Beth McClellan and Bethany Ann Bender. 

The McClellan family has cared for, loved, and welcomed Catherine and I to our life out here in Texas. They were my Texas family before Catherine and I married. And when Catherine came they welcomed her with a wedding shower to end all showers.  When we needed a car they let us borrow theirs. When we needed friendship they had us over for dinner. When we needed prayer, guidance, love, a place to rest, baby supplies or just a friendly face, the McClellans have always been one of the first in line to help. 

When we were choosing what to name our new baby we wanted a name with meaning. We struggled for months to find a name that idealized the character and love we hoped our child would grow up to exemplify. Then we thought of Beth McClellan. We could think of few people in our lives who have so beautifully shown us this kind of love and so we named her Bethany after Beth McClellan in the hopes that she may one day learn this same kind of love.