The Mackeys

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Last Day of School

Another school year has come and gone. My 1st and 3rd graders are now 2nd and 4th graders. Wow! They had such a fun day - when I watch their excitement on days like this, I relive my own last days of school. So.much.fun!!!

Boys before school:

I volunteered at Carter's end of year party. Here he is making sand art:

The finished fish!

Making a fish suncatcher:

Carter and Ms. Hallstrom. He is going to miss her sooo much. We all are!

Carter and his friends: Atryk, Charlie, and Luke:

Carter's first grade class:

Getting off the bus after school:

School's out for summer!!!!

Writing their end of the school year interviews that I put in their books. So cute!

Kyle's Soccer Game

Kyle has had a very busy spring. He finished 9th grade yesterday, he played golf, soccer, and also managed to participate in the Legacy trap shooting team. He had one crazy schedule. Now that school's out and golf and trap shooting are done, he can concentrate on what's important...sleeping in and soccer. :) We were able to watch his game last night and it was so much fun to watch him play! He was an outside wingman (I think that's what he called it!?) and there was only 1 sub on the team, so he had a lot of playing time and he was exhausted by the end!

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Instagram

More instagram pictures to share. This is one of my favorite ways to share a snapshot of our daily happenings around here:

Ryan's blue ribbon track and field day:

I made Holly (left) and Susie (right) necklaces with their boys numbers on them. We sit together at every baseball game and have so much fun together!!!! Love these girls!

Ryan's class field trip to Target Field with his neighbor and friend, Nathan:

Kyle is driving! He has his permit and is doing a great job driving now. How on earth can he be old enough for that?

Carter's team had a rough start to their game last night, but they managed to turn it around later in the game to pull out the win. They are still undefeated and close games have Holly and Susie and I on the edge of our chairs. Evan has to keep reminding me to settle down, they're 7 and 8 year olds!!! ;) Carter made all 3 outs in one inning and was congratulated by the coach (top pic):

I was heading down to the treadmill this morning when Carter stopped me. He wanted to go for a run outside. Technically, I run and he rides bikes ahead of me, telling me "hurry UP, Mom!" It was a gorgeous morning and I'm so glad we went outside!

My yard is in full bloom right now and I love, love, love it! We love summer in MN!!!

Carter came home from school with this for me today and I cried when I saw it. His teacher wrote the nicest note and she took a picture of each of the kids holding a letter that spelled "Thank you for helping us!!!" Then each child signed the frame, and put their fingerprint next to their name. I love it! I volunteered in his classroom every Thursday this school year and I am going to miss those kids so much!

I have a hard time getting to many of Kyle's games because Ryan and Carter have such a busy schedule. I was glad we could make it tonight. He is so much fun to watch. Watching 15 year olds play soccer is a lot different than watching 9 year olds. He did a great job!!!

Sunday, June 8, 2014

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 !:)