Lake Murray

Angele and I decided we want to exercise a bit more so we committed to at least walking around Lake Murray every Saturday. The round trip is 10K so it should do us some good.

You can't walk around the whole lake because of a water treatment plant so you have to walk up to gate, turn around and walk back. On the gate is a sign that says your lap doesn't count unless you touch the sign. Bryson and Angele touched it. I forgot. Guess that means I was never there.


After touching the sign we let Bryson stretch his legs and feed the ducks.

On the way back we found a stick and let Bryson hold it. After carrying it like a scepter, he discovered the wonder of dragging it as we walked.


Eventually he got tired of the stroller and got out and walked with us. He did great. We all walked, ran and jumped for quite some time.


When he slowed down we put him back in the stoller and he very quickly fell asleep and slept for the rest of the walk. It was a good day.

Workin' for a living

After months and months of searching and disappointment, Chris finally got a job. He is the Editor of the East County Californian, a small, weekly community newspaper covering a few of the local cities in San Diego County. This is a blessing far above what we have been hoping for and will help not only our present situation, but also will greatly increase our chances of success in the future. Wow! Thank you for all your prayers and support.

Sock Hoppin'

Bryson in his slick leather jacket

What he really thinks about the jacket

Crushing the competition with our incredible moves

Our Fabulous Prize: a necklace. No candy, no trophy, no flowers, nothin'.

But we all had a good time.

Swing Dance Champs

Okay, so believe it or not, Angele and I won a swing dance competition. It just goes to show that at a ward level, no talent is required, just spinning and flailing about. We were some of the only people to come to the ward Sock Hop dressed up, so that probably helped. Here's the video of our winning dance during the final round. Keep in mind that they didn't tell us there was going to be a final round so we kind of gave it our all during the first round. We were pretty tired.

Among the Leaves

And now the first part of our new regular series

"If Bryson Was There."

Presenting...us

Here are some recent pictures to get things started. Enjoy.

Bryson Karaoke