Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Now you see it...


... now you don't...

... now you see it...

err, kind of...

... in pieces...
at our neighbors house...
... Yep, during our vacation, it seems our trampoline also decided to take a vacation...
... helped out by the tornado that swept through minnesota while we were gone.
... we got a call from one neighbor telling us that our trampoline was no more... getting demolished in the huge storm.
... some other sweet neighbors gathered all the pieces and had them sitting on their back porch, and when we came back, we found every piece except for one spring...
can you believe it?
yea, me neither!
Some pieces had been put through the ringer, and we scouted out a welding guy who did a little magic melding and put some of the pieces back together,
... and after a lotta gathering and jerry-rigging (literally!)...
... and self proclaimed 'parents of the year' awarding...

The tramp is BACK in action!!!
much to the joy of the children.

and the parents.

5 comments:

Robin Conner said...

I had fun catching up on your blog! The pictures were all so cute! Elizabeth is a doll! The trampoline has already been through the ringer and it's not even that old! ha ha!

Walt and Eileen said...

Unbelievable. You know how to use it up, wear it out, and put back together so you don't have to go without!
Love, Grama Mission

Steph & Wade said...

I heard about the tornado! So glad that everything else survived! Miss you!

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Toni said...

Hey Jen the new house looks Great! The kids are getting so BIG I can't believe it. Joshua is 22 and Kyle is now 20 as of 3 days ago. I am glad the tornado did not do more dmage. I am on facebook if you ever get a chance to go on there I have alot of pictures of the young men in my family. Cody is still going strong. I saw that Bailey has a new home and very happy.