The Barton Musical

Lana hasn't had a post of her own since she was born, so it's high time she got one! Lana is one happy baby. She is always smiling, no matter who's holding her or what you're doing together. She seems to like eating solid foods and is a pretty good sleeper. Add that to the fact that she's just plain cute, and you've got one perfect baby. We feel so blessed to have Lana in our family. It's amazing we got a picture of Lana on her back, she is a tummy girl! Ahh, that's better :)  Didn't we tell you she was a good eater? While mommy gets ready in the morning, Lana likes to chill in the sink. She thinks it's great and won't stop grinning. Lana likes to be involved in anything going on around her. Those pretty blue eyes of hers take in everything. Lana's next adventure? Crawling. She scootches all around the room and loves the fact that she can get to any toy she wants. She truly is a bundle of joy!

We had a really fun Halloween this year. Kayley was Winnie-the-Pooh and Lana was Piglet. Jeff's work had a family trick-or-treat at the office the Friday before Halloween. Everyone's kids got to dress up and walk around to all the offices/cubicles and get candy. It was a lot of fun! The next day, we had our ward Halloween party. The girls got dressed up again, this time for a trunk-or-treat. (We had some cute pictures from this night, but they accidentally got deleted off our camera). Needless to say, by the time Halloween day rolled around, we'd had enough trick-or-treating and plenty of candy, so we all stayed home to hand treats out to the neighborhood kids. Kayley loved  it. When someone would knock, or ring the doorbell, she would yell "The boys and girls are here!" and run to the front door. Even though they weren't in costume, the girls were decked out in Halloween outfits, and Katie got into the "dressing up" spirit with pig-tails...

With Kayley turning two and Lana needing the crib pretty soon, we decided it was time for Kayley to get a big girl bed. We took her to the store and got a cute toddler bed and new sheets. This bed got a lot of hype. We were constantly talking to her about how exciting and wonderful it was to get a big girl bed. She got to be there when we set it up, helped put the sheets on, and picked out her blanket. She had a hard time transitioning day one. However, on day two she not only took a full nap in her bed, but she slept there all night too! She did fall out during the night, but she didn't even cry or anything; she just got up, crawled back in bed, and went to sleep! She now is sleeping in her new bed like a champ. We're so proud of our big girl. And now there's room in the crib for Lana! She's also getting very big and it is definitely time for her to leave mom and dad's room! As you can see, Kayley is a wonderful big sister, and we're sure these two wi...

On August 21, Kayley turned 2! She is growing so fast. We remember thinking she looked big when she turned  one ! Since Kayley's favorite thing to watch (and sing) is Winnie-the-Pooh, we chose that as a theme for her party. Kayley loves to sing the "candle song" (aka-Happy Birthday), so it was very exciting for it to finally be her turn to get sung to!  For games we played "Pin-the-tail-on-the-Eeyore." Here's Aunt Charity taking her turn.  Our blindfold wasn't working, so the adults (like Aunt Arika) just closed there eyes Will is probably wondering why his dad is covering his eyes and kneeling on the floor in front of the wall :) The final results! No one got it right on, so Kayley's got moved to the right spot Eeyore could get his tail back. Aunt Charity got the closest just below It also happened to be Stansbury Park days, so they had fireworks that night "just for Kayley!" It was a awesome show and Kayley lo...

Katie's brother Christian came for a visit the other week. We decided it was the perfect time to check out our community pool! Kayley donned her "swimmin' soup," and off we went. It was so much fun! We really had a blast.   The water in the kiddie pool was shallow enough that Kayley could float her legs and walk with her hands along the bottom.  Christian liked the diving boards the best  Lana's always so sweet to put up with all our adventures  that she can't participate in yet  It was so fun to watch Kayley and Christian play together. Her face would light up when (in between dives) he would come splash and float with her It's such a fun little pool and only five minutes from our house! We were a little bummed to discover it at the end of the season (it's only open from memorial day to labor day), but we will definitely make good use of it next summer! Then Lana can join in too :)

Jeff graduated from BYU-Idaho back in July. What a happy and exciting day it was! Finally!       We're so grateful for all our family that were able to come and show their love and support. So many of these individuals helped get us to where we are now, and we feel so blessed.  Congratulations Jeff! We're so proud of you! We carpooled to Rexburg with Katie's mom and brother, and on the way home we decided that the perfect finale to our life in Rexburg  would be to visit Bear World on the way out. It really was a great way to go. We had a blast! After driving past it so many times over the last few years, we were very excited to finally drive through!  There weren't just bears, the drive started out with buffalo ...  ... elk (including a rare white elk) ... ... and wolves.  But there were definitely bears! These two climbed up the logs and started wrestling on the top. We were amazed they didn...