Thanksgiving 2012

Mom made adorable placecard holders.

The beautiful table.

Avery did a spectacular job of carving the turkey.

All of Us!

Avery and Kelsey

The four of us!

Some quality ping pong time!

Time for dessert!

Mug Shots

Some of our favorite mugs from our 'vintage' mug collection.

Aeries Was All Smiles This Weekend

Aeries Made Something VERY Special for Us

Aeries' Kindergarten 2012 Photo

Aeries and Auntie Kelsey Have a Staredown

A Piano Lands In Our Lap

Recently I've been wishing we owned a piano. Not an electronic keyboard.... a real piano. There was always a piano in our house growing up and I've often thought it would be really nice to have one around.
A couple of weeks ago I was dropping of some things at the mailroom at work and I noticed a piano sitting near the loading dock. I asked somebody where it was headed and they told me it was headed for storage. The piano has been here in the building - most recently in an executive's office - for 20 years. In fact after I thought about it I realized that I've played my cello along with this piano a time or two over the years for holiday events!
I asked if it was for sale, they said it was and so we made a very reasonable offer. We also said we'd haul it away and I think that might have sealed the deal.
So we own a piano! And it's an Ivers and Pond!.