Ransom's Piano…

See this beautiful couple… they are people that I love and adore and miss a lot… 

they are people that I wish i would have spent more time with, 

and listened to there stories, 

and learned from them. 

Sadly I didn't do much of what I wished…. but

that is why I am glad I am sealed to them for 

Time and All Eternity. 

You see they are my grandparents… 

Grandma Flora Benson Ransom

and 

Grandpa Lorin G. Ransom

They got married in the Salt Lake Temple and had some kids… 

Gene

LeeAnn

Clair

George

Gordon

and Gary 

My dad is George… my wonderful marvelous father whom I look up to and have always admired. He has leaded, guided and supported me through out my life… I am so glad I will have time to do the stuff I haven't done with him yet… but one of my favorite things is 

that every couple of years him and his siblings get together and have family reunions and they sit around the campfire and talk about the past… they will never realize how wonderful those memories are and have always been, so that i can get to know my grandparents a little bit better. 

My Grandpa lived until I was 17, I got to spend a lot of time with him, 

he was so sweet, would always kiss me, and hug me and always had time to talk to me… 

I thought he would live forever.. but… 

He went to go live with my grandma 

Grandma passed when I was 4. I didn't know her. I remember very little but what I do know is her voice. One time my parents pulled out a very old cassette tape with her talking on it and knew that was her with out even being told… it's funny how that is something I had… 

I remember when she passed away and how all the older girl cousins got a present from her, and they all still have them, but I didn't and so I would go into my sisters rooms and look at the stuff they got. They each got perfume bottles and my one sister got jewelry… I would go in there room when they were gone and smell the perfume but never put it on, because it was grandmas…. 

I got in trouble for doing this of course because well it was there stuff but I don't think they realized it at the time how much I was so jealous… and am still of how they knew her. 

It's amazing but as you grow older you learn more and more… 

what I know about grandma is that she worked hard, and had cancer. 

When I was 21 I was at school at BYU Idaho and I got sick… 

my parents decided I needed to come home and after a couple days we found out I had 

hypothyroidism. They asked if anyone in our family had and, and after much thought and discussion with the family… we are pretty sure grandma had that as well. It wasn't known then but if she didn't have it I got the gene because she had breast cancer and they are related… how, I don't know it's just what the books and doctors say. 

Grandma also had other things that I have… things that I care less to talk about seeing is how they are embarrassing but I am so proud to have her as my grandma and to know what I do know about her. 

 So your probably wondering what that has to do with this piano… 

well it was in there home all my dad's life. 

And I have loved it… since I learned that. My parents have had it for many years since my grandparents no longer had room for it in there home… 

My mom promised me  years ago that it would someday be mine… 

I dreamed about that I dreamed of the day it would be in my home. 

Well.. as Meg Ryan says in "you've Got Mail" 

"… People say change is a good thing, but truthfully I am heart broken…"

I have been crying about this piano for the last week… 

Someday I will stop crying but it wasn't just a piano to me it was, a part of my grandparents

it was there legacy… it was the thing I was finally old enough to have … 

I took good care of it I cleaned it and dusted it.. and than it did as piano's do after 80-90 years stop sounding good. The piano tuner came to visit on Monday… 

Actually i will go back. After we got home for Christmas I was sitting down to play with some new books I borrowed from my mom… one of my favorite things to do, ransack her books ask her if I can borrow them and than go home to my piano the one I like the sound best and play… 

So as i sat down to play all the bottom hand notes.. were wrong… very clunky and messed up… 

I tried and tried but it just sounded awful. 

So I bugged Dave he said when we get the tax return we can get it tuned. So I called around got an estimate and waited. Finally Monday the guy came out. He started tuning away and after a bit he tells me that the pins are loose and that he can't do much… it's never gonna be fixable… it's too old. 

Well I being not ready to give up tell him to continue and so he does.. than after a bit he tells me he can't take my money and I thank him and he leaves. I ask him what you do with pianos like this and he says… put them on craigslist for Free… you'd be surprised. i paid him half of the original estimate so $75, than he gave me a gift certificate to there store for $75 towards a piano.

 I posted it on Craigslist after much research and guidance from my mom…  did, and with in the week someone wanted it… they picked it up this morning, in hopes they can get it to sound better. The husband … I swear Bob Marley's twin, used to work for the same place that tuned my piano… good luck… I was sad but also happy that it was going to a good home with musical people.

 [once upon a time it had a key… and it could be locked… cool]

 [my cute little stool… hasn't worked well in ages but it had character and I loved it]

 [the writing on the piano is the people who tuned it when… the last time was tuned was in the 90's, and before that was when my grandparents bought it in the 50's before my dad was born in Preston, Idaho, than the dates continue… ]

 [the barren place where the piano used to be]

 [the Greg Olsen Painting I searched high and low for that is not in print anymore, and I finally found a copy and my mom bought it for me one year for Christmas … the piano is like mine]

 [my re-organized dinning area…. all the projects I want to do are going to be coming on full boar to get my mind off this sad time]

[with my cousins celebrating my grandpa's 80th birthday… I think. i am the cute one in the front with the red sweater and bebop's,  standing next to my cousin Loraine. My sister Suzie is in the purple pants, my brother Andy standing in the back behind my girl cousins next to my grandpa. My mom had to stay home to work and so my sister Cindy stayed home to watch my sister Torrie, who was as old as the little girl in the front, cousin Megan]

My plans now… to search for my own piano, my choice of piano, one that I can have in my home for some time… since they don't last for ever obviously. I am in the market for something $200 or under, I guess, since that's what I can afford, that has been loved that can continue to be loved in our family… I have my eye on a Kimball Consulate we shall see what I find… I am going for a Spinet this time around… smaller not as hard to move or heavy… but hey good news is I am not in a rush… these things take time… 

I'm 34 and it's almost like a mid life crisis…. out with the old in with the new… 

but I am still heartbroken…. nothing to me will ever sound as good. 

