PIANO!!!

I'm so excited. By the end of next week, if all goes well, I will have a beautiful piano sitting in my already over crowded living room. My grandma decided a while ago that she was going to give me her piano. It's currently sitting in her living room in Idaho. I made arrangements a couple of months ago to have it moved here, we are closer to Idaho now than I think we ever will be and I want to get it before we are living on the East coast again. I hadn't heard from the movers in ages and I finally found time, when I actually was remembering, to call them up and see what was going on. Happy day! they surprised me with saying it's scheduled for next week! WooHoo! (you can't tell I'm excited or anything can you?) I can't wait to start refreshing my playing skills.

Fun Times!

My dad was able to come visit, twice, for a total of about 2 weeks. We had so much fun. We were able to go do all the touristy things around Washington, well at least as much as you can with 2 young children that need to nap. Here is a collage of our travels. We took a day and rode the ferry up to Seattle. We also took another trip out to Ocean Shores on the Pacific Coast. We stayed the night in this great little hotel right on the beach. I would go back out there in a second. What a great area. We ate dinner at a quaint little Irish pub, so good. Charlie crawled all over the beach and got soaking wet and sandy. He crawled right into the ocean and let the waves lap around him. Leah and I built our first ever sand castle. Not the best, but it was freezing that day on the beach. My dad went out early and found dozens of whole sand dollars on the beach. They were beautiful. It was a great time. I can't wait to do it again.

Look at these two!

Seriously if they were dressed nondescript, I don't think you could tell them apart. I, sadly to say, can't pull up Leah's baby face in my memories. I remember her actions and personality, but I can't remember her face. I just happened across some pictures while I was cleaning up the computer and I think I found out why...they look too much alike. I tried finding pictures of them in similar poses. Without too much looking, because it's passed my bed time, I found these and decided I needed to take another 5 min and post the pictures for all to marvel over.