Viva Las Vegas!

Oh my word! Remember my Y3W from before I left for Vegas? Well we're back and we had a BLAST!!! So many laughs. I really needed that! Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our trip:

I sort of startled my sisters-in-law with this one :-)

My baby sister's husband drove her from Arizona to Vegas to spend a couple days with me! YAY!

 Totally took Stripper 101 and am now a "licensed" stripper... LOL! Great class! So fun.

Wordless Wednesday

Beautiful black swan at Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA.

Operation Skinny update

This will be a quick one. Sorry! I have lots of updating to do... Over the last 2 weeks I have been to Las Vegas and Des Moines, Iowa. At my last Operation Skinny update, I was down 7 pounds. The morning I left for Vegas I was down one more pound, putting me at 172 lbs for a total of an 8 pound loss before vacation.  Unfortunately during my vacation I put back on 2 pounds. So right now, I am at a 6 pound weight loss. I am back on track this week and started Zumba last night!! So... here's to getting rid of this freaking weight!! Woop woop!

Starting weight: 180
Current weight: 174

Your 3 Words

My mother-in-law is treating myself and her two daughters to an awesome Girls Weekend in Vegas this Holiday weekend. We will be gone for 4 days/5 nights.  This is by far the longest I will be away from my family. While I know I will miss the crap out of my husband and kids this weekend (considering I've been dreading 9/2 for a couple of weeks) there are a few things I am actually looking forward to:

• Sleeping in
• Sleeping through the night
• Eating 3 meals without interruption before they are stone cold
• No whining
• No cleaning
• Hanging out with the best sisters-in-law and mother-in-law any girl could ever wish for!

Some things I will miss:

• Seeing my babies in the morning with their cute bed-head and puffy eyes; same goes for my husband too :-)
• Good morning and good night kisses
• My kids' stories; although I will call every day, its just not the same :-(
• Tucking them in at night

My prayer for the weekend is that my husband maintains his patience; that my children behave; but most importantly, that my husband and kids get some kick-ass bonding time in while I am away :-) They deserve it! 

Operation Skinny Update

Week 3 - Completed!!! 


My challenges and successes this past week:


Successes:
1) Didn't gain any weight ;-)
2) Tried to make healthy meals. My favorite this week was a chicken and vegetable stir-fry. 


Challenges:
1) Not making time for myself to walk every day. This is starting to irritate me! 
2) Ended up getting McDonald's for lunch one day and at too much pizza on "pizza night."
3) Didn't lose any weight this week... its ok though considering the bad food choices I made.


STATS: WEEK 3 (completed)
Starting weight: 180 lbs
Current Weight: 173 lbs
Difference:  -7 lbs
Pounds to lose to Goal: 23 lbs


*** I will be leaving this Friday 9/2 for Vegas for a girls getaway weekend with my sister-in-laws and mother-in-law. I'm hoping I am able to make good food choices and if anything, hopeful that I don't gain anything back while I'm down there! 


I will do my best to update when I'm back in town! 

Your 3 Words - Video Edition

I think the Y3W - Video Edition posts are my favorite :-) Here is our Y3W this week:

Is daddy home?

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