A piano!!

So I've been wanting a Piano since... probably since my friend Lisa got one. Haha. That sounds childish. -The reason is Emily (not my Em but a friend) found one for her for FREE! I thought that was so cool. I didn't know that a piano was an option until then. I didn't start looking for one until we moved to Wisconsin (since I knew we'd be here and not have to move it across country), and then I really started WANTING one the past year. I searched the paper that comes once a week for any free piano's, and I found 2! But both times someone beat me to it :( I started looking at just the little ones on a stand, but even on clearance they were $60. So Ryan had seen me hunting and heard me wishing for the past two years and ONE DAY decided to look online. And he found one! He told me a few days later and was like, I wasn't sure if you wanted it or not, it's far away, but it's free. OF COARSE I want it!
So the day came and I got a new (well new to me!) piano! For free! (well except for the trailer Ryan had to rent to haul it over here.)

6 men helped move it and they BARELY got it up the porch steps! That thing is HEAVY! I felt so bad for those men. I'm glad no one got hurt, I was worried there for a while.

Andy and the missionaries resting after getting it in



One of the guys making sure it worked ok



The kids (and I!) thought it was so cool to wake up in the morning and have a piano!




So the piano front is off because Ryan had to get a peg so the top would stay on. Also there were A LOT of keys that were sticking.
A few days later Ryan decided to take the piano apart and see if he could fix it. He pulls it apart and under the keys is REALLY messy, so he starts cleaning it out. I was disgusted, so I left the room. After a lot of cleaning Ryan comes and says hey hun look what I found in the piano and shoves something in my face. So I'm thinking some one leaned over and dropped something in the piano and guess a shark tooth? maybe?
Ryan says No, a mouse SKULL!! yes you read that right a mouse skull! EWWWWW, GROSSS! I made him get it away from me pretty quick! It makes me shutter just to think about it. Apparently under the keys was a whole mouse nest! I'm so glad they weren't still living there! But I didn't appreciate the mouse skull either. Euugh, gross.
Ryan got it all cleaned out and put it back together and guess what it works much better now! (it's still out of tune and has a few keys that stick but all in all MUCH better!)
We love our piano!

Here's a cute video of Logan and Kaitlyn playing on it.

http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=46ad45170a4f08f9&type=video%2Fmp4