Back in business

Okay- So I have not blogged for a long time and here is the story:

Last Sunday we got up and got ready for church, had the house all cleaned up, dinner in the crock pot and was on our way at 8:45.  When we got home around 12:00 noon, we opened the door and there was a huge mess on the front room floor.  My first thought was that my backpack had been blown over and spilled.  Everything that was on the floor had been in my backpack.  But the very next second I remembered that my backpack had been put away.  We took another step in the house and that was when we saw all the glass, the huge rocks, and the broken window.  

We have bars on all the doors and windows in our whole house, except one window.  It is above the door in the kitchen and it is very small.  There is no way to see the door or the window from the road, so someone had been watching our place and waiting for a chance to break in.

The first thing I did was run to where my computer was, and yep it was gone.  We looked for Erick's and yep gone too!!!  Then I started running all through the house checking on our passports, money, cameras, Ipods, anything else I could think of.  As I discovered something missing, I was yelling at Erick to tell him.  Pretty soon the kids were following my lead.  Bryn ran in her room and couldn't find her doll.  She broke into a loud sob and kept saying, they stole my doll.  Later that night we did find the doll.  They had gone through our whole house and thrown clothes everywhere, so the doll had gotten thrown behind a dresser. (good thing, since it was the only one we brought with us)!!!!

In the end we lost both of our computers, all of our cash we had in the house, my backpack and a few of Erick's clothes.  They took his flip flops, which he had just said the day before how comfortable they were and that they didn't hurt his feet!  Hopefully they will be just as comfortable to who ever has them now!

So after we walked in and saw the mess I of course was bawling, and Erick was very calm.  I called our landlords and Erick called the police.  Everyone got here, they took a report, and then just hung around for a while talking.  When I remembered dinner in the crock pot, I figured it would be burt, but the power had been out most of the day, so the chicken of course was bad. 

The worst part is, when they police got here, they told me that they were sure they knew who did it, because they have this problem a lot when new students move in.  So he said that the guy who usually does it had served his time in prison and had just gotten out!  I am not sure if that was meant to make me feel better, but if so it didn't work.

The day had to be the worst I can remember in a long time!

We now have our computers replaced, and things are back to normal.  They replaced the window, and put up bars.  I still am a little scared when we are home alone (which is most of the time), but we are all okay and life goes on!!!  And I am now back to blogging:)