Love thy neighbors..

So a lot happened over the weekend. We have some super awesome neighbors (note sarcasm) that live directly next door. They are a couple in there 70's and are foster parents. They adopted one of there foster children, Michael, who is now 19. Michael is a disrespectful twerp. We have been having problems with Michael since last summer when his parties in the garage and alleyway got out of control. We found drug paraphernalia, drug baggies, graffiti in the alley, fights, kids parking in OUR driveway - blocking the garage. It has been a real treat, let me tell you.

We have tried EVERYTHING. At first we tried talking to Michael and his friends, asking them to respect the neighborhood and our things. Then we tried talking to the parents. They stated that they didn't have any control of Michael and to call the police. Super helpful I tell you (note sarcasm again). There are about 5 of us neighbors that have formed a "neighborhood watch" of sorts and we call the police often.

It all escalated on Friday night. Dan and I were out for a walk/run with Evi and when we got home, Michael and 3 of his friends were out back with the cops. They cops came up to our door and told us they found narcotics and Michael took the blame. He was going to jail. The 3 other kids are banned from the property.

We felt victory. They finally got busted.

Then on Saturday morning we woke up to this...



Yep. They slashed my tires. Awesome. We are livid. But, there is nothing that we can do. Unless you witness the act, the police can't do anything. It sucks and cost us $400. We filed a report and have the support of the police. But it is still very frustrating.

We have decided to take the stance that we are not going to let them scare us off. We live in a great neighborhood with lots of young families and we are not going to let this punk beat us down.

Hopefully, now that the kids are banned from the property, the disturbances will subside.

I keep you all updated.