Thai Food

I thought this was the funniest name for a bakeryThom Kha Gai
I ate almost the whole bowl, so much for portion control, but it was YUMMY

When you buy a coke at the market they pour it in a bag with ice.

dessert

Mango with sweet sticky rice
My Favorite

Food for the monks

lunch time at home

rothee Justin's fav dessert

sidewalk food

Ice cream on a green hot dog bun with stick rice in the bottom
The kids waited every day for the ice cream truck. It was a guy on a motorcycle with a cooler attached to the side, lol.

more desserts from the market

dinner at a restaurant one night

noodle soup

fruit stand

lunch at home

more fruit

more sidewalk food

5 pounds and Zumba

Thailand was a blast! We had so much fun. It was so nice to just relax with family and not have to worry about ANYTHING! It was a much needed break after a LONG deployment. I tried to be good....I started going to the hotel gym in the morning with Jerome, but that didn't last very long. Who wants to get up at 6 am on VACATION?? That, and the fact that we ate all day long caused me to gain a little weight back! 5 pounds - But that is not too bad I guess for three weeks off. I did try and watch my portions, and eat more fruits and veggies. But, even that is hard in a country that eats all the time and with food stands lining every sidewalk! It was an awesome adventure. I will post food pics in the next post.

When we returned to AK, most of the snow was melted. Well, at least the front yard has grass anyway. So I guess I have to trade my ski poles in for some other activity. Anong and some other friends have been praising this new class at the gym. ZUMBA I gave it a try last night and LOVED it! However, I feel I have lost all of the rhythm and coordination of my youth, LOL. Maybe with practice I will regain some of my dance skills, but it might take lots of practice. Someone on Facebook mentioned that it might just be confidence that I lack.....This is possible, a BIG BUTT in a dance class does sort of take away from youthful confidence, LOL.

Anyway, I am ordering some dance sneakers on zappos.com, lol. Maybe that will help, or at least give me an excuse to buy new shoes, ;-)

I have not been to WW to weigh in yet. But I will go back on Wednesday. Maybe by then I will have taken off these 5 extra pounds and I can stay on track! Back to healthy eating and working my butt off! The ball is only 28 days away!

BTW, I am having my dressed made in Thailand!! I know it is gonna be blue and have a square neckline. Hopefully it will turn out beautiful. Anong, Jerome's mom, is gonna mail it to me when it s done. She stayed for an extra month so she could go to her class reunion. Hopefully I will be even smaller when it gets here, but I might need a good seamstress to take it up.

OK, that's enough for today. I HAVE to get busy around here. Jerome and I sent the kids back to school. He had another week off, so we have been LAZY!! Our days are still messed up, so we have been sleeping during the day and staying up all night. I haven't even unpacked, lol. Got to do SOMETHING today for sure!

Flowers and Fruit in Thailand

More Thailand Pictures - More to come....

Pictures from Thailand

Deployment Gifts

We Army Wives have a saying that Deployment gifts are Way Better than any other holiday.  This year I have to agree!! Check out my new BLING and my new MAC!!!  Plus there is another family picture that I forgot to add to the last post.

Welcome Home Jerome

Here are a few pictures from Jerome's first day back HOME!!!!   Not sure why the last ones are not clear??  They are from the same camera.  We are so happy to have Daddy back where he belongs!

He is HOME!!!!!!

Jerome made it in Saturday Morning! We are so excited!! I will post pictures soon. Playing on my new imac that he bought me today. I have the best husband in the whole world :o) He came home with a new diamond ring too!! Love you all. Thanks so much for all your prayers and support this year! You have all been a blessing to me.

11 Sticks of Butter!!

WooHOO!! 2.8 pounds shed this week!! I didn't get to ski this week at all, and I just walked one day. I didn't track very well either, so I thought I had gained this week. I almost didn't go to a meeting, because I have LOTS to do before Jerome gets back this weekend. I am so glad that I did!

Now I have to go find the perfect outfit for meeting my hubby on Saturday!!!! We are so excited! This year is FINALLY over!!!!!!! I will post pics of reunion when he gets here.

1.8 GONE!!

I lost approximately 7 sticks of butter this week!! It is slow progress, but it is steady! So proud of myself for sticking to it!

Being skinny feels way better than that chocolate taste!!

After School Ski Club

I started going with the after school club on Mondays and Wednesdays. Justin was already a part of it, and since I am going Jared can come too. Justin is in a faster group, and since I have to stay with Jared, we are in the slower one. But he is getting pretty good :) He loved going all the way up to the Fort Richardson flagpole by the highway. It was pretty cool!