The Barton Musical

This last weekend we had our ward Halloween party. We had to dress up as a famous couple. Can you guess who we are? It's OK, no one else could either. Would you like a hint? Here's another one That's right! We're Jurassic Park! Kayley was a good sport and let us dress her up as a dinosaur for her first "real" Halloween. She was pretty cute toddling around, but don't take our word for it--here's a video (PS-we could only get her to roar like a dinosaur by asking her what a lion said) The party was a lot of fun. Kayley got to go trick-or-treating at some doors they had set up, and there was lots of games and food. To wrap up the Halloween season, Jeff did a pumpkin for the school's pumpkin carving contest. He wanted to try something a bit different this year, something that would stand out in the competition. So instead of carving his pumpkin, he sculpted it.  Three pumpkins and four hours later, and Master Yoda was in...

What a better way to spend a 3 day weekend then driving 3.5 hrs up to freezing Rexburg to visit your favorite sister and brother-in-law. Whether or not this is true, we're sure glad the Cooper family thought it was! Mom and Pop Cooper, along with Charity and Christian, came for a weekend full of pumpkin carving, marshmallow gun making, and all around fun! Carving our pumpkins, it was so fun to have Charity and Christian join in the tradition!  Christian's Poke Ball pumpkin. It turned out great!  Charity's Cub Scouts pumpkin (she spent this last summer working at a Cub Scout Camp). This was a technically difficult pumpkin, and Charity did an awesome job.  Katie's Beauty and the Beast pumpkin, taken from the playbill of the Beauty and the Beast Broadway musical. All three. They really turned out great! The next day, Jeff, Charity, and Christian decided to make marshmallow guns--or in this case, marshmallow feeders, considering that their intention w...