Knock at the back door: by Cody

For some crazy reason, Chad, Dyke, Wade, and I were all going to sleep in the boys’ basement bedroom that had an outside entrance. Chad was telling us a hunting story, as was often the case. Suddenly we heard a knock at the backdoor. Chad went near the door and asked, “Who is it?” When there was no reply, Chad asked a second time, “Who is it?” When no one responded the second time, we all got very nervous and decided to arm ourselves. I remember that Chad gave both me and Wade a pocket knife. Dyke grabbed his carp spear (a broom handle with a small metal three pronged pitchfork on top) and I believe that Chad grabbed a bow and arrow (not sure). In an effort to sneak up on the robber, we decided to go through Trina’s and Heather’s bedroom and then out the washroom door. Scared and armed, we made our way down the hall and into Trina’s and Heather’s room. Suddenly, Trina came walking out of the washroom. When Trina saw us, she started to laugh and then quickly ran up the stairs. We didn’t know what was so funny. Then it dawned on us that there was no robber, and Trina had gotten the best of us.

Many years later, after Trina was married, Dyke decided to get Trina back for her spoof. While Brian was out of town on a hunting trip, Dyke paid a late night visit to Trina’s little home in Orem, Utah. Dyke climbed up on the roof and started jumping up and down above Trina’s bedroom. Fearless, Trina got up and ran out into the front yard yelling something like, “Get off my roof! I have a gun, and I am going to shoot you.” To this, Dyke poked his head over the edge of the roof laughing. Trina didn’t think it was very funny.