My little "Elsa"

New Sink!!

Goodbye old, nasty, almost-ten-years-old sink!!

Hello brand-spanking-new sink!!

My father In law hard at work.

The finished result!

So sooooo happy! 

Vaccination reaction...

I took little Miss E in on Tuesday for a check up and to receive her 3rd PCV13 vaccine and her 1st (1 of 3) Hepititas A vaccine....

Then next day she woke up like this! 

Ahh!! Hives?! What are you reacting to??

Went to the doctor to discover (what I had put together myself by then) that she was reacting to the solution used in that vaccine. 

• Prescription for steroids.

• Prescription for a very strong antacid called, "Famotidine."

• Prescription for Benadryl.

The next morning (today) she woke up looking like THIS:

Ouch!! Mommy in hysteria, Daddy with oil ready to exercise his Priesthood, brothers both very worried and quiet...

More Benadryl, and a call to the Pediatrician...

More tears. Officially scared of anyone in scrubs...

Doctor advice: Oatmeal bath.

**and to track down the Lot number for the batch of the Hep. A vaccine used on Emery...

The other woman in his life...

Daddy and his special little lady!

BE PRE-PARED! --Scar, Lion King

For this months "Monthly Relief Society Meeting" (ie enrichment night. Yup, I'm one of those...) we talked about Food Storage (Ahhh!!!!) 

Scary, right? You're either very prepared- because you LISTENED to the promotings and made it happen, or you're still shaking in your boots because you haven't. Or maybe you started, but you still don't have enough for your entire family to survive solely on your supply for 72+ hours...

(Just a hint, that's us.)

The night was perfect. I wasn't gonna go- not from a lack of interest, honestly, but from a lack of not wanting to show up looking like swollen mess... But I went!!

My hubby had to all but throw me out of the house, but I went! And it was good. 

A lady shared her personal testimony and experience with having to rely on Food Storage. (which warmed my heart- her father had a brain tumor, also.)

And then we went into the parking lot (no I didn't bring a jacket!) and thankfully had two brethren stoking fire in two large fire pits. (Yay!)

We were able to speak as fellow women, fellow mothers who - if tasked with enduring a trial that included relying solely on our preparations- would all be in the same boat. We would all have mouths to feed, wounds to heal, shelter to seek, warmth to provide, thirst to quench, etc..

**we did this while roasting marshmallows and making s'mores= nice touch!

    We finished the meeting by putting together our own starter 72 kits. Just a few things we could put in a recycled container to get us started, give us an idea of what to pack... So perfect. 

Food storage is about baby steps. You can go online and spend a TON buying pre-made, pre-packaged, everything-you'll-need-in-a-tub food supplies, and be done. 

But remember, you're the ones that have to eat that.

 Do you know what's inside? 

Have you tasted it? 

Do you have young children? 

Have they tasted it?

Can you see yourself eating ONLY what lies in that tub for 72+ hours?

If not, then DIY.

Baby steps.

Think about what YOU eat right now. 

What you like eating. 

What your CHILDREN eat right now.

What they like eating.

Because in the case of emergency, opening that tub up and seeing YOUR food, will be a real comfort.

Secret Life Of Walter Mitty...

"Beautiful things don't ask for attention."  

--Secret Life Of Walter Mitty 

Watch this movie! It is so good. I really didn't want to- I thought it was going to be SOOO differen... And it turned out to be really funny, and heartwarming, and inspiring!

Seriously. Do yourself some good. 

Watch This movie.