There She Blows.....Again

If you remember, a couple of springs ago, Dave and I purchased the girls a trampoline for their birthdays.  We had it for about six weeks...maybe less...and then a windstorm came through and dumped it a couple of fields away in a pile of metal.  The girls were devastated.

Well, on Monday, Dave purchased the girls another trampoline off ksl.com.  He drove to Brigham and brought it home.  The girls spent Monday and Tuesday nights playing together and having a great time on the trampoline.

Then.......came the windstorm through Mendon this evening.......

We were sitting at the kitchen table.  I was helping Ashley with her reading, Dave was helping Hannah with her math and Nicole was off playing princess.  The wind really started blowing and it was coming straight from the north to the south.  I comment to Dave and ask if he has a way to tie the trampoline down.  He comments, "Maybe we could tie it to the trailer."  Ha Ha. We're funny.  Within one minute of this conversation, Dave jumps up from the table because there goes the trampoline!  Yep......there she flies in the wind!

Dave's watching out the window trying to help it fly and land in the perfect spot.  It's now out of my view but I'm hoping it will catch on the corral panels in the field and stop.  Nope.  We couldn't be that lucky.  Dave runs out the front door to see where it's landed.  I head for the back door to grab my shoes and run outside to help.  I'm outside in the rain that is coming down sideways trying to find Dave.  Unbeknown to me, he had run out the front door without shoes so he had to come back in and grab some.  We left the girls behind freaking out once again because the trampoline has gone up the road and we're off to retrieve it before any cars come.

As it tumbled through our field, it dropped all three of it's legs so it's the top circle part lying in the middle of the road.  Dave and I pick up an end and start bringing it back home.  The wind is strong enough that it's picking up the other end of the trampoline and it's like we have a parachute floating behind us.  The rain is just pelting us in the face.  Between the wind and rain it kept taking my breath away as we're trying to make our way home.

We brought it onto the driveway, I kept my feet on it so it didn't blow away again, and Dave went inside to get the van keys.  So now....the van is parked outside and the trampoline top is on the garage floor.  We're not too worse for the wear.  All four legs are in the swampy field and we only lost two springs which I am sure are in the field also.  We'll just have to wait for it to dry out a bit before traipsing out there to pick up the pieces.

Dave and I aren't too worse for the wear either but we were drenched.  Hair, sweat shirt, pants, shoes.....soaked.  We walk in the back door chuckling at the experience and how soaked we are and then I smell the burnt.........almonds!  We ran out the door so quickly and I forgot that I was toasting almond slices for our Hawaiian haystacks.  There's Hannah at the stove stirring the almonds and chatting with Grandma on the phone asking what to do.  What an awesome kid.  She kept stirring them so they didn't burn too bad.  This batch got tossed in the garbage but at least I still had some so I could start over.

For some reason, we love to keep life interesting at our house.  Never a dull moment.  At least we could laugh about it this time.  What are the odds?

Hannah's comment to my mom, "Why are we the only ones that can't keep a trampoline in our yard?"  Well, good question honey!  I think a couple of bags of cement are in order......we'll get the thing planted to the ground!