Mondells in Minneapolis: Way Behind Cont - Last Week of School + More Soccer & Baseball Tourneys!!

Weekdays:

Monday - Connor got to have his 3rd grade end of year fun during the day at Urban Air indoor adventure park. He had a blast and fortunately was one of the kids that did NOT get injured 👀. Connor had practice at night but Clint skipped to be the driver for Maci and Elliana to their FC Pitz training. I had pre-scheduled a nail apt at 6p b/c we have ZERO time on the weekends right now.
Tuesday - A significantly lighter day means R&R in the evening and catching up on life around the house. Our cleaning ladies came which always makes the home feel better. Then all we had at night was Connor's baseball practice - wahooo!
Wednesday - Clint went golfing at 10a. I drove home from the office mid day so I could get the house ready for the Cargill reunion I was hosting for Happy hour at our house. While I was hosting many of my fav Cargill people, Connor ran to practice with Clint and Maci had her own soccer practice with Aanya's family kindly commuting her to and from. After soccer, Maci had a virtual film session with their coach and teammates which was so close to eavesdrop on :) During this film meeting and after everyone left, Clint had another coaches "safety" meeting to prep for the upcoming weekend tournament.
Thursday - Last day of school!!!! I cant believe we now have a 4th grader and 7th grader!!!! I worked from home and got all the pictures to start the day. We did the usual balloon bombarding on the elementary school bus. Then Connor and I went up to the park to say hi to the neighbors and celebrate before rolling out to the middle school to grab M and head off to her game vs MTA at 530p. It was a great way to start summer as they crushed them with a 4-1 W. We LOVE beating MTA!!! Neko had a hat trick and our very own Maci had the other goal, a great assist by Neko to Maci for a clean awesome finish!!!!

1st Day & Last Day of 3rd Grade

Connor & his Bro, Oliver

The Elementary Bus Stop

Day 1 & Last Day

Emily, Nash, Oliver & Connor

Maci and Tyce - Day 1 vs Last Day!

She is taller than him now

1st Day & Last Day of 6th Grade

Beating MTA!!!

Friday:

1st "kid" day of summer!!!!
Maci had her virtual TFE assessment discussion with Coach Julian and it went really well - she has improved SO much on this team this year! She is feeling confident heading into the rest of summer and try outs - Maci is a work horse and we appreciate him seeing it :)
Maci and I then had to cut out early for game 1 of the All American Cup - once again playing up a year. Game 1 was vs Centennial where we won 3-0 and Maci had another goal! We also got to celebrate her dear teammate Sav's birthday!
Maci and I then hustled from that game in Blaine all the way over to East Ridge for game 1 of Connor's baseball tournament. Maci and I grabbed some sushi and nuts etc for snacks ahead of the game (you do what you must on the road!) It was a great start with a 13-4 W. Our kids are on fire!!

Happy B-Day Sav!

Saturday :

These are the days I wish I could clone myself!
Maci had game 2 vs DASC and we crushed them 7-0 OH MY! Lauren had a hat trick in the first 5 mins and Maci had yet another goal.
At the same time, Connor was playing his game 2 vs Spring Lake and won 18-1 OH MY!
Connor then had game 3 vs OMGAA and won 17-1 - GOODNESS BOYS!!!
Maci had her game 3 and they won 5-0 with her netting 2 goals vs DMSC. Shut out in bracket play!
Clint and Connor decided to stay in a hotel with the team out at East Ridge but Maci and I came home, took quick naps and then went over to our neighbor's the Herness for Jacob's graduation party. Yummy Mexican food and a few beers before crashing for the night!

Our Gals

Team Lunch Fun

These Boys!

Hotel Night!

Sunday :

Another day of cloning desires!!! Connor's semi was at 10a - he was brought in to pitch in the 5th and 6th inning of a TIGHT game. This kid is insane confident at pitching and he did it again. They pulled off the W 10-8 to head on to the championship game!!!!
While he was in that semi, I was at Blaine with Maci in her own semi where they won 4-0 with Maci and Neko each taking a PK and 2 other goals by Annie and Sav.
Connor went on to play for the championship against Minnetonka but they came up short getting 2nd place after a tough 3-8 loss. However, they got rings and that finish nets them a spot in both state tournaments!!!!
They then came out to Maci's championship game vs a team from Grand Forks. Unfortunately we lost our 1-0 lead towards the end of the game and had to go into PKs. We lost on PK #7 and the girls were super down. We reminded them that they played so strong all weekend!!!!
I ran Maci to Pizza Luce where she got to enjoy an end of school year slumber party with Natalie and some of Natalie's pals.
I then hustled to Connor's 3v3 games at 730 and 755p.
We completely crashed in bed after this one HAHAHA!!!

Connor Crushing It Again - Gets them to Championship!