We got broken into a couple of years ago, crooks tossed the place but didn't take anything at all. We think they were probably looking for guns, jewelry, cash, or drugs, which of course we didn't have any of in the house. You could actually tell they were getting more and more frustrated as they searched the house because each successive room was more trashed than the previous. Lots of mess but fortunately nothing missing or broken. We got an alarm the next week and didn't have any problems after that.

I still like to poke fun at Sonya about it though, whenever we come back from a long trip to an inevitably messy house (packing for two little kids and a dog is crazy!) I'm always like "Holy crap we've been robbed!" To which I get a nice punch in the shoulder.

Hope they catch the guy(s) and definitely consider an alarm system if you're away a lot.