back to school on Tuesday. I am currently taking Biology and shooting for that A. I am excited about returning to school to learn something new. Keeping my fingers crossed.


Bethany loved going to the beach in the mornings and making mud pies and collecting sea shells. I think she would be just fine to pack up and move to the beach.


Bethany is so cool in her favorite Ariel swim suit with her pink hat. She collects sand for her mud pies.

My little beach bum.

One afternoon we all traveled to the Myrtle Beach Military Base where we enjoyed looking and reading about a few of the fighter planes used in WWII, and Desert Storm. It was amazing to read the stories behind these planes. Bethany was not that crazy about them, she was happy just running around the grounds.

Bethany is a swimmer. Yes, the pool was COLD, but she wanted to get in. I got in with her but I did not enjoy the water. The ocean was warmer than the pool. We swam for about 30 minutes then I convinced her to play in the ocean. I put Bethany on her float and let her go.

I told Bethany to model on the tree and this was the picture. She is a beautiful daughter.

One evening we all checked out the new board walk. Of course Bethany would rather walk with her Nanny ( my mom in the white shirt) and aunt Faye ( pink) It was a nice walk.

Here is America's Next Top Model........Cutie Pie.....

We went out to eat at the Outback Steak House. Bethany ate butter.

We Packed up and headed home on Saturday, but before we got on the road we stopped at Denny's and enjoyed a big breakfast. I am not in the picture because I was the one taking the picture. The picture includes( starting with Bethany on the left, Nanny (my mom), aunt Faye, cousin Kim and aunt Brenda).

Bethany is such a wonderful kid. This last picture is Bethany saying the breakfast blessing. PRICELESS.