Before Joseph and I had kids, while we were still living in Utah, we bought a beautiful, glossy black upright Yamaha piano. It was tall, really fun to play, and had a great sound. Unfortunately, it was not a great time in our lives to buy a piano because we were moving around a lot and mostly living in apartments. So we had it in our home for maybe two years, but when we made the move to Austin, TX we left it behind. Joseph's brother Nathan and his wife Stephanie have taken great care of it since then, paying to have it moved and tuned and just generally keeping it safe. We've been happy to know that it's been in good hands. And we recently decided to just sell it to them.
While we were separated from our piano Joseph's mom sent a great little Casio keyboard that was perfect for us. The keys were weighted, it had pedals, and the volume control and headphones option were great for all the apartments we lived in. Plus it was like a million times easier to move than a real piano.
Now we are a little more settled so we were finally able to start looking for a new piano! I did love the black Yamaha - you really can't beat that sound - but I wanted something a little less formal for our home. When I saw a listing for a hundred-year-old piano that had been completely rebuilt in 2005, I was curious. It was beautiful, but I had no idea how it would sound. I went to check it out, not knowing what to expect at all, so I was very pleasantly surprised to hear that it sounded great, so we jumped on it. We finally got it moved in last Wednesday and are thrilled. It does sound old, but it's so wonderful to have a real piano in our home again! We love it.
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| El is (obviously) enjoying it. |
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| She also enjoys being the center of attention. |
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| Alright. We're done. |
She sorta makes me think of these guys:
A few other happenings...
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| Enjoying Otter Pops together outside. The kids always beg to be allowed some time outside after school every day. The weather is really just perfect every single day. |
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| The weather is perfect, but the Bay Area is really overcrowded. This means that Costco is absolutely out of control. I kept these three occupied and subdued while Joseph and Emily waited in line to check out the other day. |
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| Picnic on the front lawn last Saturday. Jake was totally passed out from exhaustion and the other kids had gone the other direction and were bouncing off the walls. |
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| Jake and Elinor have a clothes sharing agreement going on. |
2 comments:
Thanks for the update. It's so fun to see your family growing and learning. You guys are doing a great job of being parents. Hooray for the piano!
We got a hundred year old piano too but ours is horribly out of tune and the sound is awful. But my kids ability to play has skyrocketed ever since we got it(for free!) and so I'm ever so glad we have it. I certainly missed you when we were at the Jorgensen's this week. It made me miss the old playground talks.
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