YAY!!!

Everyone, we finally got a piano!!! We are so stoked!! And, Ashley was even more excited that it somewhat matches our furniture. :)

So here's the story...We've been wanting a piano since we got married, but obviously they can be quite expensive. We started to save our pennies and keep an eye out for used pianos once we moved to Medford. Right before Christmas, Ashley got a bonus from work which made buying a piano more of a reality. So...

There is a piano store right down the street from us, so one Saturday we decided to just go get an education on pianos. After talking to the guy at the store for a while, he showed us some Spinet style pianos they had in the back. This one was beautiful and after we had him play it compared to the others, it was clear that this one was the best!! It's a Baldwin Acrosonic, which is supposedly one of the best Spinets ever made...at least we think so...:)


After some bargaining, we decided to buy it and they delivered it 4 days later. We've got a great 5 year warranty on it and if we ever decide to trade it in for something better, we get 100% trade in value....pretty dang sweet, eh? So, Dallas is brushing up on his amazing talent of playing Jon Schmidt songs, and Ashley is trying to learn them so she can be just as cool. (Rachelle, we may be giving you a call for tips). Anyway, we are so excited and all are welcome to come visit us and play it!

Here are some of the pictures we took at Christmas time with the Simmons family. Enjoy!!!

This kid likes to run around NAKED (he gets it from his dad), but didn't get to very often. We snapped a shot while we had the chance.

The whole Simmons clan. (Aidan loves to take pictures. We promise, just keep reading...)

This is Christmas Eve at Aunt Debbie's house, and Ashley thought it was a costume party (she was a pirate).

We love you Mom (We couldn't resist :0). Heath obviously received the favorite child award again... as well as his mission call to Argentina . As you can see, Mom is wearing everyone's presents and slightly emotional over Heath's. No tissues could hold back these tears, so a towel was called in for the job.

Christmas morning rocks!!! Just look how excited Brie is :) It was fun to have everyone home for the holidays.

We're lucky to have a temple in Sacramento now. These are some pictures after we attended with Heath.

Look at those studly men!

We told you Aidan liked to take pictures ;)