Piano Lessons

Warning: This post is a result of me waking up at 6:15 on a Saturday morning. The rest of the world will join me in a few hours.

Recently, I saw this post on Facebook. "I really want to learn how to play the piano, who will teach me?" Without thinking, I immediately replied with one word-- ME. I instantly regretted it. I have taught piano lessons before, but never to an adult. Also, I am only here temporarily. Luckily, the girl only just "liked" my comment and never responded to my message about teaching her. This experience caused me to stop and think about teaching piano again which is when it hit me...

Why haven't I taught my husband how to play? While in Utah for the summer we have a nice grand-piano and when we leave, the keyboard we have will suffice. I brought up the idea to him and he didn't reject it. In fact, he has taken piano lessons twice before, so we didn't have to start from scratch. Andrew agreed to let me teach him piano on one condition: he gets to teach me how to properly through a frisbee. (Not my strong suit.) 

After one short frisbee lesson, I rushed Andrew to the piano. I didn't realize how much he already knows when it comes to piano. What a relief for me. In fact, I just worked with him on a few LDS hymns. He almost has "Come Follow Me" down as well as "God Be With You." 

I didn't really know how into the piano lessons Andrew would be. In fact, I thought the only time he would touch the piano was when I told him it was his lesson once a week. I was wrong. I came home from work yesterday to hear the exciting news that he had practiced! Music to my ears.

(Notice his new glasses. I am kind of biased because I did heavily influence this purchase, but don't they look great?)

Just in case you are wondering, no, there will not be a picture of me playing frisbee posted for quite some time. I still have a lot of work to go. Andrew constantly has to remind me to keep my feet planted and to flick my wrist instead of moving my entire body. Maybe when I'm not sore after playing frisbee for once I'll know I'm making progress. Wish me luck.