Happy Easter... Better late than never

When Bridger was born I took tons of pictures. I have a picture of all his "firsts". Some of which I am embarrassed I bothered with. Lilly on the other hand ...

Her first Thanksgiving she was only a couple of weeks old. I felt good that I even got out of the house to go to our friends house (the Gerber's). In all the chaos I forgot my camera. I didn't even think about it until Jodi took our picture.

Christmas I did a little better.

I had to teach preschool the week of Easter. We colored eggs and did an Easter egg hunt with 6 crazy boys. I could barely contain them so there was no way I was going to get pictures. My mom was even here to help and it was impossible.

I did get this one picture of Easter. Easter is long gone but better late than never.

A must see....thought of the day

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You'll have to copy and paste. I'm a computer idiot.

Lilly- 4 Months Old

I Need a Vacation

Derek and I needed a vacation. We used our time-share to get a condo at Eagle Crest in Redmond, OR. We were only a few days into our vacation when we realized that what we needed our vacation from was there with us- Bridger and Lilly. We adore our kids, but we have never had a night alone in over 4 years!

So I spent the week in the condo watching HGTV with Lilly (It was great for about 2 days). Derek spent the week in about a foot and a half of water- a.k.a. the kiddie pool.

By day five we had had enough. So we put Lilly in her carseat in the corner of the racquetball court, with Bridger and a racket to defend her from any flying balls that came their way. Derek and I played racquetball and had a great time while it lasted. We felt only slightly guilty that both of our kids were cowering in the corner :)

Eagle Crest was great. There was a lot of things to do there. We did actually get to do a few other things than what was mentioned above. Derek and Bridger rented a bike and had a great time. Throughout the resort their were sports centers with swimming pools, hot tubs, saunas, racquetball, tennis courts, game room, weight rooms etc. We had a lot of fun playing ping-pong, video games and racquetball. Once Bridger discovered racquetball he left Derek alone about going swimming 3 times a day.

We had a hot tub on our deck. It overlooked a beautiful river. So after the kids went to bed we got to enjoy a few relaxing minutes together and remember why we are doing this.

Today I spent the day making chicken salad for 60 people. Jealous?

I am the Enrichment counselor in our new ward. Every time I have a baby, the ward splits while I'm out of town and I get put in the Relief Society presidency. I think under different circumstances I would really love this calling. I am not an organized person so trying to get my life together after having a baby is hard enough then throw the calling in and my life is chaos!

When I had this calling before, the Enrichment program had just changed. So we were scrambling trying to figure out what was right for our ward and dealing with a Bishop and enrichment leader who saw it differently.

This time I was out of town for a few weeks after we were combined with the other ward. I went to church the Sunday we got back, spent most of the time in Primary, and by Wednesday I was called. So my first time I actually went to Relief Society I was in the presidency. I had to sit up front and it was really uncomfortable looking out into a bunch of strange faces.

But on the bright side....I'm not teaching Gospel Doctrine!

So I decided to Google my name. I'm not sure why...Derek and the kids were in bed, I had one free minute to myself and that is what I decided to do. I need a life!
Anyway, I was excited to see my name. It said I was on Facebbook, which I am. Then I clicked on the picture this is what I saw.










Obviously not me. I have never in my life met someone with the name Lynette. I've heard it on TV (Lynette Jennings, Lynette from Desperate Housewives-which I have never watched, but apparently I am a desperate housewife since I Googled my own name!). Like I said I have never met another Lynette, but I am even more surprised there is another LYNETTE DOMAN. Apparently she is more popular than me since she showed up. Maybe someday.

I am obviously sleep deprived. I'm going to bed!