Grandma Janet Visits & Maci has her 1st Communion!

Goofball!

Monday : 

• Grandma arrived from Ohio and I picked her up from the airport
• When we got home, Maci had gotten off the bus and was waiting on grandma to arrive
• They hung out while I finished my work for the day
• We all went to Maci's soccer practice after dinner

Waiting on the Bus

Tuesday : 

• Wrapped work early to get Maci ready for her 1st communion
• Unfortunately the weather turned as the day went on and it was a bit overcast for her pictures but she still looked beautiful and so sweet!
• After her 1st communion we went to 6 smith for a family dinner and thankfully they were able to move our reservation inside as we were freezing at first on the patio 

Pretty Girl!

Church Pics were different this year

Wednesday : 

• Busy day with so many stupid things - power went out for 1.5 hours, Boomer knocked over my burrito and got it on the floor and ate my dinner - a downpour caused us to miss Maci's soccer game - just bad luck all around!

Thursday : 

• Another day of rain but a better day for sure!
• Unfortunately all the rain had the t-ball fields a mess so Connor did not get to have t-ball but we were able to head to Honey Mackies for ice cream with Grandma after dinner

Friday : 

• PTO day!!
• We hung out around the house after all the kids were gone.  I got some laundry rolling before we went to pedicures at 11a.  Afterward we went to Maynard's for lunch and cocktails.  We got home in time for Maci's bus to arrive.  We then enjoyed the pretty afternoon before heading to get Connor and watch gymnastics!
• After gymnastics, we headed to River Inn for dinner and my mom got to experience how awesome it is!  The kids played bags while waiting and they were so good!

Maynard's Lunch Fun 

River Inn Party Time

Saturday : 

• My mom and I took Maci to golf along with Connor while Clint got a haircut
• Connor had some sprite, my mom had a tea and I did a mimosa while we enjoyed a pretty Saturday morning!
• We then headed to the airport while Maci wrapped her lesson - we gave Grandma her big hug and sent her on her way back to Ohio!
• Connor and I grabbed some bagels, headed home to finish laundry and order groceries.  
• Around 130p we headed over to the Harty's for a pool day!!  Love a 80 something May Day!
• The adults played some bags and started to keep score for the season with Mondell's up 2 games to 0 on the Harty's
• We then headed home for quick showers before heading out for a mommy/me friend date night!
• We were celebrating the May birthdays in our group (3 mommas out of 4!) and enjoying a normal night out now that we are all vaccinated!
• After dinner we headed to the Stanchion and did some sweet dancing to the DJ before calling it a night around 12a

Pool Party & 6 Pack Abs

Dinner Fun!

Stanchion After Party!

Sunday : 

• We all woke up a bit groggy thanks to the fun night!
• Clint and I took a gorgeous morning walk, washed my face, chugged some water, took some Advil and drank some coffee and I almost felt like a new person!
• We then did some stuff around the house before having to head to Connor's flag football game at 2p and then Maci's soccer practice at 4p 
• We just enjoyed BW3 for dinner and once Clint is done with some yard work, we are heading to Honey and Mackies for some ice cream again!
• Clint and I are ready or an early bedtime tonight after a super fun week and weekend!!

Enjoying the good life

We hope you all had a great week and enjoy the pics of Maci!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

Full Force Sports - Football, T-Ball, Golf & Soccer!!

Weekdays : 

• Sports are officially in full swing at our house!  
• Monday - Maci launched her spring soccer season, the last development season before she could decide if she wants to try out for competitive - this was a practice
• Tuesday - Connor had a kindergarten tour and welcome event that I attend with him around 4p then we quickly grabbed Maci and ran to his t-ball practice at 515p (ate dinner at the ballpark - hotdogs and chips!) and then I caught up with my former team member Kate - gorgeous day!
• Wednesday - Maci had her first soccer game and won my hustle award!
• Thursday - Connor had his first t-ball game and it may have been the cutest thing I have seen in a long time - he had some great hits and he even got someone out by throwing to his buddy Elliot at 1st but no one gets out in t-ball so the kid stayed there but still a great play!  We ended the evening just us in the hot tub and landing our plans for some home remodeling!

4 months - super cute and super busted!

photo taken after I found a shredded bath loofa in the family room 

SWACK IT C-Man!

She is ready to be back at it - Monday was chilly!

Cheer if you are ready for this crazy 2020-2021 school year to almost be over!!

Maci's Tech Teacher having fun with a drone

Friday : 

• Busy day on my end and Clint had the day off so he did a ton of to dos around the house
• We ran the kids to gymnastics and then ate at Panera to wrap the night

Saturday : 

• GORGEOUS DAY!
• Maci had week 2 of golf, we ran errands, did stuff around the house, Clint worked in the yard and we spent plenty of time going to and from the recently updated playground in our neighborhood.
• After taco pizza dinner we did one more full family trip to the playground
• After kiddo bedtime, we were the ones to host the weekly fire and I tried some of the new Press flavors, not sure I like those as well as the original but still fun

Clint's gorgeous tulip blooms this year!

Bundles like this all over the yard

Sunday : 

• Nice temps but pretty cloudy day!
• Clint played 9 holes of golf at 8a and is about to be home soon with bagels
• I have helped Maci tackle her math homework for the week and now we are working on her 2nd grade capstone project (HAHA they don't call it that but I do!)  She had to pick a product to make 16 of, could only spend $10 to make it and use household items and then had to price it - we are making 15 cent animal bookmarks with our $8 being spent on animal puffy stickers and pom poms to tie on the top of the books - we will post finished pics soon - it's actually been pretty fun doing this with her and seeing her creativity!
• At 1p we have Connor's weekly flag football game and Maci had some soccer conditioning at 4p so busy Sunday afternoon for our troop!

We hope you also had great weather this weekend and we can't wait until my mom arrives for a visit starting tomorrow!!!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

38th Birthday & Mother's Day Fun!

Gal I used to work with started this adorable flower stand outside her house

It's about 5 minutes from us and we pop by to grab a bouquet all the time 🌷

Weekdays : 

• Monday Clint and I started to get our rumps out of bed again around 6a so we can relaunch our morning walks with the dogs and coffee before getting kids off to their respective school stuff for the day and our work starting!
• Tuesday I went into the office and we had Connor's first t-ball practice in the evening, so flipping cute!
• Wednesday was Cinco de Mayo, my pal Emily's birthday and Maci had her final in person faith formation for the year in the evening with Clint
• Thursday I had a hair apt in the evening which left Clint and the kiddos to do Connor's 2nd t-ball practice and pictures solo 🤯 but it all went well!  We then had some hot tub fun with the neighbors before calling it a night

Stud

Love watching them sleep

Friday : 

• Happy Birthday to me!
• I was a goof and forgot to take the day off but had a productive day of meetings while Clint had the day off and went golfing with the Brubachers and also got Rosie to her most recent vet apt
• Clint and I then headed together to get the kids from school, run to gymnastics and ate at Sunshine Factory for my dinner afterward
• We got some cherry berry frozen yogurt and then came home to a bath for me, kids to bed and then 2 American Pie movies before falling asleep - this is 38 🤣

Saturday : 

• Started the day with Maci's first golf lessons on a pretty day!
• While Clint and M were at golf, Connor and I went to get his haircut.  He requested the option for a mohawk and the stylist did great!
• Later that afternoon Maci had her pal Aria's birthday party at a laser tag place
• Clint picked her up so I could get ready for date night and then Clint and I were off to River Inn for dinner/drinks and pull tabs - I won $55 on our pull tabs - LUCKY birthday girl 🍀
• We came home to relieve our sitter and then headed to the Harty fire for mojitos and birthday cheer

Watch out LPGA

Mohawk Man Looking Fresh

Laser Birthday Party Fun!

Birthday Winnings and a Cocktail w. a candle!

Sunday :

• Happy Mother's Day!
• The kids sucked at letting me sleep in but all good - Maci wanted to get me roses for my birthday and Mother's Day and Connor got me some new AirPods which are personalized with the word Mom and the 😘 emoji for the O 💖
• We then all packed up to go to a windy flag football game at 10a
• Came home for some lunch and afternoon naps before I started to prep work for the week and finish some errands around the house

My Maci Flowers

We hope you all had a great Mother's Day weekend!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

Lucky Derby Day!

Tolerating Each Other 😂

Weekdays : 

• We continue to work with an interior designer and this week we landed the new lighting fixtures in the kitchen, the mirrors in the master path and we picked out the new living room ceiling fan + carpet style - yay fun plans!
• We got back to Thursday night hot tub fun and had a few nights of playing with the kids outside thanks to some better weather!
• Last week of no kids activities in the evenings, everything starts to get way busier starting this week but that means the weather is better and summer is coming!!!

Friday : 

• Clint had the day off and played some golf in the morning then met back up at the house with me to meet with Jane-Marie our interior designer support
• We then took both kids to gymnastics and followed it up with a dinner at Sunshine Factory but then I crashed after we got home.  Clint and the kids stayed up to watch the original Pete's Dragon movie.  Maci has learned the song in music class and they really enjoyed it!

