Goodbye Piano

I tried to take off all the white and green paint and make you beautiful again.

But now, I'm just glad someone else took you home. To Cheong: Enjoy!

10,000

A gchat convo with 2 of my brothers earlier today:

Kent: Pittsburgh is Zion

995 days in Durham

ericfreeze: I would miss the Pitt

me: me too

Kent: 961 days in Utah

me: wow Kent

so specific

ericfreeze: these things are important

Kent: then 658 days in Melbourne

9:13 PM The 197 days in Ottawa

ericfreeze: how many at BYU

Kent: Then 102 in DC

me: how many days old are you?

China?

Kent: Then 55 in Alberta

152 days in China

9:14 PM ericfreeze: hmmm

Kent: but I have it broken up by province

I am exactly 10000 days old

that's kind of creepy

exactly

9:15 PM Kent: holy snap

me: and you didn't know that?

Kent: I just calculated it

me: this is really weird

Kent: go on excel

ericfreeze: that is weird

Kent: type dates in the format 4/15/1982

you can subtract dates

me: I'm freaking out

Kent: and it will tell how many days have gone bye

ericfreeze: hmmm

me: this must be a sign of something to come

ericfreeze: the end is near...

9:16 PM Kent: wow

ericfreeze: that would mean you don't have to finish your prospectus

Kent: such significance

ericfreeze: type in how old I am

may 18 1974

Kent: 12889

ericfreeze: hm

boring

9:17 PM me: you should have a birthday cake or something

this is huge...10000

Kent: I can't believe I am exactly 10,000 days old

ericfreeze: that is quite the milestone

Kent: this is like a Christmas miracle

Happy 10,000 day to you Kent!

Just One of the Reasons

I'm going to miss Pittsburgh when we move in 3 weeks.

The Natural History and Art Museum is killer. My personal favorite is the stuffed camel scene. I'll try and get a shot of that next time we go.

Totally unrelated, but...guess who can now jump getting both feet off the ground simultaneously???

Here's a hint...he's camera shy.

Klavons Trip

We finally made it to Klavons a few weeks ago. What's better than a chocolate sprinkle covered ice cream cone? A chocolate sprinkle covered ice cream cone with a sparkle stabbed inside.

I think the ladies were more excited about the sparkle.

Bran and I had Sundaes that blew us out of this world. Obviously.

For my Ellingson relatives....see the WIDE assortment of metal cups??? There was even a metal pitcher. Looks like the coveted float cups from my youth were actual float cups. I almost asked to buy them.

Reader beware: The Klavons site will play music. Just now when I found the link to add here, Bryn screams out...THE ICE CREAM PLACE! So...beware.

Lesson Learned

Before....

Lesson 1: A popsicle will not distract your 1 year old son from getting his hair cut.
Lesson 2: Popsicles attract hair. Seriously...avoid popsicles when cutting hair. It's just not a good idea. Next time, I'll use TV.

After. The girls styled his hair.

Fishing Cup

A couple weeks ago we went to a fishing cup thing in town.

We didn't take many pictures, but I felt like we were somehow transported down to the south.

It was great and the first time when it seemed like I (and my family) were the only ones that weren't from the south.

This guy won $50K for winning his fishing contest.This guy with the red sleeves won $1000000 for winning the Fantasy Fishing League. Crazy...there were even fireworks inside Mellon Arena...it was beyond crazy. Who knew fishing could be so much fun?

Cousins Rule

It's not every day you get your hair done like this. Only when Cousin Brianne is in town.

Wade and Declan are finding the joys of lego.

Wade couldn't really get the pieces to stay on so he just shoved them into the hole.

It's so much fun.