HPD Saves the Day!!

Well, we had an exciting weekend! Friday night the boys, Jenna and Casey Larson and I went to a playoff game of Jared's in Clearlake at the Dad's club. While we were there someone burglarized some of the vehicles stealing purses and personal items. Noone heard alarms going off CRAZY!! I walked over to my van with all 4 kids in tow and thought, "did I leave my window down?" Then reality set in, someone broke into the van! They stole my purse, which I never leave in the car! As I was hiding my purse I was thinking, "is this really a good idea?" They stole my work briefcase with all my personal stuff, bills, kids shot records, insurance info, etc. Glass was everywhere! I have never felt so violated and empty! The interesting thing is that they didn't take any of the electronics, or kids PSP's from the car? They must have been amatuers or just looking for cash!

Well, we got things cleaned up as best as possible got the police report, buckled the kids in the car and headed home! I called Laurice and Kurt and they came over to help me clean out the left side of the garage so I could park the van in there until I could get the window fixed. Well, this worked out well for both of us! My garage is clean and I finally found a home for the big oversized blue recliner that has been sitting in the garage for almost 2 months!

Saturday morning I started calling around to find a place to get my window replaced. I could not believe how much these companies wanted! Anywhere from $200-400. INSANE! I did find a great place in the area off off Highway 3 that only charged me $156.00 to do the work! During all of this I had Jacob, the Blake twins, Sylvia Maddocks and Savanah (the Blakes neice) with me. What an adventure for all of us (especially the Zac, the owner of Clear Lake Auto Glass!) Mission accomplished! Thanks to Ashley for letting me use her credit card to pay for my window, my cc and check book were stolen so, I had no other way to pay for it!

So, after a somewhat long weekend and the realization that I would have to get a new drivers license, buy a new purse, and get everything replaced; I was starting to be OK with it and had learned my lesson! I was driving home from Choir practice after church and received a call from a strange number, answered it anyway.... It was a police officer with HPD telling me they had recovered my stolen purses!! Can you believe that? We met and sure enough, everything was there! I was in complete shock and so very thankful for the blessing I received from my Heavenly Father!

Lessons learned.... Never leave anything in your car (especially your purse)!!