Emergency Kits

Being a member of our church we are advised to have an emergency preparedness kit together and food storage prepared for at least 3 months. And around every conference (every 6 months) we are asked to go through our kits and make sure we are prepared. Well I've been meaning to do this for the past 4 years and this week I am actually DOING it! I always thought we were supposed to have these kits in case the end of the world came and we needed it! ha ha!
Well now that I'm older I am realizing the importance of this. Living in California it is likely that we would be faced with a Drought, earthquake, or tsunami(hey it could happen!) And most of all FIRES! we live in an area where we could very easily go up in flames if someone started a fire, or lightning struck in just the right place or whatever else starts fires.
And now with how the economy is I realize that our food storage is important in case we just don't have money some months to buy food. or at least have some cash stored away at home in case we need to use it.
So here is a list of things I have put into my kits. Things that fit to my families needs. Things that I will actually use, food that i will actually eat and clothes that I will actually wear etc, ect...
I started out thinking about going on a weekend vacation or camping trip. anything I would bring with me I would want in my kit. I used a lot of things I had just lying around the house which makes this kit very inexpensive.
-backpacks (I happen to have three old backpacks lying around I don't use, so i use these as the kits)
-hygeine stuff- toothbrush, toothpaste, comb or brush, hairtie, soap, q-tips, cotton balls, lotion, shampoo, conditioner, floss, hand sanitizer, toilet paper... I made sure to put all of this in ziplock baggies cause if you've ever had anything break while you were traveling you know it can be a disaster. Also I tried to pack travel sizes to save space. most grocery stores sell travel size stuff for $1. We just saved our shampoo and conditioners from when we have gone on vacation from the hotels. they work perfectly.
-I packed my old pair of glasses I never use anymore and was going to donate, but thought that they would be perfect to put in my kit. since contacts might be harder to take care of. also an old pair of sunglasses, again I never use them anymore.
-femine hygeine products. oh how bad you would want this if it happened to be your time of the month when disaster struck!
-mini first aid kits with band aids, wraps, disinfectant ointment, alchol pads, tylenol etc...
-candles with waterproof matches
-$20 in dollar coins (paper money could get ruined in a fire or flood.)
-pocketknife
-mini sewing kit
-underwear
-change of clothes (cool weather and warm weather) I just used old tshirts I would have given to the thrift store.
-sweater
-waterproof Jacket/ poncho
-umbrella
-towel
-socks
-emergency blanket (those silver ones they use for astronauts)
-flashlights
-bateries (do not store in flashlights, they tend to go bad or corrupt)
-mini battery opperated radio
-bottled water (which I labeled by date, so I know how old it is and when to switch it out when I go through my kits in the future.)
-water purifier
-hard candy (lifesavers, jollyranchers)
-whistle
-couple of cans of food, soup, or beans, (dated)
-plastic utensils
-for Kailah I made sure to pack two reusable diapers, onsies that fit bigger(long sleeve and short sleeve), i'm still nursing so Im not too concered about food yet for Kailah. And she pretty much has everything else in her bag that we do. some babies might need a bottle, or jared baby food.
-a picture of each family member and all personal information to be able to show to people in case we are looking for a family member cause they are lost.
-pair of flip flops
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I'm making sure to pack a car emergency kit for both cars, and a mini kit for Jason to store at his desk while he is at work, just in case he is working while a disaster happens.
I hope this gives everyone some more ideas for their own kits, obviously you can add to and take away from my list to make kits that fit your family best.
If you think I have missed some important things feel free to comment to add to this list. I probally haven't thought about everything... If i do think of more stuff I will add it to this list later!


I hope there never comes a time when I will have to use any of this. but just in case I am so glad I have FINALLY gotten things together. And if there ever was a natural disaster the one person I would want to be with, besides Jason and Kailah of coarse is my step Mother Angie! she is Queen to being prepared and she knows SOOO much. I know we would be safe if we were with her. the problem living in California is if there was a huge disaster how do we get to her in Utah...hmmm..... Again hopefully no natural disasters affect us! :)

And this is why I love Photoshop

I edited this pic of Kailah and just wanted to share it. the things you can do on photoshop are endless. I love it! I'm going to make a DVD for Kailah of her first year and I want to edit all the pictures so I better get crackin. this is going to be a huge project!

