The Mackeys: 2011

Friday, December 30, 2011

Necklace for My Mom

This was one of my Mom's Christmas present, she picked out the tree of life charm and I stamped the disc - I love the new design...so much that I made myself the same one! :) I'd love to hear your feedback!

Edge Waterpark

Mom and I took the boys to the Edge Waterpark in Duluth when the guys went fishing. We had a fun time, meeting up with my Aunt, Cousin, and her 2 kids. The kids had a blast playing together. We spent a lot of time in the pool in the first 24 hours, and in fact, got a little overchlorinated and checked out early (not for lack of fun, though!)

Olivia, and Ryan, two fish in the water, we never saw these two!!!!

Carter, stuck closer to me most of the time!

Pruny hands after a lot of time in the water:

Ryan eyeing up his target (touching the basketball net):

Success:

The chlorine burned Carter's eyes, so we put goggles on him:

Ball hog in the Vortex Pool:

The Edge, cleared out after lunch time, waiting for the next day's swimmers to arrive:

Was this the same kid...

that was scared to death of water just over a year ago?

Doesn't seem like it can be!!!!

Two very tired swimmers before we checked out. Watching a new favorite movie on TV - Shark Boy and Lava Girl!

Mom's deer were waiting for us to feed them every evening. They are so tame - they don't move when you are outside. I tried to feed them out of my hand, but they weren't that sure of me! :)

This is about 1/3 of what we had to unpack when we got home...

I never do this, but I just went to bed, knowing it would be there for me in the morning - that is how tired I was!!!!! (my least favorite part of a fun vacation - the unpacking!)

Christmas Day at Uncle Rich and Auntie's House

We celebrate every Christmas Day at my Aunt and Uncle's house. We always have wayyyyy too much to eat and a lot of fun together - this year was no exception! We played a dice game with tons of prizes and also the 'name game' which is Ryan's new favorite. What a fun day spent with family!

Carter opening his Bunker Beach Water Park pass for 2012 (a favorite for 2011!!!):

and his game, Trouble:

Ryan opening his water park pass and game, Bounce:

Family at Christmas Dinner:

Kyle getting ready for bed that night...everyone texts while brushing their teeth, don't they??

Fishing Trip

Evan and Kyle go on a fishing trip after Christmas every year with my Dad, Uncle, Cousin, and a few other guys. This year they went to Lake of the Woods. Here are a few pictures from this year's fishing trip. I'm sure Kyle would want me to point out that he won the biggest fish bet with Grandpa and came home $5 richer than he went up there! :)

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Christmas Eve

We celebrate Christmas starting with stockings on Christmas Eve morning, so we put out our cookies and Sprite (?) for Santa the night before. The kids were soooo excited to get started this morning, they could hardly wait from Grandpa and Grandma to arrive!

Putting out the cookies, candy canes and Sprite for Santa: