Earthquake!!!

Yes that's right, we had an earthquake this morning! I was dead asleep and it woke me up at 5:37am. Tyler was at work (he works the graveyard shift) so I was by myself. It was one of those things where I wasn't quite awake enough to completely know what was happening and would have probably gone back to sleep and woken up later wondering if it really happened. But Tyler called me right after to make sure we were ok. He's such a good hubby. I checked on Kayden, he was still sound asleep, but because I'm a worrywart I had him sleep the rest of the morning with me. The only real damage was done to older building where it shook some bricks loose, other than that it was pretty harmless.

But it did get me thinking. Are we prepared for a natural disaster? If "The Big One" hit us would we be able to survive on what we have in our pantry? Probably not for long!! I really need to listen to what we have been told!!

Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught:

"Acquire and store a reserve of food and supplies that will sustain life. . . . As long as I can remember, we have been taught to prepare for the future and to obtain a year's supply of necessities. I would guess that the years of plenty have almost universally caused us to set aside this counsel. I believe the time to disregard this counsel is over. With events in the world today, it must be considered with all seriousness"

A year!? Wow, I guess I need to get on the ball.

Kayden's Blessing Day

So I'm a little slow. Kayden was blessed on March 30th in my parent's ward. Tyler gave a beautiful blessing and Kayden was perfect. We had so much family there, it was great! Here are just a few of the pictures we took while we were home.

This is all the men that were in the circle, minus my Grandpa(he didn't come to my parent's house after church)

The only family picture we managed to get that day, it was a little crazy.

This is my brother Landon and his wife Timorie with Kayden. They're so cute!!

What can I say... like father, like son!

Kayden with his Great-grandma and all but two of his cousins.

Easter

I know Easter was a week and a half ago, but we were in Utah visiting family so I haven't really had time to update my blog until now.
Anyway, we spent our Easter a Tyler's parents house. I know a lot of people don't get along with their in-laws or they just try to fake it, but I really lucked out. My in-laws are awesome!! Tyler is smack dab in the middle of seven kids. It makes family get-togethers really fun. I love it. And I couldn't ask for a better mother-in-law! There are a total of eight grandkids so far, with one on the way. So, we had all but one of the seven kids and two of the grandkids at his parents house. The night before Easter, my sister-in-law got her kids' baskets all ready, full of candy and toys. The next morning, they got up, found their baskets, searched for eggs the Easter bunny hid and had a grand ol' time. It was fun, and as us adults sat there watching them eat their candy, I got to thinking. How oblivious and self-absorbed was I as a kid? My niece and nephews were the only ones that got easter baskets delivered from the Easter bunny. They completely ignored the fact that none of the adults got anything from this oversized rabbit who delivers candy in the middle of the night. I'm totally ok that I didn't get anything, I just thought it was interesting that they don't notice that the Easter bunny seemed to forget about the rest of us. What kind of things did I miss as a kid? Kinda makes ya think, huh?
Overall, Easter was good. It was great to visit with my family. I miss them so much, but I know that it's good for us to be on our own for a little while.