Natalia's Performance

I just wanted to see if I could put the recording of Natalia's performance on the family blog. Let's see...
Hmmm... it didn't work, Toooooom??? Is there a way I can do this? The file is 50MB...

Heidi Samantha Hiatt

Hi Everyone
I noticed subtle requests for Heidi's pictures to be posted, on the family chat on Christmas Day. So here she is. I was going to do a "guess who" game out of it, but thought that would not be a good idea as I wouldn't be able to help you out with the answers. She looks just like all the other girls, so of course she is cute as a button. There is some more news by the way. (Bob, where are you? I need you to say NEWS NEWS NEWS!) Anyway, Natalia's kindergarten performance, that I briefly mentioned in connection with Heidi's birth, was a very pleasant surprise, and I now know why I had a feeling that I had to be there. All night, as I was in labor, all I could see was Natalia's disappointed face, trying to happily sing without her mother and father in the audience. For the first time in my life I pleaded with Heavenly Father that labor would stop. At least for a few hours. It did, and we all went to see her performance. Turns out she hadn't even mentioned to us that she had been given the lead solo of the show!!! She looked very nervous, but had a beautiful voice and brought a tear to many an eye (especially mine). Right as the children were dismissed I had a tremendous contraction and Sam and I proceeded to the hospital where Heidi was born just a few hours later. Exciting times in the Sam chapter of the Hiatt family!
Jeanette

Benj's Graduation Party

Hey Tom I didn't know if this is still the way to get
recognition these days. I wanted to share some pics
that we took at Benj's graduation party! Yahoo Benj!
Thanks so much,
Lucy

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Jack and Lucy's Chirstmas Jammies

Ali's Big News

Hey everybody, I'm sick of jordan stealing all the limelight with his "big news," and everyone keeps forgetting to tell people that i have big news of my own. Well anyway, I got accepted to BYU a couple of weeks ago and will be going there in the fall. So now I just have to figure out where to live, how to pay for things, what i want to major in...so if anyone feels like being extra generous this Christmas and sending me some "scholarship" money, that would be awesome.  Alright, terrific.
I hope everyone's getting super excited for Christmas.
Go Coogers!
Ali

Dave Hiatt Family

DREW is just as farsighted as Cameron was and is now the proud owner of glasses as of August. The first week was awful but he gets along just fine now with them. He finally realized that he can see. The only bummer is now when we go to the store he points at everything and says "MeMeMe" or if he is lazy he shortens it to "Meem". That is how he tells us he wants something. Everything is a puppy but he knows all the animal sounds he just can't say what it is, so it's puppy. He loves to play in the tupperware drawer and throw it everywhere. He loves his family and we love him, you would never know he is the youngest and the center of attention.

CAMERON is still Cameron, full of energy and makes us all laugh. He is an excellent reader and has done some outstanding book reports. He is doing well in school and is a friend to all. He does is fair share of complaining and he likes to fight with Stockton. He finished flag football and is now starting basketball. We are very excited as this is our entertainment, watching our kids play sports. I think Drew hasn't figured out the finer points of these fine activities. We are working on that.

STOCKTON is growing like a weed and eats more than triple his body weight each day in food. He finished tackle football and made the 8th grade all star team, but ended up being the ball boy because he suffered a knee injury playing handball. He is fully healed and played his first basketball game Saturday. They lost but he had 5 rebounds and some played some really good "D". He also got their 1st point on the board. He is a really good guitar player and is a straight A student.

DAVE had surgery on his ankle in August and couldn't put any weight on his ankle for an entire month. He was then on crutches for another 30 days after that. He can finally walk mostly normal and was able to start regular activities again on December 7. He went to Quincy, IL the 10-14 of December for some training for work. He was just called as the Young Men's President. Between the morning show, operations manager, firing and hiring people, dealing with corporate and their ridiculous budget requests, church and who knows what else, he does have some time to sleep. He is also feeling is age at 40, he is the proud owner of a new pair of bi-focals. He said that was worse than turning 40.

