Piano movers extraordinaire...

We are getting ready to move.  We knew the day would be coming, but here it is!  Dave's brother John bought a house in American Fork but isn't ready to move up here yet so asked us to rent it until he is ready.  The rent is cheaper and the Ruses will soon be home from their mission and we would need to move anyway.  So done deal!  In another year or so Amanda will be graduated and hopefully working, then we will all know where we want to buy a house and move.  Hopefully for the LAST TIME.  The dreaded part of our move is always the piano.  Dave wants to sell it every time we move!  I don't blame him. But it's my piano and I love it.  We called our home teacher and asked if he could round up a few people to come and help tip the piano over so Dave can fix the bottom.  It is broken and drops out and drags when we try to move it.  He wanted to fix it once and for all.  So these sweet guys came over on Thursday evening and tipped it down for us.  It only took a couple of minutes and only a couple of fingers got mashed.  (barely).  We thanked them profusley and Dave was able to get it fixed right up!  THEN, Saturday morning the same guys and a couple more came to help us move it.  Oh my goodness...we can never repay them for what they did!  Hal Anderson brought his horse trailer (what a nice trailer by the way!) and the men heaved it down the front steps and rolled it into the trailer.  Strapped it in and then followed us over to our new house to unload it.  That's where it got REALLY tricky!  They carried it up the little grass hill to the front door.  Now, up the stairs.  The grimacing faces were enough to make me want to cry.  They were heaving with all their might, one step at a time.  I was just waiting for someone to get smashed against the wall or put a back out or something.  How do you thank someone for doing such extreme labor?  We are so grateful for all their help and I am sure they are glad to see us and our piano go!  Thank you, thank you thank you!  Paul Larsen (our home teacher), Hal Anderson, Jack Reese, Jesse Fowlkes, Brad Halverson, Greg Stewart (he came just in time to help load it!) and of course my own sweet Dave who has survived another move of that monster piano.  The rest of the move should be a piece of cake compared to this!  It looks real pretty in it's corner of the new house (which we are renting from Dave's brother John).  Dave says we will offer to leave it with John and April when we move again in a year or so!