Mondells in Minneapolis

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Memorial Day, School is almost out and 1st Place in Prior Lake Baseball Tournament!!

Weekdays:

Monday - What a super fun Memorial Day! We got all our flowers for the outside yard and then went up to the club around noon for some swimming and a grill out. Maci got to find a few friends and had a layout routine. Connor found many buddies including Oliver, Eli and CJ from baseball. Clint and I got to enjoy some downtime and a cocktail while cooling off. We grabbed some to go dinner and headed out around 430p. We were busy getting everything ready for back to work/school but really enjoyed our long weekend.

Bathing Beauty

The View

Bros - Connor and Eli

Baseball Buddies

Connor, Oliver, CJ & Eli

Tuesday - Busy first day back. Full day of meetings and then Maci and Connor both had practices in the evening.
Wednesday - I was able to get Laura to take Maci to and from practice (Thank you!) so that I could meet Clint and Connor at his game vs Tonka. Dang was it HOT! We were up the entire game but ultimately lost by one on a walk off in the 6th. Ugh the boys were bummed and HOT! A few of us went to Snuffy's for burgers and a malt after to cool off and calm down :)

Jersey Day & he wears his own :)

She is so pretty inside and out

Waiting on her ride - so big!

Thursday - After work, I met 2 dear friends (Megan and Lisa) for happy hour/dinner. Maci and Connor both had their respective practices and I picked up the girls on my way home. Back at the house, Clint hosted the baseball coaches after practice for some golden tee and weekend strategizing. They stayed up way too late :)

The Best! Lisa, Megan & me

Friday:

Good productive day
We all hustled out of the house for Connor's 730p vs Prior Lake.
Clint and I had tickets to our annual prom but those will have to be a charity gift this year as we wouldn't miss our buddy work the mound.
They had a great close W over Prior Lake in game 1!

Connor and Chuck after a happy W

Maci and Harper

Saturday:

Another full day of baseball - game 1 was initially closer than we would expect but pulled out the W vs Farmington.
In between games, Clint ran Maci home as she was going to babysit for a family in the hood starting at 430p.
Clint got back in time for game 2 and that was a nice 10 run rule W vs Spring Lake Park.
We ran to DQ for some ice cream and then home for a quick bathing suit change before Connor and I ran up to the pool for a late dip.
Clint met up with Andrew to help with some field work for our own home baseball tourney and I met Lyndsey (Andrew's wife) and the kids for swimming and food.
We all crashed early and were ready for another day at the fields!

Boys watching more baseball

Enjoying a poolside dinner

Sunday:

Up and at 'em - the semi final game was against the other Prior Lake team. We blew it open in the 4th but then Connor had to go in to help get us out with bases loaded and no outs. A few things didnt bounce our way and they got 5 runs cutting the lead to only 2. In the 6th we put up 1 more fun and then Connor came in and did his thing - 2 Strikeouts back to back and then a pop up to our centerfielder to end it!!!! On to the chip!
As we got ready for the chip it started to rain and then it down poured and then it never stopped! It was supposed to be some rain in the forecast but not this - they ended up calling the game but we are 1st place b/c we were going to play Spring Lake Park again so we already beat and they had 1 loss and we had 0. . . yay!!!!
The boys hung back in the rain for their rings and lots of cheer!
Finally home to rest and get things done around the house.
Connor took a snooze and I got laundry rocking. Maci went to her friend Isla's house.
Around 430p we were back at it with Connor having 3v3 basketball games that night. We only had 3 players but the boys rocked it - dominated against a good team with a punk from Maple Grove who likes to body Connor. Then we played a super sad team from Wayzata where our boys who didnt try very hard won 60-23. . .ouch!
Grabbed Maci on the way home and continued getting things done around the house before calling it for the night.

The dugout was flooding

Getting that ring from Andrew

Love this boy!

Proud Parents

Maci was smart in the car due to rain

They are in the same class, wanted this for their teacher

Greenwood Represent :)

Love this team!

We are heading into the last week of school and the kids are pumped!! Bring on Summer!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Busy Week on the Home Front + Memorial Day Weekend!!

Weekdays:

Monday - Super busy day at work and feeling behind on everything! We rushed out of work to get to Maci's final track meet - Conferences! Not everyone was invited to this - only top finishers. Maci did well against some tough competition and proud of her for getting year 1 of track under her belt. Connor had some baseball practice and I tried to catch up on life.

Clint has LOVED being back at the track

Tuesday - I had a work networking thing to wrap my day. Maci had some age group training and twisted her ankle so sat out most of it. Connor had spring basketball practice.
Wednesday - I had an all day VP+ HR meeting at work and dinner at Blvd afterward. Maci went to her practice but watched thanks to the ankle. Connor played Minnetonka in baseball and they won!!! I was watching on my phone during the dinner :)
Thursday - I had another 1/2 day leadership meeting. Then Connor had a game vs Orono that I made it to finally - an entire game! They won and Connor had a great double and some killer pitching!! We headed to Roberts for dinner afterward. Clint grabbed Maci from practice and met up with us at the restaurant.

