Labor Day Weekend!!

 Short Busy Week :

• Kids were at camp again but Connor is only there from 830-100p so no sooner would we get in a good rhythm it is time to get him
• I had some big learning blocks for training with my team and a 2 hour presentation one morning as well 
• Thankfully Thursday was a fairly tame day for both Clint and I so we got some good work done before the long weekend

Thursday : 

• I worked a bit later into the evening
• Kids headed to bed 
• Clint and I met up with the Harty's for some late night bags and Clint made my drink too strong so I had fun but stunk at bags and felt not so swell Friday morning

Friday : 

• Kids didn't have camp and we both took the day off
• This is usually our MN State Fair day but this year since no fair we thankfully got tickets to the drive thru MN food parade
• It was not the same at all but still super glad we did it and we bought 5 lbs of our fav shredded turkey frozen so hopefully we can enjoy it a few more times this fall/winter
• After the fair, we headed to WI for some more fireworks b/c after the 4th of July we have gotten really into these!!
• Once we were finally home we played outside a bit before coming in to stream cousin Drew's football game!  We got to see him return a punt for a touchdown but unfortunately that was about the only highlight of the game, they have had a rough team start to the season but go Drew!

Saturday : 

• Lots of to dos around the house like decorating for fall mixed in with some fun in the sun
• We met the new neighbors who moved into the Christenson's old house this weekend - they seem like a nice family with a 6th and 8th grade boy - Maci was unimpressed and still calls it Clara's house HA
• Clint helped Nate take down a little tree along with Nate's buddies that were in town for the weekend from Southern MN and Iowa
• Around 3p the Cassem's arrived for a grill out - Natalie, Maci, Stella and Connor had fun attacking the Harty's party with water balloons and they retaliated with water guns - super fun time that ended with kids doing a rotation between their swimming pool and our hot tub right up until dinner
• After dinner we got all set up for the big fireworks!  About 4 other neighbor families came to join at a social distance and we lit up the 'hood.  We figure if this didn't attract the Medina police then we are pretty good to do this most holidays b/c it was a big show
• After the Cassem's left - we joined the Harty's and their pals for an outdoor bonfire before calling it a night

Makeup fun - Connor was out with the neighbor boys at this point

Sunday : 

• Love Long Weekends!!!
• More random to dos around the house - I did a good 20 min run, attempting to get a routine going again on fitness and Clint did some more yard work
• We were being pretty lazy with a movie when the text came that Harty's guests had left and it was time for our FINAL pool day - we have looked at the 15 day forecast and there really isn't a reason with school and temps to plan to get back in again, they could keep it heated but alas we decided to have this be the final hoorah!! 
• We ended our evening with BW3 wings feast for our 2 families and killer brownies for dessert
• Kids went to bed early after a long fun weekend
• Adults headed out to play bags - 2 games to 2 - Boo!

Final Summer Swim!

Monday : 

• Happy Labor Day!
• It is cool here - we went from 80s to a high of 61 today - woah!
• Kids and I did a Target run this morning after Clint and I did a chilly walk with coffees
• Clint is doing more yard work and I am about to hop on the Peloton to rock out on a Prince ride
• I got to do some work prep for a very short week - 3 days as I am taking off next Friday for a me day - lunch date with a pal, massage and just some R&R
• Here's to long weekends of fun, productive and chill mixed together!!!!

This coming week is a strange one for us as school should typically start tomorrow but got bumped to the 14th.  So Maci will go to camp Tues-Thurs but they weren't taking 4 year olds as this is now the school offering.  So Connor is going to our pal Gena's house tomorrow and Thursday and Clint will take off Wed while I am "around" for them both on Friday.  We are counting down the days until the 14th when Connor goes to Pre-K full day M-F and Maci will go to Greenwood Mon, Wed and then Mini Hops school help/camp Tues/Thurs.  It won't be "normal" but it will feel like more routine than we have had in a long time.

We hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day weekend and a wonderful fall start!!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C