Busy Bryson

Since Christmas break Bryson's life has been a whirlwind. First was his birthday. 8 is obviously a big birthday in Mormondom. He was baptized the following weekend. My sister and some of her family were able to come out for his baptism and to see the baby for the first time. The baptism was wonderful and Bryson was so proud he was grinning from ear to ear. After the bishop called him up to the pulpit on Sunday he was walking back to our seat and I could see him high 5-ing several people with a big smile all the way. He was super stoked about his very own scriptures and has really accepted his new responsibilities as a baptized member of the Church . . . . not counting the fact that we missed Fast Sunday yet again this month.

After his baptism he was able to have a birthday party with a bunch of little buddies. He had a blast but I forgot to get pictures of that part of the day.

Now that he's 8 he gets to go to Cub Scouts, which he has been looking forward to since he was about 3 years old. Seriously. Just so happens that I got called to be Den Leader over the Wolves and Bears. I figured with 3 boys this calling was bound to happen sooner or later. Bryson gave me all of about 30 seconds to get his whole uniform and start working on his achievements. This is at the Pack mtg last week where he got his Bobcat award.

Don't be jealous of my hot scout shirt. You know you all want one. Tanner has a matching one too since he is now SCOUT MASTER!!! He's finding out how much he doesn't know about scouting. And he's really not looking forward to the overnight campouts that are required every month. Neither are the rest of us.

Cute little boys. He could have chosen to sit at the rowdy table with the rest of his pack but he wanted to sit with his mom and baby instead. Awww, so sweet.

Blue and Gold Dinner for the boys

He also started wrestling in January. This was his very first meet and he did great. Won both matches. He was not gonna be caught dead in a singlet at first, then decided after this meet that he would wear one.


Bryson is a solid, hefty little boy. He weighs about 82 lbs in 2nd grade. Unfortunately for him you have to wrestle by weight, which means he usually gets stuck with kids who are way older than him, like 5-7th graders. These boys are usually more skilled and have been wrestling a lot longer. B still does great though, even through the frustration. He had 2 Saturday tournaments where he lost his first match, got super pissed and had a good tantrum, and then won his next 2 matches. He got a medal for the first tournament and that made everything better.


One cool thing he can say though is that he has wrestled the son of a rock star. Papa Roach is a rock band and Jacoby (lead singer) and his family live around here. Bryson wrestled his kid Mikail twice and lost both times. On Saturday he was pretty emotional about it. Grandma Roach came up and gave him a big hug and stood there with her arm around him for a little while and then came and chatted with me. Then after their kid was done with all his matches they stayed around and cheered for my little man. Jacoby likes B because his brother's name is Bryson also.

So now Bryson can say that he knows a Rock Star and that he cheered for him at wrestling. I'm half tempted to ask him if he gives guitar lessons. He's a really really nice guy. All the tatts are way deceiving.

Now we have a break for a few weeks before baseball starts and then we'll be busy all over again.