This Cutie Class is Almost Done!

Connor is back left in his Nike tech

Friday:

Almost holiday weekend!!!
We started the day with a walk with the dogs and agreeing to finally join the Medina Country Club. We had no initiation by joining with the Jankos so too good not to. Also, Maci is now old enough to come by herself / with friends to the pool.
I got caught up on quite a bit of work then ran Connor to a haircut at 4p
I then had a nail apt at 630p
A great lazy day to kick off the weekend in the rain.

Saturday:

Clint started the day with a massage
While he was there, the kids and I took a tour of our new club.
Connor then had a pitching clinic over lunch and I took a nap.
That night Clint went to dinner with some friends at Pub 819. The kids and I ordered Kobe Sushi and Hibachi for dinner and I caught up on my reality TV shows.
Nice relaxing evening before the warm weather hits.

Sunday:

We got a lot of stuff done around the house including laundry and hot tub water change.
We then headed to the Harty's for a pool party.
It was a good time catching up in the sun.
Then we went to dinner at the club for the 1st time, good food and nice time.
We hung back out with the Harty's but some wind and rain rolled in so we moved the party to our basement.

Love a good long weekend and so excited to see the club pool for the first time tomorrow! We are so ready to say hello summer - not many more days of school (wrap June 5) and looking forward to many pool days to come!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

Final Session in DC + Road Trip for Soccer + Baseball Tournament!

Weekdays:

Monday - I worked from home to try and get life in order. At night, Connor had a baseball game vs Edina. Maci and I joined for a bit, hauled to her middle school for her spring choir concert and then hauled back to Greenwood to watch Connor crush Edina with some awesome pitching.
Tuesday - I had a busy morning at the office and then headed to the airport. I had to fly to DC for my final session of my executive leadership program, ready to be done! While I was gone, Clint had to pick Maci up from track, run Connor to Brower baseball training, get Maci to and from Soccer practice and manage Connor at his spring basketball practice.
Wednesday - Connor has been doing a GoPro tech project after school this week. Clint also had to get to Connor's baseball game vs Delano - crushed them! While they were doing that, Maci had her district track meet - sad none of us could be there but she got 4th in her 100 out of 89, 4th in the long jump about of like 50 and their 4x100 got 1st in a photo finish!!! Cael, our neighbor, then ran her from track to her soccer practice. While they did this, I got a pedicure in DC with 2 other dear colleagues.

Nice Work M!!

Thursday - I got to leave the program a little early at 330p. I flew home and got to the house around 10p. While in air, Maci had soccer practice and Connor did his spring basketball practice.

Friday:

So good to be home, even if briefly!
I worked from the deck as we got the living room and hallway carpets cleaned.
Before I knew it, Clint was taking Rosie to the groomer and I was off to get Maci at school for her 12p pick up.
We grabbed some quick lunch and then picked up Sam and Savannah to ride with us for our final weekend soccer trip.
We made it to Des Moines in a good 3.5 hours. It was nice to have another adult in the car.
We ate some food at the hotel and watched Connor's team lose in a tough one of game 1 of their tourney.

Cheering on Connor

Saturday:

We were up and at 'em watching Game 2 of Connor's - a good win!
Then we were off to our own game vs VSA. We needed to either W 1 or Tie 2 on the weekend to clinch 1st place and move on to Nationals.
The game was HOT but the girls worked hard - Maci played some killer defense! We won 2-0 and clinched - the girls were dying!!!
We grabbed some quick late lunch and hit the road for Omaha - 2 hours later we were there.
Connor thankfully won game 3 and so they play on into Sunday.
We got some quick dinner of pizza and salads before crashing for the night.

More Cheering on Connor

Let's Go Girls!

Lenix, on the 2012s, her mom takes great pics!

I love this progression

Maci hunts players down and DOES NOT QUIT!

Victory!!! #1

Dinner with Friends

Connor had his own fun at Graham's with his baseball buddies

Sunday:

Connor's team got behind by alot in their morning game while we walked to Starbucks.
However, they ended up pulling out a tough Win in extra innings against the team they had lost to on Friday!
Then it was time for our game. We won 6-3 and were right back in the car for the 5.5 hour drive home. While heading home, we heard about Connor's loss in the semi which had them play for 3rd but they did it!!! They got 3rd place and I love that one of the boys asked if the rings were Rose Gold vs Bronze HAHA
That also got them their bid for the state tournament - good job boys. Everyone was happy to wrap the crazy weekend. We pulled into the garage around 10p exhausted and smiling.

All smiles with a donut and a crazy W in game 1 of Sunday!