Did you see a dog?

Our neighbor, Steven, was born on the 4th of July. Now he believes every Independence Day celebration is for him.

Just kidding.....

For the past 4 years we have celebrated his birthday with some sort of special activity. It usually ends up after dark with fireworks in the street as we dodge passing cars.

In 2008 we were joined by his mother, Gwen, when we took him to a fancy dinner at Jake's Grill in downtown Portland. The food is fabulous and we had a great time with presents, cards and the sort.

Near the end of the dinner a large group of folks were seated in our area. Not long after they sat down we caught sight of something moving under our table. We looked and were aghast to see a little white poodle-type dog zooming around.

What the????

Turns out one of the 20-something girls from the other table sneaked the dog in her purse and it had escaped. They managed to get it back into the purse but had to remove it from the restaurant when we complained to the manager.

Here is the scrapbook page of the event.