I don’t know what is going on with this commercial. Avya went for several rounds of auditions. For the auditions she had to memorize and deliver several lines and she did a great job. The company that the commercial will ve for said they wanted Avya, the director said they wanted Avya and Avya’s agent [...]

This is a drawing you did of me Sudona. Is this how you see me? You thought it was pretty funny yourself so we all got a good laugh out of it. I would like to know why you drew me wearing a dress? I know you have never seen me in a dress – [...]

I think I write about this every year but I will say it again. It is really tough having Saena’s birthday so close to Christmas. It also never seems to be a big ripping party like I want to give her. Oh, well. In the video I think you will see what we got her, [...]

Well, it is Christmas day and Santa has arrived. Yes, he has brought so many wonderful toys and other stuff. But that is not what Christmas is about to us Bartons. It is about the love we have for each other and the love we share. I have so much love for you my wife [...]

This is our second annual Christmas Family Video Newsletter! I think we are getting a little better at making these. Last year we had to do three or four takes, but this year we were happy with the first take. As always, the purpose of this is to keep in touch with family and friends [...]

Let’s start with the ups because it is pretty cool. Sudona, you came home on Friday last week and told me about something that happened at school that day. You said that there is one girl in your class that will move up to the 3rd grade after the winter vacation. You explained that the [...]

Hello Sudona, You did a modeling job for Phone Phone English a while back and as I mentioned at the time the advertisement would run for around a year. But they don’t just use the same pictures for the whole time, they keep changing the advertisement. So, the gift we get is the excitement of [...]

November wasn’t really an eventful month. Life passed by with its normal pace and there were a few things that happened but it didn’t seem like anything special. You girls got a little older and you learned a few more things. Here are some random video clips from November put together in a single video. [...]

I have started meditating 20 minutes daily. I have already noticed a difference so I look forward to where it will lead me. As I mentioned before I will let you know about how things are going. I first started off by googling “how to meditate”. I came across some good sites but the most [...]

Christmas season has been a little strange this year. All of our schedules are so busy that we don’t really have time to do all the fun little things like we did in previous years. We are squeezing them into our schedules but we are not able to relax and really get all the fun [...]