Connor Football Camp & Baseball League Champions + Maci Epic Sleepover with Livi!!!

Weekdays:

• Monday - We let Connor skip skills and drills after a crazy long weekend! He then had day 1 of football camp. Maci did training haus in the afternoon and then we had a relaxing evening with me attempting to get caught up on work.

Football Camp!

New Skirt for Maci Girl

• Tuesday - Connor did his skills and drills and then football camp.  At night they had their outdoor baseball practice and an end of year team party.  Hunter was there and Maci wisely brought a soccer ball so they could do something together. So cute!

Sibling Wiffle Ball Fun!

Maci caught a pop fly that Hunter hit. . . cute

Such a great group of kids!

• Wednesday - Another day of skills and drills and the last day of football camp.  Connor then joined Maci at training Haus for the workout. I met up with many of my TFE soccer moms at Maynards for happy hour. After that, Clint and Connor had their final baseball practice.
• Thursday - I worked from home. Maci had an ortho apt in the AM. We let Connor skip skills and drills to be ready for his baseball game that night. We had the league championship and WE DID IT!!!!  Connor closed and this time when the last batter had an 0-2 count he threw a change up and the kid swung, missed, strike out - game over!!!  The smile on Connor’s face was priceless!! After the game, we all went down to the Saints game as a team to wrap an awesome season!!!  Such a nice comfortable night for baseball.

So Happy w. Coach Andrew

My Buddy!

#1!

Connor and Benjamin

Final inning catcher and pitcher duo

Best Siblings

Maci & Harper

Saints Game w. the Team

Selfies with my buddy on the way to the car

Showing off his new hat

Friday :

• Productive day working at home!
• Connor had open gym basketball invite at the high school 
• He then did some batting lessons with Jordan 
• At 4p Benjamin came over and Clint took them up to the pool to swim. I got my nails done real quick at 430p before meeting them. 
• Once back at our house they played wiffle ball and some MLB the show on PS5.
• Such a sweet play date!

Saturday:

• I slept in for the first time in forever!!!  So nice!!!
• Clint had a massage at 9a
• We got stuff done around the house until about 1p when we went to the pool - Maci brought her good neighbor/class friend, Livi 
• We hung at the pool until about 430p
• We took a quick nap and then got ready for date night with the Brubachers - so great to see them.
• While we were gone, Maci and Livi biked to Target, baked and then had a slumber party. Connor chilled in his play room with some MLB the Show
• Off to sleep around 1030p, just the way I like it :)

New baseball cards from Grandma & Grandpa Gilroy

Sunday:

• It is so HOT!
• We took a quick walk to start the day and were dying!
• We then got stuff done around the house and errands until 2p when we came up to the pool from some cooling off and R&R
• Connor has 3 3v3 basketball games tonight which start at 6p so we will leave the pool around 5p to shower and rest up before heading. Connor is excited that his buddy from Tonka, JD, is going to sub for us this weekend.

Another wonderful week of summer! We cant believe it is almost August.

Lots of Love, 

C, K, M & C 

18 Years of Marriage + Connor League Playoffs & MBT Baseball Tourney!!!

Weekdays:

• Monday - Connor had skills and drills to start the day. After work, I met up with some of my fav Fusion soccer moms - Kim, Kristi and Kari. I hadn’t seen them in far too long. While I was there, Connor was at baseball practice with Clint.
• Tuesday - Another day of skills and drills basketball for Connor. Maci did a training haus workout and then Connor picked up his tackle football gear in the evening.
• Wednesday - Busy day for Connor! Started with skills and drills then went to the batting cages for Derek’s birthday party. Then they had the semi final for league playoffs at Greenwood.  We crushed Prior Lake, Maci asked Chase’s brother (Hunter) for his number ❤ and then we went for ice cream and dinner where we talked all about the match maker we are playing with Maci and Hunter. . . Quite the athletic couple HA
• Thursday - Another day of skills and drills basketball for C man and another round of Training Haus workout for Maci. That evening Maci got her nails done while Connor had some Brower batting practice with his team.

Maci's face when she found out Harper made the Top Fusion Team!

Friday:

• We took the day off as Connor’s tournament started at 12p with game 1. While we were at Game 1, squeege magic came to clean our outside windows.
• Game 1 and 2 were disasters - worse baseball we played all year.  Game 1 was a loss to a weak Chaska who was so fired up to beat us by 1 run. Then we played Game 2 vs a team up north and they spanked us. . . We had zero clue what was going on and started to plan other things to do with our weekend.

