FAMILY HISTORY

I entered the information (marriage license & marriage certificate) found concerning my mother on Family Search.  This e-mail was a result of that posting.

Delbert Bryson, first husband of Alice Fern Dowdle

Diane Bryson

Thank you so much for writing back so quickly. I think you can count your blessings your mom did what she did. He really was not a good husband or father. Maybe that's tmi but oh well, thanks again diane

6/05/14

To: Diane Bryson

Thanks for contacting me.  My mom was only 14 when she married Delbert -- way too young to take on the responsibilities of marriage.  According to Utah law, they never divorced.  The marriage was annulled.  She returned to high school and graduated.

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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 09:25:48 -0600
Subject: del bryson
From: leedianebryson@gmail.com
To: elder_sisterwatkins@hotmail.com

I am Del's daughter in law, Diane .  We have always heard Del was married before he married my husbands mother so it was good to see this information you provided.  Sorry I cannot help with any other info.

CHALLENGES

6 June 2014

Don't know exactly why, but I've kinda sorta believed that challenges came in sets of three. Already this year these big problems have occurred.
1) Water closet on toilet in small bath split and flooded the room. Bishop Leavitt & Paul came to turn off the water and help mop up. Tim & Gary replaced the toilet.
2) Hot water supply hose to sink in master bath broke and flooded the room with water, which spread into the carpet of the closet and a 4'x5' patch of carpet in the bedroom. Bishop Leavitt came again & turned off the water, then replaced the hose. Gail Lindsey & members of the Fredrick family came to remove the water. I took 3 months for the floor under the vinyl to dry completely.
3) The AC on my car stopped working. Thought maybe it just needed to be recharged, but no -- the compressor had stopped working. Got an estimate from a local car repair for $1300.00 -- too much for my budget. Matt Wolfley sent us to an online parts company. Found a rebuilt compressor for $188.00 and Tim volunteered to install it. Gary offered cans of freon to recharge it. The part has arrived, but Tim has been busy so I'm waiting.
4) The power to the outside fridge & freezer stopped. Didn't discover it until most of the food was ruined. Bishop Leavitt found that a breaker in the main box had failed. Thankfully, there was another breaker available. Now I'm waiting for help to clean the appliances, so I can plug them back it. Temp today on the back porch is 115. Lonia Pulsipher, RS president, is trying to arrange for the cleaning. Thankfully, the food was only thawed not spoiled yet, so the appliances do not stink.

Tender Mercies at Warm Springs

Two rather scary things happened today.
1) This morning, one of the lids of the septic tank blew off with sewage spewing all over the lawn in front of our trailer. Thankfully no one was camped in the immediate area, so only the grass was stinky and messy. A pumper truck came to remove 1000 gallons so we can make it through the weekend. He'll be back on Monday.
2) We've experienced strong winds gusts (up to 40mph) for the last three days and flames from a fire pit in one of the campgrounds caught some of the underbrush on fire. The campers were able to put it out before it became uncontrollable. The dead palm fronds hang thick and heavy in too many of the campgrounds so the fire hazard is extremely high.
We pray every day that all will be safe here. There were hundreds of campers this weekend. We're grateful prayers are answered.

23 Apr 2010 -- Trial Run

I've tried writing a journal, but don't seem to find the time to keep it up-to-date.
This is my first attempt so it will be short and sweet to see if I'm successful.

HUMMINGBIRD