Keith and I spent our honeymoon in Laguna Niguel California. We stayed at the beautiful Ritz-Carlton of course and had a beautiful ocean view room (with club access)!

This was the view from our room!

We spent a ton of time at the beach, got a little burnt!

We went whale watching and saw Blue Whales, Dolphins, and Harbor Seals.

Had some drinks up on club and took pictures of the coy pond.

On St. Pati's Day we went to an Irish Pub and danced the night away.

Somewhere mixed in here, we enjoyed a relaxing couple's massage and some pool time.

On our last night we had a wonderful dinner at the fine dining restaurant in the hotel. It over looked the ocean and we had a beautiful view of the sunset.

Our honeymoon was so amazing and relaxing. We did not want to come back to the real world.

The story of our wedding...

Keith and I got married at the beautiful Villa Siena in Gilbert Arizona. We were engaged for almost nine months before the big day. During that time we bought a beautiful new home, I got a new job and planned our wedding. So to put it in a nut shell, I was a ball of stress for most of those nine months. But everything ended up perfect!

Fast forward to the day of the wedding, everything went so fast! The girls spent the night with me at my house and a limo picked us up in the morning and took us to Dolce Salon.

Then came the actual wedding! I was so nervous because I had dreamt of this very moment my entire life.

But it could not have been anymore perfect than it was. We danced all night and had such a great time with all of our friends and loved ones.

Then we made our exit and spent our wedding night at The Biltmore in one of the beautiful casitas (thank you Rena and Sean).

The next day we woke up and came home to pack for our honeymoon. We said goodbye and took our families to the airport.

And we were out the door and on to our next adventure...

NEW BLOG!

Welcome to our new Blog! I have been really bad about posting things. I was just using my Blog to have a link to get to other Blogs. So I expected everyone else to post, but I never did!

At my wedding I promised Lisa and Anna that I would do my best to post more... So here is my first attempt. I have updated the pictures and put our beautiful wedding video trailer on here. So now everyone can watch it all the time, just like I do :)

More to come Very soon! I promise!

I'm in LOVE

Well in case you didn't know, I am a taken woman!  The love of my life proposed to me on our vacation to the Caribbean.  We flew into Fort Lauderdale the day before our cruise.  Keith surprised me by getting us into The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale!  Which by the way, that property is beautiful!  We had an ocean view room with rose petal turndown and a bottle of champagne.  We were sitting there just soaking it all in talking about how perfect everything was. Then my love got on his knee and pulled out the ring!  He asked me to marry him and I said YES! 

Keith and I met and fell in love while working at The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix... We got engaged at The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale... So you never know, we may just get married at one of The Ritz-Carlton Hotels... We will keep you posted! 

ALS Walk in Las Vegas

Thank you to everyone that walked "in memory of" my father, Craig Mackey on September 13th. We were back in our home town of Las Vegas, Nevada. We really had a nice turn out. I am not exactly sure how much money our team actually raised but I do know that every penny helps.
I really wished that things were different, and that we would have been walking "in honor of" my daddy, but life has a way of changing in an instant. He has always and will always mean the world to me!
Daddy...I love you and I wouldn't be the woman I am today if it weren't for you in my life.

Tuck N Roll

"We always walk home"

Some of you may have heard of "Tuck N Roll"...for those of you that have not, it is a bowling that consists of my boyfriend Keith and his best friends Tyson, Spam (Ryan) and Hair (David). They have been "Tuck N Roll" for the last 5 years running. I believe that this is the first year making it to the finals. So congratulations boys!!! Go get um!!!

Their victory Jeger shot!

This is my favorite time of the year!

I love Thanksgiving. It is by far my favorite holiday in the whole world! I love it because this is the one holiday that my family gets together. We don't have small children in the family anymore. So there really isn't a need to have the great big Santa Claus surprises like we used to. I guess when you are a little older cooking and eating all day long is a lot more fun!

Usually in the Mackey/Betty households my Nane and I are in the kitchen cooking and preparing all day. Mom will squeeze in after the Turkey is in the oven and help with all the fixens. Then there is the crucial nap time for everyone. Soon after our nap, Alex will begin making the cocktails. By the time we are ready for dinner and wine we are all a little sauced. It really is a great tradition! With football in the background and snacks all day long...I just don't know why this only happens one time a year!

Unfortunately, this year, and every other for that matter, we will be missing one very important ingredient.