My original plan for today’s post was going to detail our incredibly relaxed afternoon at home. My brother and his family moved today, so Brady was off around 9:00am, and the kids and I hung around home. I put out a FB shoutout for anyone to drop by and grab a cupcake, but then a friend who needed a bit of a safe place dropped by for the afternoon, which was even better. We visited and enjoyed cupcakes and lattes until Brady got home. It was pretty nice, chill afternoon.

And then we noticed the truck beside our house, loading up his SECOND TRUCKLOAD of materials from the job site next door! We know it was the second, because we had seen a truck stacking up some of the busted up, nailed on scraps earlier that afternoon. I wish we had thought better then, but it seemed unimportant, and maybe like someone was tidying up the site. So we left it. But this time, he was loading up fresh, untouched lengths of 2×4. We put two and two together too late, unfortunately. Not wanting to overreact, I called the site supervisor who had left me his cell number earlier on, and asked him if he was expecting anyone to come for materials. He said he definitely was not, and asked me to call the police, which I did immediately upon hanging up with him.

The officer asked for a vehicle description (we didn’t see the person/people, unfortunately) and we told him the direction they headed. After a while, the police chief showed up at our door and asked a handful of questions. We told him we’d keep our windows open and call if we heard anything else. I know job site theft isn’t uncommon, but this guy came TWICE today! My biggest prayer is that the thief/thieves didn’t see the cop cars looking for them, and comes back for round three. And I PRAY that we hear them! Because how great would that be?! We are fortunate enough that Brady has never lost any tools on a job site, but we know lots of people who have, and the more people are caught stealing, the better!

My day was good, all around, and I feel strangely excited by the way the evening is turning out!