As I said, we got a new car. I am still getting used to our new car and it's bells and whistles. Today we (Kaitlyn and I ) were headed out to return our library books. I opened the car door, threw my purse in and the bag of books and put the keys in the ignition. Kaitlyn quickly said "mom you said we could go and look at the flowers before we left" she was right. So I shut my door and we headed to the front yard to look at our spring flowers. We walked around for a few minutes and enjoyed our new spring flowers (not really in bloom yet) and then headed back to the car only to find it locked. My only set of keys, in the ignition. I quickly checked all the doors which were all locked too. I stood there confused for a minute (maybe said a few bad words) and wondered, How did this happen? How do your keys get locked in your car in your garage? Isn't there safety features that should prevent this? Kaitlyn was starting to get upset and said. "Don't call dad, he is gonna be so mad at you!" I walked over to my neighbors house, I don't know why, maybe wondering what I should do. She was baffled too, but said call the American Fork Police I think they will come and open your car for free for you. I know the police and I doubted this was true. So I went home sat on the couch for awhile, ate a bowl of nachos, went back out to check the car and yep, it was still locked. So I called the American Fork Police department. The dispatcher was real nice and said she would send someone out to help me. She couldn't tell me how long it would be until they would be here. But hey I had all day to wait, beats calling a locksmith and opening up the wallet. And what do ya know about 25 minutes later a nice police lady rolled up. I signed the waiver (they were not responsible if the broke my car) and about 15 minutes later my car was open. I told her thanks and she left. What I learned was, maybe I don't know the police, hey maybe American Fork doesn't have alot for our police officers to do. But, I was just happy to get my car unlocked for free!!
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Don't you remember when I locked my kids and the keys in the car at the provo mall and we had to wait for a policeman to come unlock the doors....needless to say not the only time I have done it.. When we got our new car just in October I locked the keys in the car...only set as well. I unfortuanately had to call a locksmith. I feel your pain. Todd wonders how I make it through the day sometimes. :)
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