"God's purpose for the artist is to inspire, to give us visions of ourselves that we might not see, to make us better than we would have been.The world is better for the arts and righteous artists in it. In the quest to achieve greatness in artistic pursuits--whether in painting, music,dance, drama, film, sculpture, or the written word--we should always seek first to achieve God's purposes." -Elder M. Russell Ballard
Remember the little things, because one day you will look back and realize that they were the big things.

Feb 12, 2009

Happy Birthday Bethanie!

Happy 4th Birthday Little Bethanie! 4 years old! Where has the time gone? You are such a big girl and such a big helper! But... no matter how old you get I'm sure that I will always look at you and see my baby Bethie! We love you and are so glad that you're ours! How did we get so lucky? There is definately never a day that goes by that we don't laugh because of your silly little ways, you bring such joy to us and keep our home filled with laughter! We love you little girl!

For Bethanie's 4th birthday, we took her to lunch at Guadalahonkies, had Grandpa and Grandma Tippetts over for birthday cake, icecream, and presents and then headed off to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. Picture overload, but hey, I wanted to share Bethanie's day and some of our favorite pictures of her throughout her 4 years! Enjoy!

Looking for dinosaur bones.


Big Shark!



A day at the musuem.

Playing in the water and sand. What could be better?

Wo, big snail!

The Birthday Cake. Not the most creative, but it's just what Bethie wanted so there you go!

:) When she bent down to blow out the candles she got a little too close and it was "sooo hot up my nose!" she said.

Blowing out the candles.

The Birthday Princess!

Birthday lunch at Guadalahonkies.

Sooo tired after dance!

Trying to get inside the walker.

Mmmm. Chocolate Easter Bunny!

Teefies! (She calls herself a "Bamfire"!)

While learning how to sit, she started falling over just as I snapped the picture! Big Bird!

We love us some baby cheeks!

Bestest Friends!

He!He!Ha! She was soooo mad because mommy wouldn't pick her up right away! What? I wanted to see her crawl!

Sssh! The baby is sleeping!

2 comments:

Swain Family said...

Wow I really can't believe she is 4! Cute pics

Bates Family said...

Thanks so much for your thoughfulness. That made me cry but it means so much to me. Wow! I can't believe Bethanie is that old! She is so cute! Time does fly by so fast!

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