Summer Update

Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a wonderful Spring/Summer. A lot has happened in the Barton family, so let's jump right into it...

A bunch of my good friends just graduated. They're off to medical school (Trent), Dental School (Shum), and Law School (Devin). Congrats to them. VP73 is off to do great things. Here we are in one last hurrah filled with Blitz, Mario Tennis, Guitar Hero, and more.

Next, here's Katie with some of her best friends at Graduation (Katie, Katie, & Amy). Way to go!

2/3 graduated in the family

Russel also just graduated (and rocked the GMAT!)

Christopher is a poser. A cute poser.

The official deed.

During the graduation speeches, Chris got all excited and decided to blow out is cute outfit. So we had to haul it out in a garbage bag (thanks Janene, Annie, & Liz).

The proud parents and graduates.

It is Patch tradition to visit Escalante and Southern Utah during Easter. So instead of going Easter weekend, we all went down directly after graduation. It was a really fun visit. Here you will see me, Steve, and Russ spending our time trying to fish with a little blow gun and darts.

Lower Calf Creek Falls 3 mile hike.

Chris didn't seem to mind the hike, but neither would I if someone carried me there and back.

Later we hiked through some slot canyons called "Spooky Gulch" and "Peek-a-boo." There were times that the walls were about 1 foot apart, so we took Chris out of the carrier and just passed him along the canyon.

Hiking through.

Our Christmas Card

I post this mainly to highlight Russel's derriere

We also couldn't pass up some awesome Geo-Caching. This one had me and Steve hiking up one mountain, only to find out that the coordinates were off. As usual, Russ found the ammo box. We also found another one by lower Calf Creek Falls.

This is near the Upper Falls. Here I am doing a gainer into the freezing cold water.

There was also a fun moss slide.

Here Russ and I doing some more dives.

Greg doing a masterful front dive. Russ, Greg, and I were the only ones to actually dive. Hopefully next time the others will jump too.

Chris hiding in the rocks.

I also turned 24 recently! Thanks Liz for the otter pops and the sidewalk display.

Excellent dinner with the Padres at Maccaroni Grill.

Yay!

Katie also got to celebrate her first real official Mother's Day. Chris was kind enough to give her a card that he personally signed.

That's all for now! Katie and I have moved up to North Salt Lake for the summer while I prepare Level 1 of the CFA exam. In June I'll start work at Alta Capital which will be a great opportunity. We're loving life and our little man. Come visit us and we'll shred at Rock Band or perhaps find a hidden gem of a movie at the Davis County Library.

Easter, Jeff's Wedding, and more!!!

Hello Everyone!!! We've had a busy past month, and so we've slacked a bit on the posts. Chris is growing tons and he's starting to show more of personality.

We found the Easter Bunny.

Jeff and Katie got married on April 11. It was such a fun day and we're so happy for them. Who knew that all the Barton brothers would one day be married.

Here's Corriane and Payton, with Katie and Christopher. The two were born a day apart.

Derek and Nikki at the partey

Grandma and Chris.

Padres, grand padres, and the couple.

The babies were tired...

Siblings!

The ladies

La familia Barton.

Studliness

Now we move on to some older pictures. Here's Chris after he totally blew out his diaper. It was a complete mess. He nonchalantly enters the tub for a routine cleaning.

Christopher loves sleeping in the corner of our couch.

We had an awesome feast on St. Patrick's Day. Here are Russ & Lauren enjoying the green rolls, green soup, green juice, and asparagus.

Chris man asleep in his crib.

Chris really wanted to go bowling, so we took him.

Nino feliz

Cousins.

Grandpa Patch giving Chris some kickin shades.

Chris and Kerm

Well this is Katie posting for the first time, as you probably can tell! I don't know how to get the text in the right spot so I will just go from here. Things are going great here and we are staying busy with Christopher, school and fun times with family! Christopher is now two months old and we can't believe how time flies. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital. He is doing very well and we are slowly getting the hang of parenthood! He has started smiling and "talking" and we can't get enough of it. These pictures are some from a couple weeks after he was born but I just love them so much. He is one handsome dude! He sure has filled out since then.

This next set of pictures are of our outing to the zoo with Derek, Nikki and Michael. We spent the weekend in Bountiful while my parents were out of town, so we threw a bumpin' party and played rockband into the wee hours. Good times and if you want to check out some of the live action see Kurt's video on facebook. Who knew that I had married such a smokin' hot rockstar!!! The next day it was a beautiful spring day so we decided to go to the Hogle Zoo!! It was such a blast and Christopher would have loved seeing the animals if he just could have stayed awake. We all had a blast and after a fun filled afternoon we headed to the Blue Iguana to dine on the largest burritoes known to man and they sure were delicious. The only tragedy was leaving the leftovers at my parents house! It was one fun weekend and we can't wait for our next trip to the zoo!
The groundhogs!

Rabid animal, don't get too close.
Our sweet little animal
Who has the longest neck?
I think Kurt takes the cake
Family picture with our monkey!

Kurt and I shared and still only finished half of this gynormous burrito, but it sure was tasty!

Baby Blessing & More...

Last weekend we had Chris' baby blessing at church. It was a very neat experience for all of those who got to participate. Here are some pictures of that day, along with some other random ones.

We decided to bless Chris in the same outfit that I wore over 23 years ago. Needless to say, Christopher is a pretty chunky guy; we had to sew up the back...but he still looked great!

The men

The parents, grandparents, and great grandparents.

The Barton Family

Chris loves his baths in the sink.

Marian and Devin brought Claire over to visit Chris. They had a great time crying together.

Chris got to go on his first walk in his stroller.

Katie has grown very attached to her baby boy.

Striking a pose