Mackay Reunion

So Sunday after church, I made two sheet cakes for our reunion; for our Clark reunion, I had made a white cake but I also made a chocolate for this one. I don’t know why, but I just love them. We got ready and left around 2:30 for Albion. It is a little over two hours away from our house. We got there and started helping make dinner. Our family and my moms brother’s family always combine and do the first meal of the reunion-Mexican food. It turned out really good. We were able to pick out our room and hang out with family.

Monday was the 10^th of July, and it was my birthday. 2020 I spent my birthday in Florida, 2021 was in Albion, 2022 was in Florida and 2023 was again in Albion. I can probably count on my hands the number of times in my life I have had a birthday at home; most years we are in the middle of a vacation. This year was nice; I got sung to by a hundred people…we spent most of the day at this place that had two big slides. After we got some ice cream and again, spent time with family. We had out big family picture with everyone and I was able to get a few pictures with my grandpa. I love that man and he had some great posterity. Monday night, we got a tour of the haunted buildings and it was cool. Sally decided to go this year and she did good. 

Tuesday, a lot of the boys went golfing. Teddy rode over with my brother and Sam met them there. They had a good time. We spent the day just hanging out, mostly at the pool.

Wednesday we got up and packed up and left around 10. I was going to just have my kids, but I ended up taking my niece and three nephews. Our car was packed but we made it. We dropped them off in Rexburg and came home. My parents came to our house, and we started a few days of cleaning and getting my house ready for people to come over on Saturday. I tired so hard to have my house looking good but it really wasn’t; I wanted my parents to be proud of me but I failed at that; but they helped me out a lot and started the motivation in me to continue doing it.

Thursday my mom and I met two of my sisters and a sister in law down in Idaho Falls. For my birthday there were a few things that I wanted. We first stopped at Victoria secret and I tried on some bra’s. It was interesting and a little embarrassing, but o well. I have had my bra for years and its old and discolored; so the lady at the store measured my at a 44DD, I wasn’t too shocked but it was just annoying that I have let myself get so big again. It just sucks, it doesn’t help the my sister in law got fitted as well and she was like a 32. I tried so hard not to compare. Well, I was happy that the size she fitted me for did not work. The bra that I had on when I went in was a 40C and that is actually the size that fit with a bra they had; but the side straps were too thin and my fat stuck out; so we decided to try and go to another store but when we went out, we found a thicker strap bra that they could order for me. I got some interesting panties as well, haha. My sisters also found some sweatpants that fit me as well as some jammies. It felt nice.

So after that, we went and tried to find some tennis shoes. I have had the same ones for over 6 years and I have wanted new ones for a while. We went into a store that they fitted me and had me try on some shoes. The guy helping us out also told me that my arch was one of the highest he had ever seen, no shocker there. I have always felt like my arches were high, but the validation was nice. He suggested some inserts and I wasn’t sure about them, just because I felt like I had tried them before and they didn’t seem to work. Well come to find out, I had been using the inserts over top of the shoe inserts and it was way too high. So he showed me how to take out the other shoes inserts and add these. I ended up not liking any of the shoes at that store but I bought the inserts and we headed to the sporting goods shore at the mall and I found a great pair of shoes that I was able to put in the insert and they are what I was looking for. It ended up being a great time and my sisters and mother were so helpful. We had lunch and then they went home.

My mother and I stayed back in Idaho Falls and she was able to help me get a few things for my house. We were able to get a few new pillows for our couches and bath towels. In the end we also got a comforter for my bed and it turned out so great. I am grateful. We then went to Costco and got a few things for Saturday and came home. While we were gone my dad spent some time at our house. He was able to help us get a new dishwasher, ours hasn’t been working for a while. We also had a plumber come out and try and help us get our downstairs shower and sink working. This is the same gentleman that had come out and helped me with the clogged drain in the kitchen. He worked hard and was able to get it working. Wow, my husband is happy for the shower to be working.

Thursday evening, we had my in-laws come over for dinner as well as my husbands brother and his wife and son. With my parents, it was a nice little group; my husband was actually gone most of the evening. He was hosting a baseball tournament for a guy from Rigby who passed away a couple of years ago. It wasn’t the best weekend to hold the tournament but it really was the only time he could do it. We had wedge salads and it turned out to be good. We say around talking for a couple of hours, I know my husbands parents were waiting for Sam to get home but they left about 30 minutes before he got home.

Friday we got up early and I cleaned my room some and my parents took a load to the dump. At 9:30 we went over to the church and played pickleball for a couple of hours; it was great. It was me and Teddy against my parents. It went well. After playing we went over to visit a friend and then we came home and cleaned some more. My mom took Sally on a little date for her birthday and then at 3:00, we left and headed up to west Yellowstone to a play. There were 12 of us total plus my little niece. We saw Beauty and the Beast at the playmill. We were a little late but made it. It was a cute production. I like it when I know the gist of the things I am seeing. There were some new musical numbers but the general idea was the same as the movie. We didn’t get home till late but it was fun!!!