Road block

Tonight the kids and I had a lesson in being flexible. We left our house to head to Awanas to find a sea of lights and police cars. At the bottom of the street we saw what must be the pride of the Vacaville PD - a brand new shiny SWAT vehicle. We had received a reverse 911 call and had several texts telling us about the situation just up the street but really didn't get the extent of the situation. Sadly a man up the street held himself up in his house and was not stable. When we left for Awanas I never really thought it would escalate to the point it did. We headed home to full road block. No one was now allowed in or out and people were now told to stay indoors. The kids did so great and went with the flow. We ended up having a last minute sleep over at Nonie and Papa's house. Nonie and Papa were so great letting us crash there. We didn't have anything with us, but we got them settled and in bed they were excited.  The police department did a great job of keeping the neighborhood informed. Chris enjoyed a quiet night locked in the house with Jet. I decided to try and stay up and see how the stand off would end. I could hear a loud pop and held my breath wondering who it came from. About 45 minutes there was another pop and a huge flash. My friend who lives down the street  told me they received a message that he was detained but the street would be closed for awhile still. At 12:45 I was able to go to sleep thankful that no officers were harmed and thankful that the neighbor didn't get his wish of S.B.C. What a long day and night for so many. So thankful my kids handled it so well. In the morning they were very excited to go home and see  jet and  head to school. Of course the first thing they said at school is ... We couldn't sleep at our house because a bad guy wasn't safe with a gun. Yikes- I quickly clarified that with their teacher.