Ooh-la-la

I think the title says it all!!

Lost But Then Found

What a day!!!!!!  Opened up the house and right away heard a continually high pitched meow.  Running outside we found the screen to one of the front windows popped off and Sylvester under the porch shaking.  Took a bit to get the poor guy back from under the porch and back into the house.

Eli walked around and around and around looking and calling for Elroy.  Nothing.  Looked under porches, over bushes and talked to neighbors.  Nothing.  Eli's neighbor friend suggested they make a poster so they spent a couple hours putting one together then went to local neighborhoods posting their posters on mailboxes and lamp posts.  Nothing.

Finally succumbed to the fact that Elroy might be gone forever and being emotionally spent Eli decided to do something else.  Dinner came and went and we decided maybe it was time to look around one more time........the same neighbor friend decided to help out when his father suggested a locked gated spot on the one side of their house.  Found!!!!  Hidden between bikes.  Tears streaming down his face Eli brought our escapee home!!!!!

We're back to two cats!

Never A Dull Moment

It seems Stanley Park always leaves us with lasting memories.....today's visit was no exception!  An afternoon spent walking the seawall (approximately 11 km's) and nearing the end of our walk we suddenly have a cop car screech to a hault in front of us as the lone officer tackles a fellow to the ground.  Lots of yelling and struggle of enforcement had us stepping back from the situation as it clearly looked like the officer was not going to be able to handcuff the fellow on his own.  Many sirens blaring in the distance getting closer as a large in stature man jumped out of the vehicle to see if he could help.  All we heard from the officer was, "back up is coming but if they don't get here soon I may need you to assist".  I'm pretty sure it was seconds later and this gentle was in position helping.  Looking around people were either gawking, taking pictures or videoing which included jumping out of their vehicles to get a closer look (we just wanted to continue on our walk but couldn't proceed).  Suddenly, dirt was flying everywhere behind us as a ghost car jumped over the curb racing across the cross to get to our location.  Two more cops to help out and suddenly 3 more cop cars were surrounding us mor cops out and running.  What a production!  We were under a bridge so the sirens echo was ear piercing.  Finally traffic redirected, the cops seeming to have the man handcuffed and foot cuffed (is that what it's called?) we felt it safe to manoeuvre our family to the other side of the street and keep walking.  For a 14 year old that was the highlight of our walk.  Of course it couldn't be the other 10 km's of enjoying the beauty around us or the quality family time!

And It's Football Time!

Eli had an opportunity to go to his first football game with his scout group.  Clearly, he had fun!!