A Family-Filled Thanksgiving

I hope everyone does not feel neglected, but I am finally finding time to update my blog, which is long overdue.I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and remembered to be grateful for life and the blessings of each day.

For my Thanksgiving, my parents and I traveled to Chicago where we met both of my older brothers. The day came where I finally met my niece, Madeleine. Let me tell you, pictures do not do her justice... SHE IS SO CUTE!!! Along with meeting my niece, I also spent time with some of relatives that I hadn't seen since I was super young. I partook of two Thanksgiving dinners, needless to say I felt fat. Thais and Heath did an amazing job of making dinner on Thanksgiving day, even deep frying the turkey, which was delicious. The turkey's name was Rudy. Heath named him and yes, it was Rudy Guliani (don't ask).

Not only did we get to see the beautiful city of Chicago, my family also traveled Little Miss Sunshine style (if you haven't seen that movie it is a must see) all the way to Shelbyville, Indiana for a mini family reunion. The van included 7 of us, Violet (Heath and Thais's puppy), and Maddie (my niece). It was a fun experience and it was great to see the fam.

Along with some great stories, we got some great pictures so here are some of them:



I think we have another contender for the cutest picture yet of Maddie!!




My uncle Greg, my grandma, my mom and my uncle Steven.



Our beautiful family in our annual holiday picture. You will probably be seeing this in a Christmas/ New Years card soon.



Me and my beautiful neecha (Heath's affectionate name for Maddie)




The cutie pie Violet...




Goofing around with Ash, my big bro...



Heath and Rudy... (We did it Gilmore Girl style... and if you haven't seen that show you must have something wrong with you =) see episode Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving)



My dad and I.



Maddie and I fell asleep together.




Mommy and I.




Thais and I




Courtney and Maddie having mirror time... Maddie loves looking at herself in the mirror.



Celebrating Ashley's birthday



Another picture of our family...

I had a great time not only hanging out with Heath, Thais, Ash, and Courtney but also hanging out with my extended family...

I hope you enjoyed this insight into my Thanksgiving...

Mackensey

Cutest Picture Ever!!

I love you Maddie!!

Wicked!!

Hey Peeps!

Here is my latest adventure...

I am in the International Baccalaureate Program, which is basically an honors program on steriods, at my school (I know I am such a nerd). Anyways, senior year we all take this class called Humanities, which mixes civics, philosophy, english, history, theology, and a few other things together, and we get to do a bunch of fun things. We are, in fact, in the middle of a mock primary election.... (sadly, Ron Paul won the Republican nomination). Anyways.... something fun we got to do was go to Hollywood and see the play Wicked. Before we also went to the La Brea Tarpits, which is a museum and site where they have found dinosaur bones, and the Los Angeles Art Museum. Here are some pics I have from it.... IT WAS AMAZINGLY FUN!!!



Kaitlyn and I on the bus on the way up there... School buses fun fun fun..



Me, Annie, Kaitlyn, Jessica, and Kristin. We are totally going to be on America's Next Top Model!! Here we come Tyra...



Eating crepes at the Farmers Market with Annie, Kristin, Troy, and Jessica..



Walking around at the Farmers Market/ shopping mall in LA with Steve, Jessica, Alan, Kristin, Kaitlyn, and Annie. (Sorry its sideways)



In front of the Chinese theater with everyone..



All of us at the Pantages Theater about to see Wicked.. (it is once again sideways.. I need to figure that out)

Once again it was fantabulous!! I hope you enjoy my pictures..

Bye M.C.