Once Upon A Time...

...many HAPPY HOURS were spent jumping, and flipping, and building forts...

But then one day after church, the winds began to blow.

The dad said, "Hey boys, go outside and see if you can run against the wind!"

Boys: "Yeah! That will be AWESOME!"

But just as they were stepping off the deck, the wind gave a ferocious blow!!!! That is when they saw our very cherished trampoline blow right over the fence into our neighbors yard!

"AWESOME" was no longer...
I don't think they intended to have TWO tramps! Notice the splattered mud?
Now our beloved trampoline looks like this:
Crumpled, broken and will be thrown away. So very sad!

The boys are HEART BROKEN. :( Many tears were and still are shed.

Now onto the second part of this heart wrenching tale... Remember this beautiful tree? Our most cherished Navajo Globe Willow.

(This pic was taken at the beginning of the summer. The tree has grown so much since then.)

Well, as Dan was trying to get our tramp back to the right side of the fence, and I was trying to herd the boys back into the house so as to not be hit in the head by the board used to kick soccer balls against (pictured above) as it went flying through the air, we heard a LOUD SNAP!!
And realized...
Need a closer look?
Closer?
That was it. What was done was done.

All in one gust of a moment... there was nothing we could do to save her.

Dan and I's hearts were broken. Tears were shed.

So now, our tree is half what she once was.

But as the sun shone brightly the next morning, our boys reminded us, that the tree will grow and they will save ALL their money to buy a new trampoline.

Not all hope is lost.