Mondells in Minneapolis: WI Dells Annual Fun!!

Weekdays:

Monday - I had my team's onsite meeting all day long which ended with a volunteer event and then happy hour on a super WARM patio! Maci had her soccer tryout camp start today and she was sooo excited that she was named one of the Gatorade hard working players of the day on day 1!! She amazes us!
Tuesday - Maci had another day of tryout camp in the morning. I wrapped my team onsite also in the morning. We enjoyed an evening with NO plans!!

Wednesday - Maci's last day of tryout camp ended strong! That evening we had Connor's last baseball practice, dang we are going to miss this team and the boys of summer!!! The dads finished practice with some kick ball and Connor was pretty ticked at Clint who held his shirt so that he could guarantee an out - Connor says its because he is too slow if he doesn't cheat HA!

Art Project Maci & Steph Crafted!

Thursday - Kids had their 6 month dental cleaning in the morning that Steph kindly ran them to, no cavities!! Then Maci had her gymnastics class for the week. In the afternoon our nanny Steph met up with Anna & Noah's nanny, Bri, for an afternoon at a local pool. Connor LOVES any time with Anna and Maci is the same age as her older brother Noah, they have been baseball game pals all summer. That night the Jonas kids came over to learn how to take care of our dogs. I got some stuff done around the house including laundry and finalizing work for the week.

Friday :

Up and at 'em at 730a to pack for the Dells since I was too tired to do the night before
We were out of the house by 920a and on the road after a quick McDonald's breakfast stop at 930a.
Connor wasn't feeling great on the drive so we stopped at a gas station for some Tylenol to help his headache
Both kids slept most of the way and we pulled into the WI Dells around 1230p with the Harty's just a few minutes before us
We got all checked in and pulled around to our room just in time for Connor to get out of the car and puke in the parking lot - Yikes! Thankfully that seemed to do the trick though and we changed, hit the pool, he ate something and then was killing it with his buddies!! Kids!
We swam most of Friday afternoon and then headed to dinner at The Patio. A cool place with fun cocktails and a huge patio with family games.
It started to rain when we were done eating so time to head to the hotel for sleep.

Our Kids Crash in the Car

Dinner Fun w. Dad

Saturday :

We had breakfast at the hotel buffet and then met the Harty's at an outdoor pool at 10a. We swam, read and chatted all day - it was lovely!
Around 4p we called it to get ready for the night.
We did the Duck boats, must do!
After Ducks, we headed to a Mexican restaurant Clint and I enjoy.
We tried to walk around a bit but the gosh darn rain came again!

Pool Fun

The Original WI Ducks

+ Drama Free this Year!

Tena Enjoyed the Margs

Waiting for Harty's

Sunday :

Harty's last day! :(
We once again met at a pool but were moving a little slower so we didnt get there until 11a
We swam and explored until about 2p and then the kids did go carts with Clint and Tena needing to drive Connor and Nash (stupid height requirements)
After go carts, each Harty picked one more slide to do and then they were changing in our room and off on their drive home.
Once they left, we headed downtown at Maci's request for shopping and Carmel apples
We got apples but no real shopping so headed to putt putt golf
Clint won, I got 2nd, Connor was 3rd and Maci last but all within 10 points of each other.
We had oodles of laughs and this is quickly becoming a Mondell family tradition!
Once golf was over we headed to the Grateful Shed for dinner and we were quickly asking why we had never stopped here before! It is an awesome collection of food trucks with live music and yard games. It opened in 2019 and we must have missed it in the mix of the pandemic disaster. Maci asked the girl singer do a Taylor Swift song and she was pumped to find her ideal souvenir cropped sweatshirt here!
We swung by the next-door candy shop for some candy cigarettes and then we were heading back home for a good night sleep before we head home on Monday.

Go Cart Fun