All Smiles Before Tough Losses

Nothing a little fan and Baseball pillow cant fix

Saturday:

• Happy 18 years of marriage to us!!!
• We should have known better than to plan out a free weekend b/c our boys has a slim margin of playing on - we had to beat Blaine by 8, we won by 11. We also needed the team that spanked us to do the same to Chaska. . . .well they did and we moved out of pool play as the #2 from our bracket.
• We went on to play 2 bracket play games and won them both - holy shit we are moving on to top 8 in the state!  Totally where this team belongs but also after Friday, we were shocked.
• We hustled out of there to make our dinner reservations at the Club for our anniversary.  It was a nice dinner and a cocktail to cap off a hot and long day of baseball.

Fun Pics after some Wins!

Really likes him some Benjamin!

18 Years of Marriage

Sunday:

• Maci was equally excited for today’s games as Hunter was going to be able to make it since his tournament ended early ❤
• We 10 run ruled the first team and now were top 4 in the state!!!!
• We had to face Apple Valley, a team that spanked us in our Wayzata tourney earlier in the year, we took them to extra innings - what a game!!!  We got up 2 and then Connor took the bump - they had 2 on base and with an 0-2 count he gave up an in the park home run, they beat us in walk off fashion.  Connor and the team was crushed!!!!  We had to pick Connor up helping him realize that was not on him etc. 
• He rebounded and we got to play for 3rd against our nemesis Tonka - the boys rallied - Connor even pitched to get back on the horse - we won!!!!!!! 3rd in the state - way to go boys!!!!
• After lots of pictures, many of us met up at the pool for cool off and then we hit up Connor’s 3v3 late that night and he played great there too.. . .boy was going to sleep great at night!!!

Final 4 in the State

We got 3rd!!!!

Lots of Love, 

C, K, M & C

MBT Basketball Camp, TFE Try Outs + Gopher State Baseball Tourney Weekend!!

Weekdays:

• Monday - Connor had an ortho apt and then joined a few buddies at MBT Basketball camp from 9a-3p. Maci had day 1 of TFE try outs and felt good coming out of them. Connor had a baseball game in the evening vs Eden Prairie and we got the W knocking them out of the league playoffs. Afterward we hosted the Janko's for the men's horrible US game followed by some outdoor hanging with a cocktail.
• Tuesday - Another day of MBT camp for Connor, this time it was Jersey day. Maci had day 2 and final day of tryouts and felt really good after this day - said she was having a great day on the pitch! Connor had baseball practice in the evening. I crashed early as I was spent after trying to get back in the swing of things post PTO!
• Wednesday - Woke up to some missed emails including the one that said Maci made TFE again!!  Yay!!!  Her entire crew stays together but one girl left for MTA, one didnt try out and we had an open spot so 3 new girls!!  Now Maci gets to just enjoy the down time before it all starts back up again in Mid August. Day 3 of MBT for Connor (neon day) and I wrapped my day with a hair cut/color at Urban Eve. I really liked the results with this new girl and about 1/2 the price of what I was shelling out at Juut.

Random Picture of Boomer

Proof of Life

• Thursday - Final Day of MBT for Connor man.  Maci did a training haus fitness class. I had a facial and brow wax to end my day! It was amazing. I then chatted with the baseball coaches for a bit as they were over for state tourney preparations before heading to bed.

Friday:

• I had a morning full of meetings
• Clint got the Toyota serviced early in the morning
• He, Connor and Maci headed to game 1 of Connor's for the Gopher State Tourney at 10a while I finished calls - they got the W in a tighter than it probably should have been at the end game.
• I then wrapped up my work and hauled out to meet them for the 2p game in the HOT sun!  We once again pulled out the W with Connor getting on the bump to end it and in such sweet fashion with the last batter being a strike out!!!!  Maci screamed "that's my brother" and we all had some good smiles.
• We hauled out of there with plans to go to the Cosmic baseball game BUT everyone was hot tired and not wanting to stay up late so we ate the tickets and instead headed to the club to dip in the pool and then go to bed early.

She was rocking her job as DJ

Saturday:

• Game 3 of pool play was at 9a and once again we pulled out a good W against a strong team - Connor again got to get on the bump and end it with a strike out!
• We went to a golf course for some lunch in between which turned out to be a great way to cool off in their AC before another hot one.
• We were now in bracket play so lose and go home. Once again we lost in the same game as last year! We played a tough team from way up north with kids the size of Clint. . .I don't know how they were 10.  They were hitting and we were not fielding - bottom line.  Connor had a great game and was pretty emotional when it ended. However, his coach said some great words to him and we got him to head up to the pool with us to cool off and have some fun. We wrapped the night with a yummy late dinner in the club dining room. Silver lining, we get our Sunday back now!