Saturday : 

• Gorgeous day!!!  It hit 85 degrees here!  We started the day on the deck with coffee and placing some Derby day bets on Medina Spirit (given we live in Medina we thought it was lucky)
• I got some stuff done around the house and worked on changing over our checking account as we are making a banking change.  While I did this, Clint helped the Harty's with some landscaping
• I ordered all the adults lunch and took Maci to Target to get a birthday gift for a party she has next weekend.
• We came home and ate before heading to the Harty's side yard for a neighborhood flag football/touch game - we wanted to help Marek and Connor practice for their game this week!
• It was so hot!  Once we ended, the kids put on their suits and all hoped in the recently cleaned/opened/heated Kavanaugh pool!
• The moms enjoyed a cocktail by the pool and complained about the heat HAHA
• I ran home just in time to catch the Derby run and we went nuts when Medina Spirit WON - our $100 bet quickly turned into $1300 - so Cool!!!
• I then got ready for a night out with my pal Amber - we did dinner at Redstone and then drinks at Stanchion - bars close at 11p right now in MN thanks to pandemic so she took me home and joined the neighborhood at the Harty fire
• At 1230a we finally all called it for the night but what a great time!!

My Boss sent me a Cookie Bouquet 

to thank me for all the work I am putting into our Integration ❤️

Our Horse - Medina Spirit

The Faces post win!

Sunday : 

• We all slept in until about 9a, needed some sleep!
• We had some breakfast and then quickly had to get ready for Connor's flag football game and pictures at 11a
• Connor was so much more confident and into it this week, he had a great run and we learned he really likes being the center b/c he likes to Hike it 😂
• We got home, had some lunch and then all took some power naps!
• We have now finished dinner and are about treat the kids to some ice cream at a local parlor 

We hope you all had a weekend filled with laughter and recovery time!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

COVID 2nd Shot + Connor's Freezing Flag Football Game

Weekdays : 

• Monday - Big prep day at work and long day
• Tuesday - Big announcement day for work and the verdict announced in Minneapolis in the Chauvin case, big day all around!  Maci and Clint headed to her 1st Communion prep meeting with Father at church while Connor and I hung out at home
• Wednesday - I drank a bit too much wine while cleaning up work and Clint had the boys over for golden tee - fun but too late of an evening
• Thursday - We were both super tired but at least the week is almost over.  After work, I ran to Mall of America for my 2nd COVID shot and then chatted with my mom on my way home while I grabbed my dinner.  Clint was super dad with the kiddos at home for dinner solo.  We were both so tired from the night before that we cancelled hot tub Thursday 

This cutie wanted to copy her momma and have some blue light glasses for school

Found her a 2 pack on Amazon for $15 - light pink frame and a leopard frame too 

Connor working hard on some letters at school 

Post COVID 2nd Shot Selfie

Weekend :

• Friday - Clint had the day off again and met with a contractor and our interior designer for some of the house stuff we are doing.  He then ran out to get us a late lunch while I wrapped my work day before we both headed to take the kiddos to gymnastics.  After gymnastics, we stopped by Michael's to get Maci more yarn since she has been blowing through it.  We got some noodles and I crashed!
• Saturday - We woke up, did some stuff around the house and then I was off to my massage, so needed post this week at work and my vaccine.  It was such a lovely experience that I then came home and napped between 2-3 hours.  It must have been one of those days as Connor also curled up in bed and napped half the day.  We did some things around the house/outside before heading off to Texas Roadhouse for dinner, yum!  The kids ate great and we had a nice dinner together!  Afterward, we came home, got them ready for bed before heading to the Herness' house for our weekly bonfire fun.  Almost all of the usuals were there with only 1 missing due to Hockey.
• Sunday - After a 100% lazy day, we had a lot to get done today and got rolling on it right away.  We did stuff all over the house in the morning before we had to load up for Connor's flag football practice/game.  We left the house a little before 2p and got home a little after 4p.  It was SO FLIPPING COLD.  It is mid 40s but some rain and gray skies.  Connor got tackled (it is not tackle) during the practice which turned to tears and him saying he didn't want to do it b/c he was going to get hurt (he seems to get up in his head at times).  To top it off we were all freezing but he stood on the sideline with me during the game for the first few plays, saw no one was getting hurt and eventually ran in when they said it was his turn.  He snapped the ball well, ran with it a time or two and chased down several running backs when on D.  I took 0 pics b/c we were all attempting to keep our hands warm and dry, ugh!  He ended the day with a Huge Smile on his face and said he had fun, while we all froze!  We talked about how proud we were of him for giving it another try and he said so loud in the car "I AM PROUD OF MYSELF" ❤️  We are hoping next Sunday is the mid 60 degree sunny day that the weather shows so at least he will have one fewer hurdles next week but today we are just so proud of our little guy for getting out of his own way and having some fun with his pals!  We are now getting ready for some taco pizza (his fav) for dinner and then some ice cream to celebrate.  

Sunday Morning Dolly Matching Fun 

We hope you all had a great week even if this spring weather is a bit more fickle than we may like!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C