A Week w. Grandma!!!

Weekdays:

• Monday : I went into the office while Clint worked from home and my mom had the kiddos.  We had some quick burgers for dinner.  Clint hauled Maci to Soccer Practice at 530p and then my mom and I took Connor to his 6p Baseball game.
• Tuesday : We had a yummy dinner of chicken and rice before my mom and I took Maci to her 7p haircut - need to look fresh for back to school!

Before & After of Her Snazzy Cut

• Wednesday : I worked from home while Clint swapped and headed into the office.  We had a busy evening with open house starting at 4p, we met Clint there.  Connor has Mr Meyer this year for 1st grade and Mr Meyer is a Baseball Coach!!  Maci has Ms Sowada for 4th grade and she still plays soccer which made Maci love her, that and she let them pick their seat!!  Then we had to split up and Clint headed to Connor's final baseball game at 5p and my mom and I were off to Maci's 530 soccer practice in the heat - after grabbing some McD's for dinner on the way there.

The Mondell Crew Outside Our School

So Sweet!!  Leading Connor to Mr Meyer's Room

• Thursday : I wrapped the day around 3p and decided to start the long weekend fun!  We hung out for a bit, ate dinner, watched Toledo play their 1st game and made cocktails all before we started the family fantasy draft fun!  I feel pretty good about my team and scored Evan McPherson as my kicker so my team name is now "$ McFEARson" with the leg lamp as the image HAHA can't wait for a fun season!

Goof Ball

Friday : 

• MN State Fair Day!!!!
• We were up and at 'em and at the bus lot by 9a.
• We were in the fair grounds enjoying our first bites of food by 930a.
• The kids loved the rides, games and sweet foods.
• My mom and I loved the pickle items
• Clint and I loved the cold beer and shade!
• It was another long day and this time SUPER HOT!  We started at 930a and were on our way out of the fairgrounds around 530p - I just love this every year!
• We all got home, wanted to shower the sweet and sunscreen off and shortly after doing so we were all dropping like flies.  I think I fell asleep by 830p.  What a FUN but EXHAUSTING day!

Start of a great day!

They love them some Grandma

Pickle Dogs!

Outside the Butterfly House

Vikings Fun!

MN United - Loons

Chilling while mom & dad look at patio furniture 

Ran into my pal and former leader Scott who snapped this sweet pic!

Always like one of the kids :)

Good Sports

It was so good!

The last purchase at the end of a long hot fair - M loves her Pickles!

Saturday :

• Grandma's last morning :(
• We ordered Peg's Countryside Cafe for a pick up breakfast
• Enjoyed food on the deck along with coffee before starting to pack. up my mom in the car for the airport
• We dropped her off with tons of hugs around 1030a and then we were off to get my car cleaned, pick up hot tub chemicals and order our By the Yard new outdoor furniture.  
• I was so productive yesterday!  I started to clean Connor's room, got the kids new bedroom sheets/comforters ordered, got everything ready for the first day of school, crushed laundry and many other items on the to do list all while having College Football on in the background - Ahhhhh!
• Come evening, I enjoyed the OSU game with Clint and then wrapped the evening in our hot tub b/c it was the perfect night for it with a good beer!

Sweet Room Message from Maci

Sunday :

• Love Long Weekends!!!!
• We got up early to take the dogs for a walk - we are watching Fred while the Harty's are in Iowa.
• Got home and I kept laundry rolling before snoozing on the couch.
• Connor had his pal Chuck come over at 11a, repayment since they had him over for a bit last night.
• I fed them lunch and they ran all over the house, mostly outside!
• Around 2p Connor got picked up with Chuck to go to an indoor ninja place with Chuck's dad. 
• Clint did a lot of yard work and I continued to tick things off the to do list!
• Now both kids are home and we are about to head to Kobe for dinner - some hibachi on our Labor Day Weekend!

Tomorrow will be a little more relaxing since so much is checked off the list!  We are smoking some pork and getting the kids down to bed before the first day of school the next day - wahoo!!!  We hope you all are having a good back to school season!  We wish all the kiddos a happy and healthy year ahead!

Lots of Love, 

C, K, M & C