Sea World at Christmas

We like Sea World. They always have fun stuff going on at Christmas. We went to a special preview night for season pass holders last night. We got great seats for the Shamu Christmas show. Here's a few photos.

November wrap up

So a few things happened the last week of November. First, Jessica's homecoming.

Jessica came home from her mission to New York the day before Thanksgiving. We were so happy to see her. This is us outside the stake center after she gave her talk.

For Thanksgiving we went up to Whittier. The two hour drive up turned into four hours and at a rest stop Angele accidently put a bee in her mouth while she was eating an orange. It stung her on the inside of the cheek and she had to suck out the stinger. Sorry, but it's too wierd not to tell. Anyway, she was in pain, but when we finally got there we had a good time. Bryson really liked playing with Scrabble the dog. Real sweet dog.

The next photo is of Bryson and one of his first violin lessons. Steve brought home a 1/8th size violin and taught Bryson how to hold it. He catches on quick.

Premature Christmas Fun

A little less than a week before Thanksgiving and the Santee Trolley Center decided it was the perfect time to have a Holiday Lighting Celebration. I needed to take pictures for the paper so we all decided to go.

Angele and Bryson got some sweet Christmas tatoos.

Bryson was happy because he got to eat candy AND cookies. He got to decorate the one he's chomping on.

We waited in a really long line to ride a horse-drawn carriage through the parking lot. They were running two, one with two long benches and a fancy smaller one for just a few people with cushioned seats. We were lucky and got to ride the fancy one. Bryson didn't like waiting in line, but he had lots of fun on the ride.

I don't think that we've made an official announcement on our blog that we are pregnant! Angele is about 20 weeks along now and last week we found out that we are having a GIRL! Cameryn Diane Coburn is due to join our family around March 16th. She is already very active and quite feisty. We are very excited for our new addition.

SD City Beat Fiction 101 Contest

We are very proud to boast that Chris just won THIRD place in the San Diego City Beat Fiction 101 Contest! This is his first time entering the 101 word contest. He submitted three pieces and was truly hoping just to get published in the magazine. We're all hoping this gives him the confidence and motivation he needs to start writing his book.

Here is the link to read his entry. http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/2008_fiction_101_contest/7415/

We love October!

I've been a little worried about how Bryson would do when Halloween came around. At 2 years old, almost everything can seem big and scary. Our saving grace has been Bryson's overwhelming love for anything pirates. Chris and I have taught him some cool pirate phrases and he and his friend Drew play pirates non-stop at Grandma Pauline's house. Now, when he sees something that we think will scare him (i.e. skeletons, ghosts, anything with blood and creepy things) he says, "Ooooo, Pirate Stuff!"

Here are some pictures that we have taken in October. The family picture was taken at Oma's Pumkin Patch in Lakeside. And here is a sneek peek at our Halloween costumes. I will have to post Chris's costume later as he did not pose for Stan at our church's Halloween carnival.

Bryson Sings!

Get ready for the new musical, Bryson Sings!

Okay, so not really, but he had fun recording a few songs.

Here's "C is for Cookie"

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"Elmo's Song"

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"Little Red Caboose"

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Pictures to come later.