2011 Year End Talent Show

thie is a picture of Travis in "Golidilocks and the tree bears" -he is father bear....these are some of his first grade friends.....

Megan and her friend, Sydney in the talent show.....Megan wrote a comedy fashioned after the show, Sonny with a Chance and it was very cute; Jacob was happy to keep his spot with his friends in the audience....

Easter.....Barton style

Cinco de Mayo parade

So many reasons why I love small town living.....every year our little school does a parade through the neighborhoods with costumes, mini floats, instraments and tons of smiles!! Here we are with our prime spots......although Chloe was a little disappointed that no one passed out candy....

Jacob's Prize Cabbage

A few months ago, the school sent home a cabbage seedling for the children to grow....they could enter the cabbage into a contest where the winner wins a scholarship.....scholarship or not, Jacob has taken care of the cabbage and this cabbage has exceeded all of our expectations.....This picture was taken around Easter 2011....

Baseball Field

We are "watching" Travis' baseball game.....but little 1 year olds get bored fast!!

Walking inTravis shoes

Mr Heath LOVES shoes....he can spend all morning at the shoe bucket, pulling them all out and then going through them to try different shoes on......In fact he can say the word shoe and if you ask him about shoes he will go get his shoes....this boy loves shoes!!

Mothers Day/Birthday morning

I was in good hands Mothers Day/Birthday, even though Jared was out of town.....my children showered me with thoughfulness (like pancakes in bed-early in the morning)

Cub Scout Pack 471

This is Travis' troop heading out on a Hwy clean up service project.....

Forgotten Favorites

we got the idea for this game (Reindeer Game) from a ward Christmas Party and has become a tradition for the Barton family and here we are at the end of the game.....yay for Christmas!!

Heath

This baby is growing so fast.....it seems he growing overnight....

Home Sweet Home

when i was in high school.....i doodled a picture of my dream life.....it had a house surrounded by trees and flowers with a dog, duck and a cow.....it was a two story house....standing next to me was a man wearing a tie decorated with hearts and in need of a shave- the man of my dreams.....i am by no means artistic but i did have a clear vision that i wanted to live in the country surrounded by country life with a man that was everything "manly" (thnks Laura Ingalls) and yet could be everything sunday too.....and when my neighborhood is covered with a patchwork of everything country (sunflowers,corn,wheat and cotton) i can't help but think back to that doodle from high school and smile!!

A tribute to my mother.....

My mother was the recipient of an award foran honorary mother from the Texas State Association for American Mothers (AMI)... the following is a write-up I did in honor of her.

Jacob's Derby Race

Here's a picture of Jacob with his winning car that he worked on with Jared.....he fashioned it after one of his hot wheels .....

As always, baby Heath was happy and cheerful....enjoying the derby race with everyone else.....

slumber party

I had promised Megan and the rest of my children a cousin slumber party....so we squeezed one in just in time before the Hawthornes moved.... the above pic is of Travis and cousin Luke who slept ALL night outside on the trampoline (with Jared).....everyone else slept inside and had way too little sleep and got up way too early in the morning....you can't have a slumber party without serving a big pancake breakfast the next day which we did....

here the girls are bright eyed and bushy tailed at Jacob's blue and gold babquet....

Megan and friends

Megan found some of her friends to hang out with at baseball tryouts......otherwise I think she was on the verge of dying from boredom

Travis' Blue & Gold Banquet-Derby Race

this is Travis receiving his Bobcat patch......

Chloe and her ribbon for having such a "cute" entry

The boys in their official picture....

This is Travis with the rest of the Cub Scout Pack and local Girl Scout Troop.....

2011 Baseball Season begins

the Bartons are big ball players.....and even though Jacob and Travis are the only ones signed up this season, they all love to play as a family- even Heath

Family Picnic Day

Every year, the last day before spring break, their school does a family picnic for lunch (and then they encourage all the parents to take their children home after lunch:)) I always pick something up from a fast-food place, this year the kids requested Subway.....what they didn't tell me was that everyone else in LaCoste elementary was requesting Subway as well....It seriously took me 40mins in Subway (huge disadvantage to living in a small town) but it was lots of fun none the less....we took a big blanket to sit on and enjoyed a fun lunck together.....It was incredibly difficult to get all 5 of them in the picture at the same time, in fact, as I was leaving, I told them I wouldn't sign them out of school if they wouldnt go stand by the tree so I could get a group picture of everyone...so there you go, wise mother of five!!

Baby Heath....