The Mackeys

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Ryan's 8th Birthday Party

We had Ryan's 8th Birthday Party yesterday at Grand Slam. There is no shortage of things to do there - unlimited laser tag, bumper cars, and miniature golf, plus batting cages, arcade games, bowling, inflatable bounce houses. It is a kid's paradise (not so much for an adult - my head hurt by the time we left!) The kids had fun and that is all that matters!!!

Bumper cars:

Laser tag:

Arcade:

Batting cages:

Carter and Zach:

Miniature golf:

So many {junky} trinkets, so little time:

Carter, Lukas, Josh, Ryan, Jimmy, and Zach:

After Grand Slam, we came back to our house for pizza, gift opening, cake, and ice cream:

Ryan and his football cake:

Instagram Picture Share

Here are more Instagram pictures since I haven't been very good at carrying my camera with me lately:

Surprise 10th Anniversary Celebration at work:

Making gingerbread houses in Carter's classroom:

Grandpa and Grandma volunteered in Carter's class today:

Opening his birthday gifts at his favorite restaurant, Perkins!

Proof they can get along (at Ryan's Cub Scout Pack Meeting):

Enjoying a minute of peace late at night while the rest of the family slept:

Ryan's Sunday School program at church:

Carter's Sunday School program at church:

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Mackey Christmas

In true typical fashion, there was a good old fashioned Minnesota snowstorm today. We have about 12" and counting and we are expecting an additional 2-4" during the night tonight. Evan's sister, Molly hosted Christmas (in Forest Lake) and we had less than half of the family at the Christmas, due to poor driving conditions. We didn't do a gift exchange or take group photos, so I don't have any pictures of the events. Ryan wanted to take pictures before we left, so here is our family:

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Instagram

I have found a new love - Instagram. I have been using my phone for Instagram photos far more often than my actual camera, which is probably why I haven't been posting on here as much - all of my pictures are on my phone!

I pulled over my Instagram photos so you can see what I've been up to the past few months! Going forward, I'll try to update them more regularly so I won't have such a long post!

Carter's first Johnsville All Star slip:

Reading in the doctor's office:

Beautiful colors on our drive up north:

Target's new wellness center - very cool concept:

Gorgeous view of the sunset on Centerville Lake:

Taking care of my sweet great-nephew:

View of the sunrise out of the basement window at Mom and Dad's:

Carter's class field trip to Pinehaven Farms:

Bunny snuggles:

Fun night out with Sommer and Malyn - two of my co-workers:

My fish checking out their winter home for the first time of the season:

Boys are in school, time for me to be creative:

Ryan's pencil designed rocket for Cub Scouts:

Kyle's feet are officially bigger than mine!

Grandpa taking Ryan out to his deer stand:

Grandpa and Carter heading out for the evening hunt:

Kyle's 10 point buck on opening weekend:

Evan had this waiting for me on the counter one evening when I got home from work. What a great surprise!

Carter reading his animal books:

Ryan read the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Third Wheel book in less than 24 hours. :)

Evan and Kyle were hunting so the boys and I had an evening to ourselves. We went out for pizza and they enjoyed a long jacuzzi in the master bath.

I love working downtown at this time of the year. Downtown was transformed into a winter wonderland overnight!

Driving home from my cousin Kim's on Thanksgiving night. It went from low 60s in the morning to 30s and driving rain/snow mix. Mom and Dad had to stay overnight the roads were so bad!

Thanksgiving weekend: the tree was up, the house was decorated inside and out, time for a Frosty movie!

Charlie, our Elf on the Shelf, made his appearance on Thanksgiving weekend in a marshmallow bubble bath:

Charlie went camping and roasted marshmallows:

Charlie took Carter's tooth fairy money and made it into a paper airplane:

Carter lost his 2 front teeth in 2 days. "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth..."

Josh and Ryan playing Skylanders on the ipad:

Carter playing tic-tac-toe downstairs while I ran on the treadmill. I had to keep looking backwards over my shoulder for every move. I tried running backwards on the treadmill, but that didn't work too well! ;)