The Hiester Family in a nutshell - a big one, like a coconut or something

We are a family of a whole bunch of random people, thrown together in one small house, who all happen to look alike. Each member of our family was hand-picked by God... that's the only explanation for the saga that is our family. Here's the story from the beginning... My husband, Todd, was married before me. His wife's name was Carrie, and together they had 3 kids: Tyler, Kurstin & Elissa. Todd's parents were divorced and his mother remarried. Her new husband, Don, had 2 small children: Ally & Wesley. Their natural mother was killed in a car accident when they were 8 & 11. One year later, they lost their dad and Todd and Carrie took them into their home. 6 months after Ally & Wesley were added to the household, Carrie died of cancer at age 26. Her own children were 3, 6 & 9 and Ally & Wesley were 10 & 13. And Todd was alone with them. Think Lord of the Flies. So when I fell in love with Todd, I got these 5 kids as a bonus. We married about a year and a half into our relationship, with the kids as our wedding party. We made it all official with an adoption lawyer and lots of money, ensuring that we are LEGALLY their parents. They even had to take oaths saying they would perform the duties of sons and daughters, which I think means I have someone to change my diapers when the time comes! After 2 years of marriage we added Robben Carey to the mix. And now we've welcomed Livi Claire...the seventh, and final, Hiester kid (unless, of course, God has other plans). Todd and I are 37 and 35, respectively, and our kids range in age from 1 to 21. It's great because we're cool and always the youngest in a crowd of high school parents.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Weekly Trivia

Fun Facts by Kurstin Hiester
Didyanose:
The average head has 100,000 hairs on it ,and each hair has its own little muscle that can make it stand up when you're scared.(Beards are the fastest growing hairs.Yuck!) If you stretch out all of your Blood vessels (Warning:don't try this at home) you'd have enough to circle around the Earth 2 times, and yet your little o'l heart pumps blood through those vessels and back once every minute. Your brain is 74%water. A womens heart pumps faster than a mans. We have 2 million sweat glands. We produce 25,000 quarts of spit in a lifetime thats enough to fill 2 swimming pools. You have 46 miles of nerves. If your right-handed your right lung is bigger than your left lung, but more important your finger-nails on your right hand grow faster. Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 days. If it didn't the digestive system (which can corrode Iron) would go crazy, it would eat itself alive in 2 weeks. No two tongue prints are the same , plus a tastebud on that same tongue only lasts 7-10 days, so treat it well. Lots of chocolate!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):)
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4 comments:

  1. Grandma HoneyApril 22, 2009 at 9:20 PM

    Wow! Where in the world did you learn all this? The only one I knew is about the female's heart beating faster than the male.

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  2. The HiestersApril 22, 2009 at 10:35 PM

    Actually, Kurstin found it all in one of her books - I think she might have checked it out at the school library. She'll be glad to know it was interesting and entertaining material!

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  3. Tara Lyn HiesterApril 23, 2009 at 10:05 AM

    Very educational Kurstie! Thanks for feeding my brain

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  4. AnonymousMay 13, 2009 at 8:35 PM

    wow Kurst !! You do like reading encyclopedias!

    Vick

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