The Barton Musical

Disclamer: None of these photos are ours. We took them from other family members. Most of them belong to Miss Arika Averett. Launching off rockets! Triston pulling the trigger The whole fam in front of the scenic Bear Lake Hmm ... not sure exactly what we're doing in this picture ... Ahh, layin' on the beach holdin' hands. Could life get any better? I submit that it cannot! Triston and Jaden in the "hot tub" we made :) Relaxing in the cabin Playing at Lava Hot Springs Big smiles for the tons of fun we were having!

Finals pretty much consumed our entire lives, so now that that's over, we can finally update everyone about what's been going on the past couple months! June 1st was Katie's birthday, so we went out to Red Robin for dinner and then we went bowling (wearing our awesome Hardcore Bowling Mesa High shirts). We had so much fun! The rest of June and July were mostly devoted to our studies (which we're pretty sure paid off in the end) however, we did get a couple weekends to go down to Utah to see family. Towards the end of June we went down to Bear Lake with Jeff's family. It was great to see everyone, we really had a fun time. (because of technical difficulties, we will post the pictures in a separate post) The weekend of July 4th we went to see Katie's family. We happened to be there for Stake Lagoon Day. It was great! We got there right as Lagoon opened and hit the big rides first thing so there were no lines :) It was a blast! Jeff on the Bumper cars! Katie, F...

So Memorial Day Weekend was a blast! First we headed down to Bear Lake for the annual "Cabin Clean-Up" party. It was our very first time; very exciting. Us with Grandpa Evan! That night we slept at Jeff's parent's house. We loved getting to see family and playing together. Sunday afternoon we went to visit Jeff's father's grave. It was a very peaceful and special experience. Jeff, Derek, and Kurt Jeff and Katie Sunday night, Katie's family had a birthday dinner for her (her birthday's on June 1st). We ate Japanese food and it was fantastic! We also had lime pie for dessert! Yum! Charity helping make Gyoza Papa Cooper doing what he likes best :) Christian was helping too. Katie with her birthday pie. Oh so tasty! Monday we headed with the Cooper family up into the mountains! We had such a fun time playing baseball, eating great food, taking naps, dealing with bipolar...

So as you probably know, we got married just over a month ago. Life has been wonderful! We started school on April 20. So with both of us in school and working, life is pretty crazy. Some highlights of this most excellent month include....setting up our house, making ice cream, and the purchase of a vacuum. Let the good times roll!