Before:

After:

Oh ya and I'm SO excited! My Iphone finally sends picture messages now! so feel free to text me pictures now! yay!

What? sitting already??

Kailah is starting to sit really good now. while we were in Utah she was attempting to sit but her hands could only hold her up so long. Now she's using those strong stomach and back muscles to really hold herself up.



Kailah has a love for water bottles and the water inside. she loves playing with them, and tasting them, and hearing the noise they make. One morning she had one in between her legs and she is just kicking it to hear the noise it made. so funny!

Gma Dia visits and Kailah trying some new stuff.

Shopping, dining, sightseeing, strolling, laughing, and talking, are just some of the things we have been doing this past week.

look who came to visit:

And who WE visited:And WHAT we visited:And WHERE we visited:

Kailah also tried something new, (solids for the first time.)

And got a new 'do
(before: mullet)

Priceless...

(After: bob! yay!)
Too cute in pigtails!

Testing out the Ocean for the first time TOO!

And someone's designing shoes,
(my favorites are behind Jason)

Speaking of, can I have a FEW,

(few hundred dollars that is, for these 70% off designer shoes that still cost $270)

Wow look at that View!

Testing out a lemon for the first time. Poor Kailah, daddy practically squirted the whole lemon in her mouth!

changes

Kailah turned 5 months yesterday, and it seems like all the sudden she's not fitting into some of her clothes. It's like she grew overnight! So I washed all her 6 months clothes and it was so fun seeing all the clothes she hasn't worn yet. going through them was like a baby shower all over again. She has so many clothes, they are packed away in a box until she's big enough to fit into them. She's pretty set until like 18months. She has been so loud lately. She knows when it's nap time and when I put her down she freaks out. She used to love getting her nose sucked and now throws a fit when I try to do that or when I put her clothes on. She is really letting me know when she doesn't want to do something.
She's still a really happy baby, and i noticed that she really doesn't cry a lot. she fusses, but it's hardly ever screaming or crying. It's fun seeing all the changes she is going through.
After visiting Utah and seeing all the triplets fun bouncers I decided its time for Kailah to get a jumper. She has always loved to stand so I thought it would be fun if she could do it herself. So Yesterday she got a jumper. She still doesn't quite know what to do. but when she sees momma and dadda smiling at her while she's in there she just smiles right back. I took a little bit of video of her in the bouncer. one video she is looking at herself in the mirror and smiling. so cute. I guess that's what Jason used to do when he was little.
The other video is of her talking. She talks constantly for 5 to ten minutes and by the time I think to get my video camera she's not doing it as constantly. She likes to talk a lot when it's quite. And then when she sees me with the camera she immediately stops talking.

Before we Left to Utah I went to see my cousin Jamie's new little guy. He is so little. I know it was only 5 months ago, but I just don't remember Kailah being so small.

We had a great weekend in utah visiting with family and some friends. We only wish we would have been able to have more time to spend with everyone.
Kailah did really good on the car ride up. It wasn't until we were coming home that she got a little fussy due to getting sick from the triplets. Kailah has only been sick once and it was a 24 hour thing. So Now she's got a full on cold! I know that it is good for her immune system to be sick, and she's still such a happy baby, so i'm not complaining. I was telling Lisa how Kailah never has a runny nose or goopy eyes, and now she's got all of that. I guess it was just a matter of time. :) I only posted some of the photos from this weekend. so go to my facebook to see more.

Here we go...Kailah's first road trip.

The sisters and their babies. minus 2 sisters and a lot more babies.

Thanks Nikki for Kailah's way super cute babykini. It definitely fits her fun personalityKailah with her Aunties and cousins

The group at grandma angie's and grandpa Miasnik'sgpa Miasnik and gma Angie

Eating smores with friends

looking too excited about it

Kailah making a goofy face. I seriously have a picture of me making a face like this when I was little.

Kailah and cousin Paige

this was funny cause everyone was feeding the babies in the exact same position and they didnt even know it.

Kai with her Raleigh grandparents

a lot of the miasnik cousins. look how big Kai is smiling. haha

meeting grandma pamee for the first time.