that was fast

And just like that...it's 2011.

We had a wonderful Christmas.  Lots of great family time.  Time with friends on Christmas Eve and Christmas evening.  And a special week with my mom and Larry.  Seriously I think the gift of time was the best thing I got this year.  Even though they came to Bangkok when Judah was born, I was quite consumed with my last few days of pregnancy, delivery and that first newborn week when life is nothing but a fog of sweet baby moments.  So this was the first time I really had with them in 2 1/2 years.  It was a quick week but nice.  Some showing them around and some just sitting around and being together.  Perfect.  Hopefully Larry got some good shots of all of us cause Stan got a bunch of us walking around, including a lot with a view of my butt.  I'm not in to posting my butt on the internet.  So I'm hoping Larry got a few with smiling faces.

Anyway, with this new year starting, so many people talk about their resolutions.  I tend not to like to make resolutions, cause those get broken.  Especially since 2011 already has quite a lot on the calendar.  I do, however, have a few major goals for 2011.  I'll list them, but only because I know it would stress you out not to know.  I'm a good friend like that.

~ Get this last 8 to 10 kilos off.  I like using kilos cause it's less.  Yes, I do understand it's not really less.  I have a range because during times of weight maintenance I flucutuate so much.  I've decided that 8 more is the high end of where I want to be...make sense?

~ Get to the level of language where I need to be.  This is major and in some ways could determine the exact timing of when we will get to go back to the States.  Yes, I feel the pressure.

~ Finish Kindergarten with Kirby feeling that he is truly ready for 1st grade.  Not to mention take time while in the States to do a little more research about curriculum direction for the rest of his elementary years.  We get to go to a home school conference in Thailand in February, so that should help out as well.

~ Spend more time on my marriage.  Stan and I tend to neglect each other when we are in seasons of life that are super busy.  It happens before we even know it.  The best part about anticipating a busy season of life is to be able to head off this slippery slope.  Since each month will be scheduled around a big event (or two) for most of the year, we can go ahead and schedule in those date nights, or afternoons out, to begin with.  And when we are in the States we are pretty certain that any and all grandparents will be happy to take the boys off our hands. :)

So TWENTY ELEVEN is the year of: getting back my figure (and possibly my groove), speaking another laguage well(ish), making progress on figuring out this teaching my children thing and loving my husband better.

What are your goals for 2011?