We are SO not prepared!

My sister came over yesterday, and as the kids were running around like wild animals, we were upstairs having a rather unsettling conversation about how we were going to be able to survive if something bad were to happen. Such as, the "big" earthquake hits, or some other disaster happens that we would have to rely on things such as food storage to live on. Fun conversation I know. Anyways, it really got me thinking, what would I do? I don't know about most of you but my food storage consists of about 4 cans of Spagetti O's, a case of beef Ramen (yuck!), and some cream of mushroom soup. Now if I had to guess I think my family is in pretty bad shape if something were to happen. So that brings me to my point. I have decided to get my food storage all together and get myself and my family as prepared as we can be for any disaster. Of course this is not the first time that we have been warned to get ourselves prepared. My sister informed me that a lot of the conference talks, and almost all of the lessons this year are geared toward getting our years worth of food storage. (I'm not inactive, i just teach sunbeams and don't hear the lessons in Relief Society). Call me slow, but oh well, I have decided to do it. So I come to you guys to ask for any advice you may have on getting yourself prepared. I am really looking for anything that you have to offer. And I thought that it might be nice for other people to see some ideas when they read my blog. So please help me in my quest, and just remember that if you don't comment then the fate of my family is on your shoulders.....Just Kidding.

WE'RE PREGNANT!!!!!

Yes, we have baby number 5 on the way!!! We are very excited. More details to come.....

Sister Fun

So the past couple of days have been really fun for me. My sister, Amy, who lives in Maryland, came out to visit for a week. We don't get to see her very often, so we made sure that we took advantage of the time we had together. On Sunday evening our whole family got together at my parents house and we had a BBQ. It was so much fun to see all of the grandkids together. On Monday we headed up to the Zoo for a day of fun. The kids, and adults, had such a good time! Since I don't have a digital camera, if you would like to see pictures of our trip to the zoo you can go to the Heal Family link and look at them there. A lot of the animals were out, and really close to the fences and glass which made it even more fun for the kids. After we looked at all of the animals we dined on some soft pretzels, french fries, chicken and root beer (that was a big hit). Then we went and rode the train. An exciting end to an exciting outing. On Tuesday, we all got together at my sister maria's house. She was gracious enough to let all of our kids come and run wild in her house. We had pizza and just sat around and talked. It was really nice to spend time with my sisters and my mom. We are all so busy, and some live far away, that it is hard to get together very often. So needless to say, I have had a really good past couple of days.

Happy Anniversary!

Six years ago today Chad and I were married and sealed in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple. I can't believe how time flies! We have come so far since we were first married. I know that you think that you are so in love when you are first married, but I can honestly say that I am SO much more in love with Chad now then I was back then. I can't believe what a great life we have built together, from our four beautiful girls to having a house filled with so much love. I basically wanted to do this post just to tell Chad how much I love him, and that the years we have spent together have been better than a dream, and I know that the years to come will be even better! I love you Chad!

HMMMMMMMM........

So my friend Elizabeth informed me yesterday that it was time for me to update my blog. I told her that the reason that I hadn't updated it was because I didn't have anything interesting to post about, and she told me that I could blog about anything, just look at her blog on canned chicken. So, I can't guarantee that this post will be very exciting but, oh well.

Yesterday Elizabeth and I got together and took our kids to the dinosaur play area in the South Towne Mall in Sandy. For those of you that haven't been there before, it is a great place to take your kids and just let them run around and play. McKinzley ran so hard that her face was so red that it looked like she had a severe sunburn. So see, a good releaser of energy for the kids. The only problem that we ran into was a couple of little boys that were chasing and hitting our kids, all while the mother just stood by and watched. Now most of you know that this type of situation would not fly with Elizabeth or I, and this time was no different. Until we started to get on the boys to not hit our kids, the mother would not do anything. Very irritating! But besides that we had a great time. After we were done playing we went to the food court and got our kids ice cream cones, which I don't know if that was the smartest idea, but they loved it.

