family matters
"Meet the Bartons"
Brad & Alydia:
Alydia and I met as teammates while both on track scholarship at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. We married our senior year in college and hoped to be blessed with a large family. I was a middle-distance track star and Alydia’s specialty was 10,000 m so we hoped our offspring would share our talent and passion for long-distance running.
Check us out 19 years later. We have truly been blessed indeed.
Alydia:
(Sweet Pea) She serves as Brad's Office Manager, Travel Agent and CFO. She's a high school head track coach, mathematics instructor, elite marathon runner, Sunday school leader, wife and mother of six. In short, she is one busy lady!
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, her parents returned to Federal Way, Washington when she was six years old. She excelled in high school track and cross-country and earned a scholarship to run for Weber State University where she studied mathematics and received her secondary education teaching certificate.
She qualified for the US Olympic Marathon Trials and has a lifetime best marathon time of 2:49.36.
Jacob:
(Jacobman) Our 17-year-old high school senior, a.k.a. "The Cross King" won both the Utah 3A Cross-Country Championship his Junior year, and the state 4A cross-country crown his Senior year. He loves BC calculus, seminary, and psychology.
Jacob is a dedicated athlete. He runs 50 to 70 miles per week. He spends his evenings with homework (he maintains a 3.99 GPA - Utah High School All-Academic Team), video games, Facebook, and eating - a lot!
Jacob has recently accepted an academic and cross-country/track scholarship at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. He will run for the Aggies and study engineering beginning fall 2010. He plans to serve a two-year full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints between his freshman and sophomore years at USU.
Aubrey:
(Brie girl) Our 14-year-old high school Freshman, thankfully, loves horses more than boys. She enjoys spending part of her summer at the family cattle ranch in Salmon, Idaho. A gifted artist, she won Best of Show in her school districts art competition. (She likes the ribbon, but I think she was more impressed with the several hundred dollars that came with the honor.)
She is a voracious reader, an entrepreneur, and enjoys beekeeping with her dad.
Aubrey is also a gifted runner, maintaining her varsity spot on the second best girls cross-country team in the state of Utah.
Garrett:
(Mr. G.) This is dad's fishing, hunting, gardening, baseball buddy. An 11-year-old fifth-grader, he enjoys reading fantasy, writing science fiction, time with friends, and anything that involves guns or fishing rods. His lifelong dream was fulfilled last summer when he caught a 52 pound King Salmon with his dad in Alaska.
Garrett shows real promise as a long-distance runner. He's fast on the track, but get him on a mountain trail and he leaves his elite-runner mom in the dust and his NCAA All-American dad gasping for air. The kid is an animal!
Mareina:
(Mary Miss) She loves to run and owns a fistful of ribbons to prove how good she is at it but her favorite sport is gymnastics. She started training last year but has caught up with and surpassed many of her peers who have been at it for years. She is our fearless one and has a high pain threshold. She broke her hand at the gym but didn't mention it to anyone for fear of missing out on some of the fun.
As an eight-year-old, friends are very important to Mariena but she still loves giving her dad back rubs and plenty of XOXO. She is also the family gift giver. She loves doing anonymous kind acts of loving service. Her favorite subjects in school are art, reading and PE.
Sienna May:
(Miss E May) Our adorable 4-year-old daughter is physically small but she packs a giant personality. She’s emotional, strong-willed and determined. She has an insatiable sweet tooth and is a great help taking care of her baby sister.
She loves going to track practice with her head coach mother where she is anxious to run laps with the jumpers and throwers. The standing rule for the field athletes is that they have to at least keep up with the four-year-old (which is no easy task - this kid loves to run!).
Avery Grace:
The terrible twos have struck a year early! She is like a tornado in a diaper! She is in constant need of new information and experience. With a mischievous grin, she quickly leaves one disaster area and heads off for a new destructive adventure. She has no need to learn to speak as her siblings are happy to cater to her needs. Our family cannot imagine life without her.
