My name is Bethany Elizabeth (Jentzsch) Mahana Ortiz and I am from ...  Well, I was born in Midvale, Puke-tah, but moved to the Santa Barbara, California area at age 8 or so.  I did a bit of back and forth, but one day I knew I could not live too far from the ocean.  Yep, those days living in the camping trailer, switching between Carp and Rincon beaches, sure did spoil me!

See time line below:

1977:  birth... in my parents bedroom.  I was an angel at just 1.5 hours of labor on my mother.  My whole life I continued to be an Angel, giving her minimal trouble (cough cough).

1982:  kindergarten.  I learned to skip, like a gimp.  All the other kids already knew how to. 

1985:  moved to California with Mom and Merek.  Spent some time in Pomona with Hilda and it always smelled like lemons.  Learned the wonders of Aloe.

1988:  spiked hair straight up.  Was a great complement to my Poison t-shirts and black studded collar.  A must-have for all 11-year olds!  Adopted such nick-names as Spike, Rhino, The kid that ran into the wall.

1995:  Became an aunt!  Graduated from High school...  with black hair (a Halloween costume gone awry), a black gown, black mini, and black hooker boots.  Rarr!

1997:  Went away to BYU.  Had a blast my first year!  Lived with Laurette, who watercolored the infamous Leg Lamp.

1999:  made the most life-changing mistake of my life and concurrently dropped out of school.

2000:  remedied that mistake, dispatched, and moved back to California.  Began working at IPT with Cate.

2002:  started dating Javier secretly.  Ran my first, second, and third marathons.

2003:  married Javier, much less secretly!  ran another marathon, and then an Ultramarathon (50k).

2004:  loving life! 

2005:  baby?  maybe!