(sorry if this post was sad or depressing but since I can post what I want I did and I feel better now)

THE REST!!!

So Saturday June 18 was Sami's real 4th Birthday and so we started the morning... by (besides me getting up at 5 with Daphne... another story) with her opening her presents that she had patiently awaiting for the last week or so.

Daphne decided to help... it's been a hard week on her, not getting presents!

I ordered from on line and so they came in from Amazon and...

She got a Plush Little Mermaid Ariel doll, and a plush Sebastian! She loves them, they were a good pick.

So Saturday I got the urge to get all ready for Father's Day, and so I followed my instinct in making the cake early... So I made the cake and it served me well because Sunday's are such a lazy day, and we had a huge home issue Saturday that I choose not to tell you about... all I can say is YUCK!!!

While we were resting Dave put in one of his favorite nerdy movies, the "Dark Crystal"

Than we cut the cake and had at it... but I am sad, it was so good I didn't want to cut it!

Check out my other blog. www.simplysara.blogspot.com for the recipe!

Have a good Father's Day! I know Dave did, and we talked to our dad's! I will see mine this week and so there wasn't much to say, and Dave's dad is doing well, and his family. It's good to catch up with family on Sunday's it just make the week go that much smoother!

Father's Day

"I'm so glad when Daddy comes home, glad as I can be, clap my hands and shout for joy and climb up on his knee, put my arms around his neck, hug him tight like this, pat his cheeks and give him what? A great big Kiss! Smooch"

There are 3 father's in my life that are vital to my life and it's goings on. first one (in no order) my dad. George B. Ransom. He has always been such a great dad to me. I could write and write about him, but what I remember about him is that he was a great dad and as I was growing up he gave great advice, and honored his priest hood. I knew that when I married I would marry in the temple and my husband would honor his priesthood, and that my dad would like him. I did a great job. When David asked my dad for my hand, he gave it willingly... almost as to kick me out the door, (come on I was 25) but my dad did make sure that Dave would treat me well. I remember the day I got mouth surgery and my dad was there to hold my feet, and I remember the day I got baptized, I remember so many great memories. Many trips, and many hand slaps to the back seat (siblings will know what I mean), he is a great dad and he is a great grandpa. I love you dad... (but don't get any skinner)

The second dad is my father-n-law VerDon Jeffrey Mason. He goes by Jeff. He lives in Boardman, Oregon, and he works for a farm... the name of it I can't recall at the moment. I met Jeff the day before Dave and me got married and he was in the sealing room with us. He is a great grandpa and we see him as often as his time will allow, being a farmer it's hard for him. He has been a great dad for David, they have grown a lot closer since we have been married than when they were growing up. They have many a conversation about life and our family and Dave leans on his dad for love and support and Jeff gives it abundantly. Love you Jeff, thanks for being apart of our lives!

The last and most important father in my life is actually not my father but the father of my children, my husband. I got him that Star Wars shirt he is wearing, and I am biased but I think he looks ever so handsome in brown. I remember the day I met Dave, and I remember the day we kissed, and I remember the day he proposed, and the day we were sealed. I remember how happy he was when both of our girls were born, and I remember so much about him. We will soon have been married for 4 years and have only just known each other for 4 years and so it's been a fast and busy 4 years. He works hard at work, and works even harder at school pulling in mostly A's with a few B's. He is the webelos leader in our ward, and even though he has no webelos right now, he still does all that is expected of him. He is my best friend, my other half and we compliment each other perfectly. I complain that it took us 25 years to met but in all honesty it was well worth the wait. I love him more and more every day even as our waist lines expand. He is an amazing dad and the girls love him to pieces. He is always there willing to help me and take care of them in whatever fashion he knows how. I couldn't ask for a better partner in raising our eternal family! I love you! And your girls love you too! For Father's day he got a new short sleeved church shirt, church pants and a Star Wars shirt. Nothing too great because he just got a huge present with some inheritance money about a month ago. He is not one to shop for clothes so when he needs something new it is my choice and my time that is spent. He is pretty easy going to say the least. Give him, pizza, ice cream, pop, a game console, or a pencil and paper and he is set for life. But of course he wouldn't be happy for too long with out his girls! As the weekend came to a close I had the chance to snap a couple more pictures... here is Mrs. D... being cute trying once again to get the camera!

Sami not wanting to stand still enough for me to get a decent picture! I don't know what's up with her eyes... kind of a half blink. On Father's Day Daphne was sick and so me and her stayed home and Sami and Daddy went to just the last 2 hours so Daddy could teach his class. Sami loves Nursery and so she didn't mind going. Grandma R got her this new dress... it's the perfect size for her frame. And she is sporting the necklace that the Ransom cousins gave her. Speaking of Ransom cousins, NaDell shot these pictures and I stole them because they are cuter than most of the ones I got of Sami! This was while we were singing to her... she knew we were singing and freaked out thinking there was a lit candle somewhere! Here's that cute apron I was telling you about. NaDell is quite the apron maker... it is a hit!

Hope everyone had a good Father's Day weekend, we are still trying to recover. We all have colds and tender throats... Dave missed the bar... we are hoping it passes soon because colds during the summer are no fun at all! They just don't make sense to me... I think we just got worn down, I know I did! I just am taking this time before the 4th for some R & R.