brad's happy clients:
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Accessories Resource Team, (ART) Affordable Housing Management Association American Association of Occupational Health Nurses American Linen Americorps Aquascape Arizona 4-H Arizona Charter Schools Association Arizona Department of Education Arizona Governor’s Office Arizona School-Age Care Coalition Association of Educational Purchasing Agents Association of Government Accountants Associated Schools of Construction ATK Launch Systems Autolive Automotive Technology Institute Box Elder Credit Union Boy Scouts of America Boys & Girls Club of Atlanta Brown-Forman Bullard Smith Jernstedt Wilson Labor & Employment Law Firm California’s School-Age Consortium Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technology (CASAT) Children’s Aid Society Colorado 4-H Colorado Future Business Leaders of America Colorado Department of Labor Community of Caring Complex Community Credit Union Computer Services Inc. Credit Union National Association (CUNA) Dairy Deli Bakery Council DECA Delta Epsilon Chi (DEX) Executive Officers Club Facilities Management Engineering Inc. Families Careers & Community Leaders of America Farm Bureau Focus Services General Growth Properties Inc. Gerber Construction Girl Scouts of America Get Away Today Travel Glanbia Harlem School District, NY Hallmark Cabinets Head Start Help Desk Institute Hospice for Utah Housing Authority of Salt Lake City Idaho Dairy Processors Association Idaho STARS Idaho State Health Department Illinois Association of School Financial Aid Administrators Illinois Association of School Business Administrators Impact International Intermountain Healthcare Intermountain Wood Products International Association of Administrative Professionals International crime prevention International Institute of Food Technologists International Personnel Management Association Internal Revenue Service Iowa School-Age Care Coalition Kentucky Law Enforcement Council Kennedy Foundation Kimberly Clark Kroger LDS Hospital Learn & Serve Arizona Louisiana State Department of Education Louisville Chamber of Commerce Management Training Center Marshall Space Flight Center Maryland Institute Collage of Art Mayo Clinic McKay Dee Hospital Michigan Association of Hospital Axillaries Mid State Technical College Minnesota Credit Union Network Missouri School-Age Care Coalition Montana Office of Public Instruction NASA National Aerospace FOD Prevention, Inc. National Alliance on Mental Illness National Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome |
National Collegiate Athletic Association National Crime Prevention Council National Kitchen and Bath Association National School-Age Care Coalition National Speakers Association National Youth Highway Safety Board New Jersey School-Age Care Coalition New Mexico School Nutrition Association North Dakota Department of Mental Health Northern Utah Association of Government Accountants Oklahoma Dept of Human Services Oklahoma Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Oklahoma Future Farmers of America Oregon Association of Hospital Axillaries Oregon State Office of Education Pampered Chef Permian Chapter of Credit Unions Purdue University Questar Gas Reeds Dairy Red Cross Richard Manufacturing Salt Lake City Affordable Housing Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee Sellers Management Inc. Smiths Food and Drug South Dakota School-Age Care Association South Dakota 4-H So. Idaho Dairyman's Association Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Southern Utah University State Farm Synergy Pro Marketing Texas Association of Local WIC Directors Texas Education Agency Texas Home School Association United Space Alliance University of Utah US Department of Labor US Air Force US Army Utah 4-H Utah Apartment Association Utah Art Association Utah Assisted Living Association Utah Association of Elementary School Principals Utah Association of Student Councils Utah Association of Public Treasurers Utah Department of Child & Family Services Utah Department of Workforce Services Utah Department of Corrections Utah Division of Juvenile Justice Services Utah Facilities Operation & Maintenance Association Utah First Credit Union Utah Gerontological Society Utah Juvenile Justice Services Utah League of Credit Unions Utah Public Transportation Association Utah Rural Schools Association Utah School Foundations Association Utah’s Secondary School Principals Association Utah State Courts Utah State Office of Mental Health Utah State Office of Education Utah State School Nutrition Association Utah State University Virtualrain Vivus Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Washington State Office of Attorney General Washington State Future Business Leaders of America Weber School District Credit Union Weber State Credit Union Weber State University West Virginia State Office of Education Western Illinois University Western States Lodging Wheeler Machinery Company Workers Compensation of New Mexico Wyoming 4-H Wyoming Future Business Leaders of America Wyoming High School Coaches Association Wyoming State Office of Education Youth Crime Watch of America Youth Crime Watch of Kentucky Youth of Promise |
brad's favorite dozen books
Good to Great
Jim Collins
The Road
Less Traveled
M. Scott Peck, M.D.
The Dog Poop Initiative
Kirk Weisler
A Brief History
of Time
Stephen Hawking
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
Believing Christ
Stephen E. Robinson
Good to Great
Jim Collins
The Greatest
Salesman in the
World
Og Mandino
Life Is
Tremendous
Charlie Jones
The 7 Habits of
Highly Effective People
Dale Carnegie
How to Win Friends
& Influence People
Jim Collins
The Screwtape
Letters
C.S. Lewis
brad's favorite links:
Max Brown: www.smaxbrown.com
Doug Nielson: www.dougspeaks.com
Tom Cantrell: www.tomcantrell.com
Kirk Weisler: www.kirkweisler.com
Jason Hewlett: www.jasonhewlett.com
Chad Hymas: www.chadhymas.com
NSA Mountain West: www.nsautah.com
brad in action:
Presenter Profile:
Who is this witty, magical business speaker who has corporate and association audiences across the country laughin’ and thinkin’ – and redefining disaster as opportunity?
Brad Barton - Motivational Speaker
Certified professional keynote speaker; NCAA academic and athletic All-American; and president of the National Speakers Association, Mountain West Chapter; this playful wizard challenges the illusion that tough circumstances are bad and reveals the powerful truth: opportunity doesn’t arise from disaster – disaster is opportunity.
Professional keynote speaker Brad Barton was a misdirected kid headed for disaster. He ran headlong into a stern Greek wrestling coach who looked at this skinny little rebel and created a world class athlete. He ricocheted off an English teacher who took the time to read his dyslexic ramblings and created an author and public speaker. He bounced like a positive pinball from mentor to mentor all the way to a successful happy life as a father of six, a husband, a corporate speaker – a life designed for failure but destined for greatness.
Whose greatness? The greatness of the corporations and associations this business speaker inspires.
Invite him to speak. The tricks and tales of this high-energy corporate speaker with the magical message will have you believing you’ve got magic before you can say “Shazaam!”