Dug Out Fun

Sunday:

• Super productive day on a super hot summer Sunday!
• We debated going to the pool or to the Rodeo parade but everyone was just so sick of the sun and heat that we stayed around the house instead.
• Connor played video games and Maci zoned on her phone. Clint ran some errands for us and I got a whole lot of needs around the house complete. We never feel caught up but it felt good to put a dent in the to do list.
• After dinner we all headed up to the high school to watch Connor and team play in their 3v3 league. It was clear they were all tired from a hot weekend and rusty from 4th of July weekend off. . . HA but they won game #2 and we all went home with a smile.

Ready to call it a weekend and hope this next heat wave isnt as bad as they think. . . dang summer you are kicking in! :)

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

Gilroy Beach Vacation & 4th of July Festivities!!

 Weekdays:

• Monday - A big group of people went golfing while the rest of us hit up the beach and some banana boating. Once they were back, we went to dinner at the Grumpy Munk and cheered on Paraguay to victory over Germany - wahoo!!!  We did shots, it was loud, we were fun!

Golfers

Early Morning Bead Art

Souvenir Shop

Pool Floating

Lunch

Banana Boat

Grumpy Monk Fun

Youngins Went Out to the Club

While we walked the beach & watched soccer with the dogs

• Tuesday - Pool and Beach during the day! Christie (Best friend from college) and her family were ironically in North Myrtle on the same week so they came to our beach for a part of the day.  Clint and Connor had to head off for their 4 hour deep sea fishing excursion.  I guess it was pretty choppy so the boys were all feeling a bit rough.  While they suffered through that HA the ladies went to dinner and shopping at Barefoot landing. The boys did catch a shark but that wont get Connor to do it again HA.

Beach Time with Christie & Family

Pool Hangs

Deep Sea Fishing

Shopping Fun

• Wednesday - Last Day . . . Sad!  We hung by the pool most of the day and then went into South Myrtle Beach to see the Boardwalk. After exploring, we came home and got dressed up for some family pictures on the beach before wrapping the day at Hooters cheering on the US Mens Soccer team to victory!!!

Boardwalk Fun!

Family Pics

Soccer Time w. Uncle D

• Thursday - Travel day!  We had to check out by 10a and many got on the road by 9a. My parents and Kendall went in an uber to the airport around the same time.  Molly/Caymen and my immediate family headed to waffle house for breakfast and then to Christie's condo for swimming and hanging until we had to head to the airport around 2p. It was so great to see Christie's family again and to see her parents who I havent seen in over a decade. We had a pretty smooth flight home and were happy to see our dogs when we reached the house around 8p - so tired!

Christie's Parents

Friday:

• Nice chill day back at home
• Connor did some hitting at Brower at 1015a
• Maci went to the St Louis Park pool with a friend, Ellie, from school 
• I got my nails done - fingers and toes at 1230p
• I then napped and watched soccer - dang we wanted Cape Verde!
• We headed up to the Club around 7p for live music and then fire works at 10p - Maci was glad to find her friend Livi and Connor hung with Eli and Oliver

Saturday:

• Happy 4th of July!
• We got up and at 'em around 6a to get to the Janko's cabin for boating, BBQ and fireworks
• We were on the lake by 10a and the kids LOVED the tube.  We did some floating in the water and got a lot of nice sun 
• We stopped for lunch at Zorbaz and got back to their house just before a storm rolled through 
• We had some dinner and then it dried out so the kids started 4 wheeling before we went back out on the boat for fireworks
• Then things took a turn. . . Maci was on the back of Harper's 4 wheeler with no helmet (she feels really bad about this part) and took a tree branch to the dome without seeing it coming.  I came out to check on them and here comes Maci from the wooded trail covered in dirt and crying
• We calmed her down a bit and got her to rest but after lots of discussion, we decided to take her to the ER to check for concussion/whiplash etc.
• The Jankos kept Connor and drove to the fireworks to watch from a car while we hung out with all the other crazies in the ER.  Thankfully during the wait, she started to feel better and better and ultimately had no concussion and just a little whiplash. Everyone was excited to see her when we pulled back up, especially poor Harper who was so sad and scared for her.
• A 4th to remember :)

Zorbaz fun

Goose egg and scrapes

Getting some air with dad outside the ER

Starting to be herself and laughing at the oxygen meter

Fireworks

Sunday:

• Woke up at the Cabin
• Thankfully Maci is showing 0 signs of concussion and just a titch of a sore neck
• We ate breakfast and played some ping pong before packing up and hitting the road back home
• Clint and I got a lot of things done around the house while Connor played video games and Maci napped on and off to rest her body.
• We had a wonderful break and ready to get back into routine.

Connor fell back asleep on the floor

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C