A Bazillion Words

Most pictures are worth a mere thousand. Our particularly stellar family photo has generated a lot of buzz. And I, being rather neglectful, forgot to inform my dear recipients of the Higgfarm Year in Review, that this photo was the brainchild of one Bryan Niven. He is the definitive genius of our time. Additionally, he's a lot of fun just to be around. So check us out, check Bryan's site out, and get your own! Just be sure to tell him the Higgfarm sent ya.



The Higgfarm 2007 Year in Review

Dylan Gage: Starts a business (www.hugamonkey.com), completes obstacle course in Heber City, DJ’s loads of killer parties, snowmobiles Daniel’s Summit, switches jobs 3 times, goes to The Rentals in concert, boogie boards in San Diego, wakeboards on Utah Lake, drops 2 pant sizes, plays city league basketball, fishes at Island Park Idaho, roasts a pig, chops down Christmas tree.
Funny moment: Rips pants and rolls ankle jumping on trampolines and tells owner of Jump On It that he probably sufferes from the most common ailment. “Twisted ankle?” inquires owner. “No,”replies Dylan,“thirty year old that thinks he’s a kid.” That’s right! The big 3-0 in 2008.

Leah: Has a baby in 36 minutes flat! Chops off tons of hair, runs a 5k, snowshoes deep in the Pine Crown mountains, sews and supermodels for HugaMonkey and gets baby slings on TV, makes a wedding cake, swims in Utah Lake (a big deal for Leah), learns hula, agrees (for reasons unkown) to make a wedding dress, volunteers in Liv’s class, learns some ballroom and country swing dancing, begins training for the Deer Creek Sprint Triathlon.
Funny moment: On the way back to the beach house from Sea World: “That was fun. We otter go again. It sure has my seal of approval. On a scale of 1-10 it was an eleven. I’m glad that food didn’t leave me feeling eel. But it sure got cold, and manatee shirt just wasn’t cutting it!” I kill me.

Olivia Jean: Turns 5, three first days of school (showed up on the wrong day, then the right day, then switched schools), counts to 138 before getting distracted by something shiny, tells people what is bad for them as they are eating it, swims in the ocean and Utah Lake, sews a handkercheif all by herself, hikes 3 miles on Daddy/Daughter backpacking trip, reads whole books, makes her first lunch (butter/mayo sandwich and one cabbage leaf), writes stories, lives as a true princess.
Funny moments: Mom says, “Liv, you know all about addition, now I want to teach you about subtraction.” Liv gets a worried look on her face and says, “Is that when you lay down and a tractor runs over you?”
Olivia ripped a chunk of Styrofoam into little pieces. She then filled a cup with water and put the pieces in, becoming very disappointed. When asked about it, she says, “I’m doing an experiment. I put hot water in and put the things in, but nothing exploded.”

Gage Dancin: Turns 3, masters death-defying stunts on new bunkbed, gets gum stuck in hair, gets head shaved for the first time, rides a motorcycle with Grandpa, eats 7 Belgian waffles in one sitting, finds the perfect hiding spot behind the armoire to open Halloween candy with a steak knife, nose-dives off countertop and gets caught just inches above the floor by his ninja mom, perfects many super hero poses, pretends to be a “robot pirate”, lives in a constant game of baseball.
Funny moments: Gage likes to look at the ceiling and find things in the pattern. One day it was: “I see a waterfall...I see a giraffe...I see a dentist!”
-Gage and Olivia are playing House under the propped up air mattress.
Olivia: Gage, pretend I came over when you are resting.
Gage: I don’t wanna rest.
Olivia: You don’t really have to rest, just lay down and pretend you’re resting.
Gage: Oh, okay.

Nash Fire: Kicks his mom’s guts out, gets born (July 25th 2007), sits up, rolls over, drools, loses some hair, gets chubby, giggles to no end, is entertained constantly, sweeter than the sweetest sweet thing.
Funny moment: Nash was laying belly to belly with his cousin, Riley Mack. They grab each other’s hands and try to bring them to their mouths, but keep hitting heads. For several minutes they are just fussing and pulling and bonking heads with tongues stuck out, panting like little dogs, trying with all their might to get the other’s hand into their gaping mouths.