Weekdays:
- Monday - Game 1 of Tackle Football vs Edina. Our boys looked ready and they pulled out a 21-0 W with our very own Connor man running it in for a TD. Way to keep those legs moving buddy!
Love this Guy
- Tuesday - Clint got the Pilot serviced in the AM. He then had a golf outing in the afternoon for a good cause with some buddies. Connor got to basketball open gym late in the afternoon thanks to Pete Galzki. Maci and I hustled up to the middle school for her back to school pics, locker move in, walk your schedule etc. That took way longer than anticipated so we were flying to soccer practice that started at 615p. While we were at Soccer the Lyons family kindly got Connor to football practice and Clint met them there after his golf finally wrapped.
- Wednesday - Mondell Kids take over Optum campus! The kids have been begging me to come into my work for a day so I figured out how to lighten my schedule for the day and it was also a day where I was going to leave early due to Connor’s elementary open house. The kids thought lunch was awesome, Maci loves the dry erase board and Connor loved the screen time I offered HA! While we were at work, Clint managed our new bed & TV deliveries at home. We took off around 330p to get to Connor’s Open house in time so that he could still get to football practice on time at 6p. Maci and I then had our own night at soccer practice around 7p.
- Thursday - Maci got invited to go to Valley Fair (amusement park) with her pal Rosie. Connor had some more open gym for basketball in the afternoon. Clint and Connor headed up to the high school for the Wayzata HS football game and youth football night. Unfortunately Wayzata is not looking super strong so Connor was ready to leave when they were down by a few. While they were there, Maci and I had another soccer practice - got to get ready for Chicago!
Friday:
- Travel Day! Grandma and Grandpa Gilroy were slightly ahead of us so they made it to Chicago late afternoon and we arrived right around dinner time.
- We met up at a Taco restaurant for a nice quick dinner and then let them rest for the night in their hotel.
- We headed back to our team hotel and the adults played some Horse Racing game with cocktails while the girls played tag in the hotel and the little siblings swam in the pool.
- Julian hosted a team meeting at 9p and lights out was at 10p.
Saturday:
- I couldn’t sleep so was up drinking coffee at 6a
- We had a nice slow moving morning since our 1 and only game for Saturday wasn’t until 1250p.
- Many of us watched the college game day show and the start of the OSU game.
- Maci’s team played Central Illinois and last year we lost to this team but this year we flipped the script and beat them a sound 3-1. It was so fun to see our new forward Isabel get the first goal. Goals made by Isabel, Sav and Isla.
- Afterward we got some quick Panera, dropped my parents off and headed back to the hotel for some rest.
- That night, my parents went to a Greek restaurant and we did team activities with Chipotle catered, headed back to the fields to watch the 2012s and then back to the hotel for a scavenger hunt.
Goofing at the 2012 Game
Brothers at the Hotel during the game
Sunday:
- Busy soccer day! We started with game 1 at 930a vs Indy Premier. It was a back and forth dog fight to start with a 1-1 tie but then they piled on 4 more goals - we looked defeated and quit a bit. Julian was able to get them finding their edge and pulling it to 2-5 loss. Good learning for all!
- We went to lunch at the Cherry Pit with my parents and then to our own hotels for some rest time.
- Off to game 3 vs Chicago FC at 430p - ours girls wanted revenge after that Indy game earlier. They came out strong and never really let up - 4-2 final with goals by Annie, Isabel, Ayla and Maci! It was such a gritty killer goal and my parents got to see it live! Maci was so fired up - screaming and doing a big back flip! She pressured the keeper and the keeper tried to get rid of it but kicked it right into Maci and she flew right past her and GOAL!!!! Such a fun way to cap the weekend.
- We swore we were playing on to the championship Monday but Indy lost to CIL so there were 4 teams with a 2-1 record and we missed out due to goal differential by 1 goal. Bugger!
- We headed to Olive Garden for dinner, said bye to my parents and back to the hotel for swimming, showers and early bed time.
Maci and those Green Cleats - See her every time!
Turning the page from summer to fall as we return home from Chicago. Kids start school this coming week with Connor going in person on Tues and Maci on Wed. We are ready for the new school year and excited for all the fall fun!
Lots of Love,
C, K, M & C
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