Brother-in-law, bad guys, and knives

It was Julie in the bedroom with the knife...haha I love the game of clue, but the other night we had a scare that turned into us all cracking up about it the next day. So... Jim was outta town and Julie was staying the night by herself. All of a sudden she hears someone come in her house, flick on and off the light, then go for the basement. Another light quickly flicks on and off, then complete darkness. She hurries to grab her phone and her knife...just in case. After waiting for awhile and hearing someone rummaging downstairs she texts me and alyssa to make sure we arent over there for some reason and asks me if Butch could come over.
Now, Im asleep and dont wake up to my text alert, but a few minutes later I get 3 calls in a row from alyssa. I was confused but groggily answered the phone. This is how the conversation went "Is Butch home?" ... "yes"..."tell him to go over to the parents right now. my mom thinks theres someone in her house" (im starting to wake up at this point and it take me a minute to realize what she just said) "ok ok, ill tell him gotta go" ..... "wait...I called the police for her, so they will be on their way over there too." ..... "oh geeze, ok"
I then preceed to wake up James and tell him in 2 sentences whats happening. He looks at me confused, then jumps outta bed and starts looking around our basement. Im like babe what are you doing?...he responds..."you said Julie drove by and saw someone coming in to our house." HAHA (oh how being woken up in the middle of the night can fog up your brain lol) After he understands whats really going on he races over there to see whats up at his parents.
All this time Julie is sitting there in the dark, knife in hand hidden under her piilow, listening to some person rummage in her basement. Pretty soon she get a call from the police...
"Ma'am we have your house surrounded, where are you?"
"Im in my bedroom in the back of the house"
"stay there...hold on one second"
Julie then hears a police officer jump in the window well and shout "hey you what are you doing down there? Come over to the window right now" she hears some muffled talking then the officer gets back on the phone. (She starts freaking out because shes in the house with whoever is in her basement!)
"Umm ma'am, do you know someone by the name of Joseph Logan?"
"yes thats my son!"
"He's the one here in the basement. Are we safe to have him come upstairs?"
"yes of course!"
HAHAHAHAHA
Joey had ended up staying the night in Stansbury and came in through the garage and didnt want to wake Julie, so he hurried downstairs to go to sleep. When he saw flashlights in the window he thought that there was someone trying to break in, so he prepared himself to scare and ward off whoever was coming around by the window well. To his giant suprise the person jumping in the window well was no robber, but a police officer.
 Oh man!! I was dying laughing when I heard the story the next day. James didnt think it was too funny to only get an hour of sleep after his adrenaline was going from all the commotion, but it made for a good story to tell :) I love my in-laws and Im so glad that we live close enough to one another that we can be there in times of need!