Mackey Get Together

We headed to Biwabik this weekend for a Mackey mini family reunion.  We spent the weekend at Giant's Ridge Lodge and attended our nephew Ian's 30th birthday party and our nephew (and Evan's Godson) Evan's graduation open house.  It was a great weekend spent with family!

We had a 2 bedroom suite at the Lodge.  This was a king bed in the back bedroom (Evan and I slept in here):

The living room/dining room/kitchen: 

The kitchen:

Our bathroom.  Next to the bathroom was a door to the other bedroom that Mom and the boys slept in with 2 queen size beds.  They also had their own bathroom. Our suite was huge - we loved it !:)

The boys in the hot tub:

In a nutshell, this is how Ryan lives his life (full speed ahead):

Half of the time, all you see are his legs sticking out of the water!

My happy kiddo:

The boys playing frisbee:

Evan throwing the ball for the boys to catch:

A visit to his Mom and Dad's graves at the Biwabik cemetery:

All of the siblings together today at Evan's graduation open house:

Jewelry

Whew!  What a weekend!  I'm happy to say I've got my jewelry orders complete for the summer.  I need this break!  I had 16 orders this weekend and completed them all!

This is for a confirmand, I love the variety of charms on this one!

I had 2 more sports tag orders, ironically for the same number and team name (but different family/different team)!

These necklaces are for a co-worker adopting a baby from China.  The first necklace is hers, with her son's Chinese name and birthdate on the back.  The second is the exact same, this one is for his foster Mom in China.  When she returns, she will have me make one more bar, this one with his adopted name and date of custody.

This order hit home for me.  My previous job share partner's brother had a stillborn baby last week.  She ordered this necklace and the ID tags below to give to her brother's family, to keep Landon's memory alive.  May their family find peace and comfort during this difficult time:

Front of ID tags:

Back of ID tags:

Lake Minnetonka Fun

We spent Sunday on Lake Minnetonka with Charles and Beth.  The weather wasn't the most cooperative (cloudy and windy) but at least it didn't rain.  The boys had fun in their hot tub, jet skiing, we took a fun boat ride to dinner, and played in their game room.  For not having children of their own, they sure know how to spoil ours when they come (right down to the Twizzlers and Sprite the boys love)!  :)  What a fun, fun day for all of us!

Hot tubbing boys:

Kyle in his glory on the jet ski:

Taking his brother for a ride:

Crazy kids on the front of the boat:

Me and Beth enjoying the boat ride and pretzel dip:

Charles and his co-pilot:

Beth and the boys checking out the geese and fish at Maynard's Restaurant:

Kyle driving us back after dinner:

Charles giving the boys a ride in the mule after our boat ride:

Jewelry

I didn't have a lot of time to work on jewelry this weekend, but I was able to make the most important pieces - baseball necklaces for me and my 2 favorite baseball Moms on Carter's team.  :)  We have so much fun together - it's not only about cheering for our boys - it's also about our girl time.  Love our Tuesday and Thursday nights!!!  XO

Griffin is #1, Carter is #7, and Caeden is #10, our favorite express players:

Instagram

We have been soooo busy in our house these past few weeks...

Evan's incision a couple of days post-surgery:

A glimpse at my Saturday - making chili, kids playing outside, making jewelry, and Evan recouperating from surgery:

First bonfire of the season with my boys:

Carter's card for his teacher:

Spring projects are done!  {Pond is now stocked with fish - I need an updated picture!}

With my boys on Mother's Day before church:

Flowers from my Admins on my first day in my new role at Target:

Carter playing for the Express, #7:

Evan's incision 2 days post-surgery and 2 weeks post-surgery.  He is healing amazingly well!

Carter shooting clay pigeon targets in the backyard:

It was a mudslide-for-dinner kind of night!

Celebrating successful track and field days with my boys: