Cabin Weekend at the WI Dells!!!!

Weekdays : 

• Monday - Connor had his 2nd week of Football camp from 12-2p and was able to catch a 40 yard pass!  He loves it!  Then come the evening we had his baseball game where he had a good evening.
• Tuesday - Big day for Maci girl!  We got her braces put on at 730a - this is just round 1 which will be on for a year at most.  It is 4 brackets right now and a bite plate on the roof of her mouth.  She was super excited but quickly realized how sore this made her mouth.  She was a trooper though!  Rosie then got a grooming and is super soft and fluffy again!  Connor went to day 2 of football camp.  What a busy day, thankfully no plans in the evening!
• Wednesday - Packing day for the WI Dells.  We got a lot of work done to be ready to take off on our trip.  Connor had day 3 of his camp.  In the evening we had another baseball game and Connor had more fun with his buddies!  We wrapped up the evening and got a good night rest before the WI Dells!
• Thursday - We hit the road around 10a which got us to the Dells around 2p.  The dogs had a great house sitter in our summer nanny, Kristy!  Once we arrived, we were first to get there so we took the kids to the rope course and playground.  Zehr's were the next to arrive followed by Cassem's and then Fike's.  After all were there, we headed out of the cabin and out for dinner.  We enjoyed some Mexican food and then hustled home for some evening swimming until 10p.  Once kids were down for the night, adults played telestrations after dark and enjoyed cocktails.

Ropes Course

Mexican Food!

Guys thought they were funny with saying it was Gena's Birthday

Yummy Margarita Flight

Girlies riding in cars together!

Wave Pool Time - Connor is living his best life

Friday : 

• Dads had an early golf tee time.  The moms finally got up and rolling with the kids and then headed with them to the Deer Park.  Such a fun stop every year!  
• We then hauled the kids to an outdoor waterpark at the resort where we splashed around until the dads arrived.  We continued to swim, enjoyed a later lunch and kept floating.
• When we headed back to the cabin, I took a quick nap then we all got up and headed to Buffalo Phil's for dinner to have our food delivered by train.
• The kids enjoyed the arcade as well and by the time we got home, everyone was ready to crash.  Only 4 adults made it up for drinks this night : Clint, John, Jacey and Gena :) 1 per family!

Deer Park & Connor the Deer Whisperer

Pool Fun!

Hot Tub Cabin Time

Saturday : 

• After having a slow start to the morning, the moms headed out for Brunch sans kids and dads
• We enjoyed yummy food and cocktails at Kegs on the Patio 
• We came back and met the dads and kids at another outdoor pool where we laid out and swam all afternoon.
• Around 3p we called it for showers and our annual Duck Boats trip
• Everyone enjoyed the duck boat ride before heading to downtown Dells.
• While some waited at the restaurant playing games, others took the kids shopping to look for shirts
• We enjoyed some good food and then were off to explore the town.  Kids enjoyed purchasing candy, getting temp tattoos, and landing some souvenirs including matching shirts for the girls!
• I got to make a quick trip by my fav little home and gift shop before we headed to the cabin.
• Zehr's called it for the night but the other 3 couples hung and played games/drank

Annual Pics!

Siblings

The O.G.s & The Littles

Dinner Fun

Tattoo Time!

Connor is "that guy!!"

He wanted his tattoo on his stomach vs arm like all other kids

He also made friends with some 30something year old guys when they let him play bags during dinner

Every time we saw them they would fist bump and he showed them his stomach tattoo 😹 2 of them in pic below

Connor brings so much laughter to our lives!!

Sunday : 

• Up and at 'em to pack and hit the road
• Zehr's left pretty quick but the rest of us headed to the ropes course and indoor playground before heading to lunch and then hitting the road.
• We have all spent about 4 hours in the car and are almost home!
• The evening will be spent unpacking, running laundry and getting ready for a week of team offsite for Kellie, baseball for Connor, regular work for Clint and braces wax mastering for Maci :)

These Gals and their matching Dells shirts

Cropped tops of course, duh moms!!

Besties!

Final Day Rope Course

Connor & Clint were doing go carts

Post Lunch Hugs Goodbye!

We hope you all had a wonderful summer week and weekend!! It is flying!!

Lots of Love, 

C, K, M & C

Hot Weather, Machine Pitch Baseball Games & Soccer Try Outs! Oh and a 14 Year Wedding Anniversary fit in there :)

Weekdays:

• Monday - HOT day!  In the morning we already had the cancellation for Connor's evening baseball game given a heat advisory.  At home we finally had the painters to do the touch ups around our windows and to pain the new wood trim on the outside windows.  Kristy took the kids to MOA to ride rides due to heat and hectic household.

Don't ask about Connor's clearly too big baseball t-shirt attire HAHA

• Tuesday - Happy 14 year anniversary to us!!!  Clint sent me roses to work, so sweet!  It was HOT again (just like our wedding day!) but thankfully a breeze came!  Day 2 and final day of the painters, thank goodness as they were totally in the way for the kids HA.  Maci had day 1 of tryouts which they pushed back 1 hour due to heat.  While she was at tryouts, Clint and I enjoyed Oak Eatry with Connor on his iPad then back to pick up Miss M and gossip with the mommas :)
• Wednesday - I had a 330 annual dermatologist check to have all my moles/freckles reviewed.  Thankfully I got another thumbs up for the year!  Then I headed home for the day since Connor had a 5p machine pitch game.  He had two solid hits and had some nice fielding with grounders.  I think the coaches are learning with machine pitch how to speed up the game a bit - night 1 was a bit rough but we will get the hang of it!
• Thursday - We both worked from home and I ran Maci to her 2nd/final day of tryouts at 5p.  I then swung home to grab Clint and Connor to head to Cary/Jenny's house where some of the parents had beers during the 90 min try out.  It helped with the nerves, the funny thing is we are mostly nervous about getting split up.  After tryouts we had a coach/parent 5-10 min meeting where we learned there could be more shuffling at this age than earlier and that kids you have been on the team have a total leg up since the coaches had a year of seeing them vs new kids (73 girls tried out for U10 - yes, this is competitive!  and Miss M LOVES the pressure!)  She came bouncing off the field saying - "I think I am moving up to the top team mom!"  We will see, keep reminding her that either of the top teams are great as we don't anticipate her slipping to a lower team - we find out today (Sunday!). We then headed to dinner with two of our fav soccer families - The Stengel's (they have Lucy "Legatron) and The Hintze's (they have Reagan who is a twin and at M's school).  The dinner was great and allowed the moms to dissect the tryouts HAHA but then I lost track of time and showed up 1 hour late to Gena's house.  OOPsss!  I was to be at Gena's by 8p to plan the WI Dells with my lady friends (Busy Night!)  We hung until about 1030p and then Jacey ran me home.

Friday : A nice productive day at home.  Quinn's mom (Jess) also works with me so we had a 30 min chat where we did our own tryout break down/analysis - yes, we are crazy but I won't do it near Maci!  I got a few meetings taken care of and then cleaned up a whole bunch of work to dos so I could have a relaxing weekend.  I was then in a totally productive mood and got the bills paid, laundry started, a walk in etc.  We finally chilled out and watched some All American before bed.

These two are best of buds!

Saturday : I started the day with a 9a massage then Clint headed out for a haircut.  We were going to clean the garage but a rain storm blew in with potential hail so that bumped the plans.  Instead I did a little more laundry and laid down with the TV.  While I took a nap, Maci had her neighbor buddy Livi come over for a few hours.  Clint also took a nap at one point - what a lovely chill Saturday.  Then I started to get ready around 5p as we had date night for our anniversary!!  Kaitlin came over and Clint / I went to Pittsburgh Blue for dinner.  Afterward, we hit up Momma G's for some drinks before coming home around 10p.  We watched a comedy special before hitting the hay.

14 Years - 16 Together!

Sunday : We woke up to a gorgeous summer day in the high 60s to start the morning and we got right after the garage after ordering groceries.  The garage looks AMAZING and the kids actually helped!  While doing the garage Maci yelled "WOAH What is that?!"  We look up and it is Goodyear Blimp flying over the Harty house.  We finished the garage just in time for lunch (man we have a lot of STUFF!) and the groceries arrived so that is all taken care of for the week.  Now we are finishing house hold to dos for the weekend and Clint is mowing the lawn.  We keep checking our email for Maci's tryout outcomes, will be sure to share!  Later this afternoon we are going to take the kids to a putt putt place that is new to us since it is a beautiful day!

Blimp Fun!

Dang it flies LOW!

We are so excited for this coming short week b/c it is our WI Dells weekend Th-Sun!  This year we go with the mommy and me friends to the WI Dells and it is going to be a blast!!!!

We hope you are having a wonderful summer too!!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C