When RaeAnne, ZoraLin and I were in China last August getting Tessa, there was a strong wind storm come through our area. Dad woke up on day and found out trampoline leaning up against our house and a few of the rings bend. We tried to put it back up with the broken parts, but there is nothing more frustrating than getting it all put together, springs on and then have it fold up on you! Thus bending the already bent poles some more. Winter was coming and along bringing more wind to our area. We admitted defeat and left the trampoline put away for the rest of the winter.
Daddy had promised his girls that he would have the trampoline up before school got out. Well, May 13th was their last day and no trampoline! So maybe it will stay up longer this time. The first official day of summer we are back in bouncing business! And this time we did put up the safety net. I thought it might add some weight to the trampoline and make it harder for the wind to blow around. Prayers please that we do not get some gusts before I can find sacks of sand to put on the legs in an attempt to keep it stable.
The girls had a wonderful time while Daddy and his two good friends worked on the trampoline. Gary brought Zia Joy over and to keep the girls busy we played "Dump". That is where I take the toy buckets and "dump" them in the middle of the room. They then try to sort out the toys in different bins and while they are at it, they sort out all the trash and broken toys. All the girls found toys that they hadn't seen in sometime and Zia Joy just found all kinds of wonderful toys to play with.
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Yikes...we lost our trampoline in similar fashion a couple of years ago. It actually flew up against a 6-foot fence, crumpled up, then went into the neighbors backyard and got further damaged in some bushes. I was not salvageable, but we got a new one for Preston's birthday last year.
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