Copper Head Snake

Got up this morning and my mom and dad in law had a bike thing today and like five minutes after they left I saw a baby medium sized snake. I was like oh no I'm home alone now what? So I ran outside to get a brick right quick and so it could stay there until someone got home to pick it up because it sure enough I wasn't going to do it. Then I went to go do something else and then I came back I saw another one and I ran out to get a brick but it was gone when I came back in. So I texted my husband but he read I said hose then my mom in law texted and asked me something so I was like well I told her what was up then she called me and they were like how long is it and what color. And then as it was setting up under a brick I got a knife and stabbed some of it. And so my brother in law came over to come and get it out of the house and he was like well I can't tell its eaither a rattler or something else so he took it outside which it was dead and layed it down so he could show mom and dad and then after that I went to work and come to find out it was a copper head. I was like scared and had the dogs put up and no more killing snakes for me especially if it is a great big one but the little ones i can handle more though allthough they're more poisinous. Thank goodness no one or anything got hurt and I just hope I don't come across one again.