We have been hit again

Sadly, we were broken into again in the middle of the night. This time they came into our garage and stole Sara's $5000 mountain bike and her shoes that clip into the bike. So it's someone who obviously knows bikes because I would have no clue on the value of her bike and shoes. We woke up with the garage door open and only those items were taken or so we think. We might not be remembering something else because who keeps tabs on all items in your garage, I mean really. But tons of other items of value were untouched oddly. So that leaves us wondering...is this the act of the same thieves that took everything in Chris's truck who got the garage door frequency or is this a solo act by someone else? We are left wondering and worrying about our safety. We have a motion detector now in the garage that alarms the house. We also unplug the garage door so it can't be opened at night until we plug it in in the morning. We now have weapons in the room and a hammer hidden in the laundry room. We park both cars in the garage every night for precaution. All this after 2 burglaries in 2 weeks. Sad and scary.

Renters insurance n BBQ

Vanna (as in Vanna White) displaying our new "U" cooler
Sara's awesome outfit!
Carr n Case
Chris avoided the camera all night. So this is the only shot I have of him. He was mister BBQ all evening and cooked up delicious food!

Love my gay friend Dan....he gets all the ladies!Jules was so busted in feeding the dogs food. They would not leave her side.
Team #1 on scavenger hunt- including Bojangles of course!
The truth that we learned about Dustin was indeed PRICELESS!
Love Casey's outfit... our theme was tight and bright! He always has the best outfits!
Notice our fun patio lights on our deck..that are blurry but are so festive. We put those up right before the party. Oh yea, and Dan's one drink limit...haha.
Team #2 were the winners!
Sara's family n beau

So just a quick recap... our lives have been incredibly busy lately. It's been mostly busy with work so I won't bore you with those details. We did manage to get $2300 from renters insurance. Unreal. Chris has renters insurance for the sole reason that it makes his car insurance cheaper. Due to his car break in, he made a claim and they promptly sent a check to replace the stolen items! Wow- renters insurance is amazing! And it isn't like homeowners insurance where you have to worry about your rates going up or them dropping you if you make a claim because if they drop you, who really cares...it is just renters insurance. You do have to send some receipts of items you replaced so it isn't money you can blow on whatever. Still...incredible!

Anyway, we had a wonderful Labor Day BBQ with friends. Here are some photos. We did a scavenger hunt and a fun truth game where you say 3 truths and 1 lie about yourself. People have to guess the lie and it was a lot harder than you can imagine. Well to give you an idea. My truths were...1) I can drink shots of vinegar and Worcestershire sauce (which I can do but I don't do very often) 2) I secretly hate talking about collar bones and someone touching a collarbone or my collarbone 3) I once had a roommate who brushed my dogs ass with MY toothbrush and played it off as using her toothbrush. So you can see... the truths were sometimes unknown even to your closest of friends. The lie that I added in the mix was that I once got amnesia from doing a gymnastic move. Chris shared that he once was paralyzed for a month and almost died (giambre), he won $5000 from Pepsi two separate times in one year and that he got in a fight in Europe with 15 English dudes or something. Anyway, we had the best time. It was the biggest party BBQ we have ever had. Our pictures are from early in the day an most people showed up at night.