Home Sweet Home

The end of a vacation is so bittersweet. On one hand I hate leaving the relaxing atmosphere and of course the people surrounding me, but on the other hand it is somewhat comforting to get back home and back to my normal routine. Here are some of my favorite moments from vacation:

He has his own mountain

Oliver and Daddy on the chair lift

He said, "Just wait until I show Faith this picture" (Faith is his "so called" girlfriend)

My best friend and hubby (notice the top of Ella's head is cut off because she was shoving her head in my crotch and Oliver was on his way over to either photo bomb or just ask for another snack)

Ella riding the chair lift up this mountain with Mommy

Wearing Mommy's flip flops at the pool

Our tradition of taking a picture of all the cousins on vacation continues

This was just in the car during vacation, but look at that face

Max was loving every minute of this place

All the cousins getting ready to do their favorite thing; swim

This is pretty much how Ella went everywhere on vacation

Max was the first to jump in to play

My gorgeous family in front of that gorgeous view

This beautiful waterfall that we hiked up a mountain to see

Even my little stinker Oliver got in on the action

That swim hair has me all sorts of in love

Me in a swimsuit and feeling good about myself

As you all know I am working hard to get myself back in shape and to a healthy weight. I did the 3 day refresh 2 weeks ago and had some really great results. I had hit a new low on the scale and was super excited about continuing the momentum and staying on track while I was on vacation.

Day 1: 149.0 lbs.; Day 5: 143.6 lbs.

I drank my shake for every breakfast except one on vacation and even worked out every day. Now, don't get me wrong, I didn’t deprive myself and ended up indulging way more then I needed to, but I was still hopeful that my weight gain over vacation wouldn’t be exponential. We got home late Saturday evening so I waited and braved the scale Sunday morning. I was up 5.4lbs!

Like, What? Seriously? 

I worked out and missed out on these yummy breakfasts because I was trying to start my days off right. We even had highly active days while on vacation as well, so I didn’t see that gain coming at all. 

At first I was pissed, I’m not going to lie, but I decided that I wasn’t going to let that keep me from my goals. So, this morning I started a new work out program that I’m excited about and I drank my shake for breakfast, packed myself a healthy snack for work and ate a healthy lunch. I will overcome these bumps in the road. I will not give up because I’m worth not giving up on.