Being prepared...

I've been meaning to do this post a while ago, but just havent got around to it.. until now.

This year we've been working on making sure we're prepared for an emergency by getting our 72 hour kits ready.

Our church counsels not only to be prepared with food storage but also for emergencies.

Bit by bit we have been getting our kits together....

Here are a couple of photos of parts of our kits....

Here we've made 4 snaplock bags - one for each person with some essential items... for Nan and Matthew there is a roll of toilet paper, some scented nappy bags (incase there is no where to dispose of the toilet paper - eww I know but ya never know), and some hand sanitizer.

In mine there are some... ahem... essential lady items, toilet paper, scented nappy bags, and hand sanitizer. In Little Miss' bag there are some pull ups, nappy bags and some baby wipes. These are just the right size bgs to fit in our bigger bags.

Next we have our billy's...

In here we have our little gas cooker all folded up inside its cute little container, a couple of tealight candles, some waterproof matches and our gas canisters. The candles and matches don't have anything to do with the cooker, it just seemed like a good place to store them to make use of space in the billy. But then again ya never know - we may have to cook using a candle and the matches. :-) Everything fits nice and snug inside the billy's.

I just found another good blog called prepared LDS family http://preparedldsfamily.blogspot.com/ here they have some great tips on what to put into your 72 hour kits, and where to store them, and also some great food storage tips. Check it out if you're interested.