Family

We have a great family. I'm so lucky to have a wonderful husband
and four lovely children. Yes...that's right I said four.
When I married Kirtus, I got an instant family with his two
wonderful daughters from his previous marriage.
They came to visit us this X-mas and I was so excited. We had a huge
X-mas. I've always wanted a big family. When the girls are down I have three girls and a boy running around. Well, actually I guess that would be three girls and 2 boys if you include my sugar pie. I made dinner on X-mas eve for all of us and I was so excited that they actually liked it. (I'm always worrying about things like that)
We didn't do much during that time they were here. But I was able to have a girls outing where we did some shopping and we went to Chili's afterwards.
Kaira is 15..almost 16...WOW and Elysa is 10 almost 11...
At Chili's Elysa spit her ice on someone, I'm not sure if it was on purpose or an accident. She was pretty hyper that night!! :)
We had a lot of fun. They are very sweet girls. I wish we were closer so that
Garrett and Morgan could grow up with their two sisters. And so that we could have more girl outings together.
Dad travels a lot and we sure do miss him when he is gone.
This year he is going to UAE, Afghanistan, Greece or London and Japan.
WOW! I'm going to take two weeks and join him in either Japan, Greece or London. I can't wait to see another country, island and/or Continent. :)

My brother is having surgery tomorrow. I'm worried about him. I had a long talk with him and I hope I helped. I'll be praying tonight that everything goes well.

Garrett had another good day at school today. He told me this morning that if he was good and had no time outs that he could go to Chuckie Cheese!! Hmmm...?? Wonder who told him that? Mom or Dad?
Did I mention how much I hate Chuckie Cheese? Yeah...what we will do as parents to see that smile on his face or too keep him out of time out at school. Boys!!!

Morgan had a good day!!! She almost went potty at school. Daddy came by to pick her up with Garrett in tow and she was sitting on the potty trying to go #2!!!
When she saw her Daddy and Garrett...well that was that. No more potty.
Well, she is really trying. She is so cute. She will pull her pants down in the living room and say potty or poop. She gets a little confused. She goes pee pee and she thinks it's called poop.
It's so cute. She doesn't say poo poo it's poop. She'll look up at me with those big blue eyes and say "Mom I pooped" I'll say you poo poo'd and she says No momma I pooped. So cute.
Sorry for the bath room humor. Momma will be so excited if my Morgie Porgie is potty trained before she turns two. Which is only one month away.

She shares a birthday with my brother Wade. Feb. 10th. Uncle Wade.
Just plain Wade.
Wader...
Sorry Wade. You need to move down here. Well at least to Austin. San Antonio doesn't have much to offer. Well, I shouldn't say that. I should say you probably wouldn't like it.
It's a big town with a small town attitude. Austin is only 1 hour away that is like driving from Dallas to Ft. Worth.

We are looking for a Church to join here in Schertz. I haven't really found anything yet that I feel 100% comfortable with. My son's school is a Presbyterian Christian school. I'll let you know how this Sunday goes with that.

New Years Resolutions

#1. Find a Church to worship at.
#2. Learn more about God and his Word
#3. Loose Weight (maybe with God's help I can do this. Nothing else seems to have helped yet maybe I should turn to him for help with this.)
#4. Start walking (We are buying a tredmill)

4 goals is pretty good for the new year.
Maybe this year I can actually accomplish these goals.

Well, that is it for now. I'm tired. I don't have any other pictures to put up.

The New Year

Okay, Here are some new pictures from Halloween, Garrett's 4th Birthday party, Christmas and the new year.
We are so excited about our new house and our new backyard.
We just recently did a lot of work on our back yard.
The kids are growing up and don't seem to be slowing down.

Garrett and Morgan got a lot of presents from Santa and their Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles. They are so spoiled. But, they love it.

New Post

Sorry guys. I haven't updated in a while.
It has been so busy.
I'll try and get on this weekend and update this blog
with some new pictures of the little ones.
They have grown so much.
Can't believe it.
WOW

Thanks for visiting.

Kaira and Elysa Garrett and Morgan's sisters

These are the most recent pictures I have on my laptop of the girls.
We miss them a lot.
Hi Kaira!!! Hi Elysa!!! Garrett and Morgan miss you a lot.
Can you believe how big they've got?
Keep checking back to this blog for the most recent updates so you can watch you brother and sister grow.
Also, if you have any pictures you want to post send them my way. I'll post some stuff for you.
We love you!!! As Garrett says. I miss you so BAD!!!
He asks about you guys all the time. He really loves his big sisters.
Well, need to go clean my living room. Hope to see you guys soon. Real soon.
Dana

Garrett and Morgan

Aren't they cute. Both are very big hams for the camera. Garrett wants to toss something at me and see if I can catch it in the air on the camera. Mom did a pretty good job huh? Where does he get these ideas.
Morgan is just sweat as pie. No Really she is. :)
We are having so much fun. She is just now starting to talk. She still babbles a lot and screams a lot. Mostly at her brother. Garrett is learning to take turns.
He is having a hard go of it. But, Morgan doesn't give up.
Garrett is learning his states. We have been working on them at home. He knows the West Coast and some of the Central states pretty good. We haven't ventured the East Coast states yet. He knows we live in Texas!!! Of course that was the first state he learned and his favorite color is Burnt Orange. Not kidding!!!
Morgan is learning colors. Morgan loves to color..on everything. Thank Goodness for washable crayons. She loves her dolls and all her friends at school. Believe it or not her mom is her best friend...right now. (I hope this lasts forever.)
We miss Dad. Hi Dad. I'll be putting some post up of Garrett and Morgan's sisters. I have a couple of pictures. Hopefully, we will get a post from them pretty soon.
Well, the kids are hungry.

My two precious little ones. Looking at this picture you would think Garrett and Morgan were best friends. Well, not really. Well, sometimes. I love it when they are like this. It so much fun.
As you can tell Garrett and Morgan love to ham it up for the camera.
Garrett is three and Morgan is 1. Garrett will be 4 in Dec. and Morgan will be 2 in Feb. Morgan was born Feb. 10th. She shares a Birthday with her Uncle Wade. (Hi Uncle Wade!!!) We miss you! Garrett was born on December 2nd. He is now the 4th person in our family to have a December Birthday. You can say that December is pretty crazy in our family. This will be the first year I don't make it home for X-mas. Well, I take that back. I didn't come home for X-mas when I was pregnant with Morgan. So, this is my 2nd X-mas away from home. But, my first in our new home.

I've been keeping myself busy by doing housework and taking care of my two little ones and my two dogs. Yes I have two Boxers. No, I'm not crazy. Well, at least I don't think I am. I wonder sometimes.
Well, I'll try and post some more pictures and post some other things later.
Enjoy.

My first Post

This is my first post to the Barton Family Blog.

This is so great. My entire family lives in the Dallas area. I now live in Schertz, TX.
My friend Heather started to do this and thought this was a great idea for too.
Now all my family and friends can see our family and keep updated on our daily activities.

I'll post some recent pictures soon and update you guys on what my life is like now.

Thanks for visiting
Dana