TISH is busy chasing Drew and running boys to various practices and lessons. She is also working at the law office but at home now and is the secretary in Primary. She keeps us all fed, makes sure our clothes are mostly clean, tells us where we need to be and when to be there and tries not to forget anything, like picking Stockton up from school. He called at 3 pm (school is out at 2:45) and asked, "Where are you? She said where am I supposed to be, oh yeah, I'll be right there. " That has only happened once.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!

Jordan's mission call

So there I was minding my own business (frustrated that the mail was taking so freakin long to come) and out of the blue this random letter just happened to be in my mailbox (I ran home to check the mail in between tests and work, its a half an hour walk one way).  I got it and I decided to call my mom and my dad (who had been calling me three times a day asking if it had come) and I organized a nice little letter opening party, just for the fun of it.  After work about four hours later I found out (anything else I can do to prolong the suspense...) so yeah i'm spending the next two years, starting Feb 6th in Baltimore Maryland, English speaking.  Apparently someone upstairs agreed that I was spending WAY too much time in Provo and I needed to get back to the east coast so I could exercise some of my New York Attitude (see picture).

Sweet Evan in a gown!

They don't circumcise during your hospital stay here, so last week we had to take Evan to the children's hospital for this intervention. Tom took the afternoon off work so he could be there for our little guy. What we didn't realize was that they don't allow parents in the room so they unexpectedly whisked Evan off into an operating room for 45 minutes... talk about separation anxiety for me! Anyway, here are pics of Evan in his endearing little hospital gown. Some of you may be wondering about the name on his bracelet, I don't think we've gotten round to telling everyone that we decided on the name Evan Benjamin - Evan after his grandpa  and Benjamin after his uncle Benj Hiatt.

A poem-off between Brigham and Callie

Cell Phone

Dark evil eyes in a cobweb covered crack.
Think that I look like a tasty snack.
It's fur stained scarlet, its mouth drenched in blood
As it follows my tracks in the deep brown mud.
I glance at the moon which sends chills to my sole
That's when I spot a single phone pole
I reach in my pocket, a boy of thirteen
But I can't help but let out a terrifying scream…
No communication. I find myself alone.
My mom won't let me have a cell phone!


By Brigham McKay


A Mothers Retort

In response to my teen, full of desire
Who feels a cell phone is a need that is dire
My mind is quite clear as I state my retort
This problem is not of the life saving sort
Although I seem old and a bit out of touch
This is a matter I have thought about much
In an age of advancing, flashy, new gadgets
We've devolved into characterless fun sucking maggots
High def TV and life- like game toys
Have robbed ingenuity from smart little boys
Don't solve your probs with techno wiz chatter
Try using some of your old fashioned grey matter
You have two good legs and strong lungs that will carry
You far and a way to a place much less scary
You should have been wiser on which street you will walk
And I want to keep preferences on whom you will talk
Your life is so precious, innocent and young
I won't sacrifice you to the technology tongue
Some day you will need a cell phone it's true
But for now, it is NO, till the bill comes to you


By Callie McKay

Little Claire Diane

Here is some pictures of Claire Diane Morgan.

Growing Little Boy

We want to show you Beck's newest trick...(in case the video doesn't work, he's sitting up now).

Benj and Michelle

He's here ya hear!

Alma, the current hero of the entire world, just managed the birth of our not-so-little baby boy, Evan Thomas. He poked his purple head out into the world at 7:56 this morning after a 24 hour ordeal. I'll send pictures soon, but until then, here's the specs.

And in this cornah . . . weighing in at a whopping 4.6 kilos (10.14 lbs) . . . and stretching out to a bean-like 56 centimeters (22 in.) . . . it's the toughest tube-slider yet . . . Evan . . . Thomas . . . Hi-yaaaaaaatt! (Cheers and applause).

Thank you everyone for your prayers and support.
Tom

Lucy's Blessing

Scary things a brewin'