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.

New news....

Hello Faithful Readers....

I have some interesting things for you to read... The first one is a profile that a softball website did about me after I committed to Georgetown. He asked me some quesitons so here is the link http://www.teamsmithsoftball.com/18Gold/ts18Gold_news.htm ....

Now another thing is I am officially the editor in chief of my travel ball team's website. I am going to be writing a weekly newsletter so the first one is out.... Here is a link to it... http://www.teamsmithsoftball.com/18Gold/pdf/OctExtreme_Iss1_rev1.pdf


I hope you have fun reading it... I will be updating it every week (hopefully). So keep checking it at http://www.teamsmithsoftball.com/18Gold/index.htm..

Here is a picture of me and my coaches... Terry and Julie...



Love you Mackensey

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!

Dear Friends and Family!!

Wow it has been a while since my last post! Sorry about that but I guess today is the best day to post again. Today is my 17th birthday! And man, I feel old! Just kidding!! Well once again Georgetown is the best school ever and I am so excited that I am going there!! I can't believe that I am 17 and that I am a senior in high school. Wow the days do fly!!!

Love You All!!

Mackensey

The Rivalry Begins...

Hey Friends!!

Well I am glad to report that my eye has healed even though I still have to wear my lovely glasses.

Anyways... Some of you know that one of my best friends is going to George Washington as their catcher. Seeing as we are going to be so close I am so exicted, but the rivalry has begun. But I tell you with pride that the two teams played each other this last weekend and the Hoyas came out victorious. Well the debate continues of whose school is the best, but we all know that Georgetown rules all!! It has been fun and I can't wait until next year.


MAC

A New More Painful Adventure...

My first few days alone (since both of my parents have been out of town) went pretty badly. So now my mom is coming back and taking care of me. Not only have I been sick this whole week but to add onto that I have an abrasion on my cornea. Yes in other words I have a big cut on my eye. I had to go to the doctor by myself yesterday and today I am going to an opthamologist to get it checked out more. Just my luck right.... well I am on codeine so that helps =) but it still is pretty painful. I will save you from the rest of my sad story but I would love your prayers for a quick recovery.

Mackensey (with only one eye)