After all of the excitement during the day I had asked Elizabeth to come down and help me teach a first aid class for my ward's enrichment night. Now for those of you that don't know, I am terrified to speak in front of people, so needless to say I was about to puke before we were to start. Fortunately everything went really well (even though nobody would comment) and we made it through without any puking (Thanks Elizabeth!!). The only downside to the evening was when we were cleaning up to go home, I was carrying a table out of the gym into the relief society room, and in the process I ran into the door with the table and it slammed the corner of the table into my mouth. Extremely embarrassing! Not only that, but then the women that were still there started to pull out their first aid packets and look through them to see what to do. Such a happy ending. Don't worry though, I am fine. And thanks to Elizabeth again for coming and helping even though she thought that her car was going to die.

Hopefully I didn't bore you too much, and if I did, then I am sorry. There you go Elizabeth, its updated.

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Heal's

 We asked Taylin and McKinzley to sing something for us and they both went a little crazy and started to dance as well.

HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE HIM???

This picture alone can explain why I love Chad so much.  He is just a kid at heart (and a little bit of a dork).  He makes me laugh all of the time, but is my rock when I need him.  I love you Chad!!

Chucke Cheese Yay!!! March 7, 2008

These are some pictures from McKinzley's party at Chucke Cheese.  She was so excited to be able to celebrate her birthday there.  And from what I saw it wasn't just the kids "being kids", a lot of the adults were finding their inner youngster too.  Thanks to everyone that came.  McKinzley still talks about everyone and what "pretty" things they gave her.

Oaklee's Birthday Party February 23, 2008

Oaklee's party was a wonderful success!!!  She had such a fun time, and she received some really nice things.  Thanks to everyone that came!

Fun in the snow

January 2008

Oaklee, McKinzley, and Taylin

This excursion was after a really big snow storm that we had.  We took the girls over to Drew's (Andre and Jen's house), and he pulled the girls behind his 4-wheeler on this sled.  McKinzley wasn't a huge fan, she was more interested in Muffin, but Taylin and Oaklee couldn't get enough of it!  After they were done we went inside and                                                        had hot cocoa.

Brexlyn

She is getting so big!!!!  Brexlyn is a really laid back baby.  In fact, sometimes she is almost lazy.  She is sitting up by herself now which is really good because she feels like she is more involved with the girls.  But if I lay her on her back, she won't do anything.  She knows how to roll over, but she also knows that if she just starts to whimper a little bit she has three little mother hens that will rush to bring her toys.  So in a way it is good that she can sit up, she needs to start doing things for herself :)  She is a fun little addition to our family, and she keeps us smiling!

Oaklee

Oaklee....she is definitely our opinionated, stubborn child.  Anyone that has tried to do something that she doesn't want knows what I am talking about.  She loves Dora and Diego! And I mean really loves them!!  If she could, I think that she would watch them all day long.  One good thing that has come out of her watching them is that she speaks some words only in spanish.  I will try to get her to say them in english and she will just repeat them back to me in spanish.  She is a very loving child, and extremely full of energy!!!

As everyone knows by now, McKinzley is obsessed with princesses!  I don't think a day has gone by that she has not dressed up like a princess and made Taylin pretend to be her Prince Charming.  Right now she is enjoying her pre-school very much.  She can write her own name and a few different words.  She is quite the social butterfly and already has a boyfriend (even though the boy doesn't know it :) ).  She is extremely creative and is always helping me around the house, which I am going to take advantage of since we know that won't last for long!!

Here's Taylin!!!  Right now Taylin is really into princesses and 101 Dalmations.  She is also very proud of herself that she wears "big girl fairy panties".  She has also become quite the little mom.  She always wants to help me with Brexlyn and Oaklee.  Although that doesn't always go over well with the other girls :)  She is looking forward to going to preschool this fall.

WE ARE FINALLY MAKING A BLOG!!!!

Ok everyone, I am going to attempt to make a blog for my family.  So bare with me while I try to figure it out, and enjoy!!!