The Piano

After talking it over, Dan and I decided to encourage Caleb to continue playing the piano and purchased him a baby grand. It is a beautiful walnut color with a millennium 2 touch keyboard. It is a beautiful sounding piano and compliments his classical playing style. Hopefully he will continue for many years. I guess he should consider this his graduation gift? Can I keep it though when he moves out then? Probably not. Better have him make his list for graduation gifts from mom and dad. :) lol

Dawn's Cabin

As many of you know, my sister Dawn, who stayed with Ben while we lived in England, is building her first home, a log cabin. We have started helping her clear the land by chain sawing and hauling wood for her. I have to say we only did one day so far and she of course is continually going out to finish up. She is hoping to bring in the digger guy the first of May or so, and then her basement foundation will be poured. Her logs will be delivered sometime the middle to end of May. There is a lot of work involved for her and her General Contractor who is her best friends husband. The rest of us are there for support. :) She has 6 acres on a ridge that overlooks the river. It is in Hopedale. Here is to her ground breaking April 8.

Easter 2010

Easter has come and gone. We had a great time over the weekend because we had our friend, Eassa, visit us from Philly. He is our Egyptian friend that we met when we visited Egypt two years ago. We have continued our friendship via the telephone, e-mail, facebook and now, face to face. It was sooooo wonderful finally seeing him visit us in our home in America. We attended a Good Friday church service at Northwoods, had Easter dinner and an egg hunt on Saturday and attended Easter service on Sunday at Dan and I's church. He is a Coptic Christian which is christianity that has been around since Moses walked. His whole family are christians. We had a great time rejoicing the Lord's rising on that day! One of the best things he told me: "I always have said I would marry a Christian Egyptian Woman and now I know I can also marry a Christian Peoria Illinois woman"! LOL He was really impressed with how many people attended church in this area, but it was also his first time getting out of Philly into the "country" you could say. Overall, our weekend was fantastic and we look forward to many more celebrations with Eassa!