Pictures are in and Fall Soccer Wraps!

Weekdays:

• Monday - Clint left to Wichita for a work trip.  Our driveway was torn up as we are laying a brand new black top driveway.  I was a personal uber for the kids after school.  Maci had a 530 soccer practice and Connor had a 6p so I picked them up, ran M to hers, then ran C to his, ran back to get M from hers and then over to pick up C from his.  Last soccer practice for Connor man and then we were off to grab some late McDonald's dinner.

• Tuesday - No evening plans so the kids and I hit up Applebee's for a "fancy" dinner out the 3 of us.

• Wednesday - Another busy evening with M having soccer and Connor having Faith Formation at church.  However, I left work late, it was cold and rainy and M's soccer team wanted us to stay close to pick them up if the rain got bad - well that wouldn't work since I had to get Connor to religion.  So Maci got to skip soccer, Connor went to religion class, Maci and I ate Noodles and then grabbed Connor some to go for a late dinner.
• Thursday - Clint got home around 230p and they were finally able to pave the driveway since the rain delayed them the last few days.  I picked up the kids and we were able to have a chill night at home with another horrible Thursday night football game.

Friday :

• I got my flu shot after facilitating a training for 2 hours in the morning
• Got a lot more done for work in the afternoon and talked to Clint's cousin about making the transition into HR.
• My team sent me these awesome flowers for Boss' Day - So Stinking Sweet!
• Maci had Soccer at 530p and Clint ran her while I ordered pizza and paid bills, got stuff done around the house.

Saturday : 

• Cold day out and about!
• Connor had his final soccer game at 9a and scored 5 goals - his team won by a ton!
• We came home to warm up and get things done around the house before heading back out to Emmitt's football game at 1p.  His team won by a ton and ended the season undefeated!
• Afterward, Ryan and the girls + our family and Emmitt's family all went to a late lunch and drinks at a local restaurant
• We came home and squeeze in a quick nap while watching some of the TN vs Alabama football game.
• Our sitter got here at 530p and we were off to Oktoberfest at our former neighbors the Verplank's, a fun night for sure!

Cheating on Rosie at Oktoberfest

Sunday :

• Maci had 2 soccer scrimmages against other Fusion teams to wrap the fall soccer season!  She loved it, continues to improve but is also excited for some downtime until winter conditioning kicks off in early November.  She played phenomenal in both games and we are just so proud of her!
• We then had a team end of season late lunch at Sunshine Factory while Clint and Connor had to head out to Eden Prairie for his flag football game.
• Maci and I had a blast at lunch and getting to see the final plays of the Bengals game (sick of missing football!) and Connor was excited to win his game by 2 TDs in the freezing weather!
• Once home, we have been watching football, finishing laundry and doing all the weekday prep.  All of us are super excited for a short week ahead thanks to Fall Break in MN schools and a trip to Grandview Lodge up North!!

We hope you are having a wonderful Fall Season!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

Picture Day, InspiHER & Busy Fall Weekend Fun!

Weekdays:

• Monday - Picture Day for these photogenic kiddos!  I ran Maci to soccer practice while Clint and Connor headed to WWE Monday night RAW with some buddies and their parents.  They had a great time!

Picture Day Fun!

WWE Fun

Thanks for the invite Chuck!

• Tuesday - I had the InspiHER female in tech conference with work and got to meet former soccer star Abby Wambach!  She even signed a ball for Maci!!  We all got signed copies of her book and enjoyed chatting with her during the meet and greet segment.  We wrapped the long day with a happy hour and dinner with our other senior leaders in tech.

Abby Wambach Time

She did the Maci pose with me!!

Great Conference

• Wednesday - We had to do another divide and conquer evening with me taking Maci to soccer practice while Clint ran Connor to his religion class.

Tena lets the doggies out for play dates

• Thursday - We had no evening plans so tried to enjoy Thurs night football but holy cow was that a HORRIBLE game - they should give us a refund HA

Friday : 

• The kids had their annual grizzly dash in the morning.  Maci came in first out of all 4th graders - she set a goal of beating the cocky 10 year old boys who said a girl couldn't win - but she did!  Connor was hilarious - he ran but with his arms doing wind mills, finished with his bros, did the gritty and then headed on over to the DJ booth saying "lets go". They are different kids for sure HAHA!
• Kids came home on the bus, we ate some pizza for dinner and bundled up b/c we were off to the Wayzata Football game.  It was a cold one!!!  We left 1/2 way through the 3rd when we were frozen and Wayzata lost the lead to Maple Grove.

Maci's Race

Connor's Turn

Go Wayzata!

Saturday :

• Connor had a soccer game at 1015a - they tied against a really good team
• Maci had Livi's 10th (HOW ARE THEY 10) birthday party at 1p in the neighborhood
• I had to pick up Maci early at 215p for her soccer game but they kindly did the most fun games and piñata before Maci had to go
• While I took Maci to her game, Clint dropped Connor off at Elliott's 7th birthday party at Dick's sporting goods climbing wall
• We then all met up at Maci's game where they won 3-0!!
• Clint then went to pick up Connor while Maci and I headed home to get some things done.  
• Clint and I wrapped the night with a nice date night to River Inn just the two of us.  We hung out, talked and watched some college football while eating great food.  Thank you Kaitlin for being the best sitter always!

Maci & Her Buddy Livi

Sunday : 

• Connor had picture day and a flag game against the Bengals of all teams HAHA - Clint took him and they beat the Bengals, the only time I am ok with that ;-)
• I couldn't go b/c I took Maci to her soccer game which was at the same time as his game.  They won in a super intense game 1-0!!  They scored their 1 goal with 20 seconds left in the game.  We were so proud of them!!!!
• We then came home and got all sorts of to dos wrapped - groceries, laundry, mowing the lawn etc.
• Now we are watching the Bengals game and getting ready for the week ahead.

What a team wrapping the Fall Regular Season

Here's to a wonderful fall time of year!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

Bengals Vs Dolphins Week!

Weekdays:

• Monday: Super busy week of work for Clint as he was in charge of facility/security prep for Hurricane Ian for the Cargill sites in FL/GA etc.  After work, I grabbed Maci and took her to soccer practice.  Clint picked up Connor and took him to his practice.  We met back up at home to watch Monday Night Football and do some work in the background.
• Tuesday : Maci enjoyed girls on the run and Clint picked up the kids.  I ended my day with a hair appointment to get my color and cut fresh!
• Wednesday : Clint and I both went into the office.  Once again we had to divide and conquer with the kids.  I picked up Maci and took her to soccer practice.  While we did this, Clint and Connor were off to Connor's first evening of religion class at Holy Name church.
• Thursday : Lots of great news today!  Our deck is fully finished and looks amazing!!  The Hurricane missed all of the Cargill facilities so not near as concerning as they had once thought!  We got to order Wings and enjoy the Thursday night game of Bengals vs Dolphins.  There was a bit of a dark cloud over the game with the injury to Tua (Miami's QB) but we still enjoyed the game and loved that the Bengals pulled off the W with the sweet uniforms at home!

White out for the Bengals (Sweet Uniforms!!) 

Bengals Out Number the Dolphins Fan

Friday :

• Boomer had his annual vet appointment at 930a and the Dr says everything looks fine for this 14 year old dog - other than his weight, he is super over weight!  Worst it has been in years and that is all b/c he keeps trying to sneak Rosie's puppy food!  Ugh!
• The kids got home on the bus and continue to LOVE riding that home on Fridays!
• Maci had soccer at 530p and Clint took her but then I picked her up.
• We enjoyed Papa John's pizza for dinner and then enjoyed family movie night watching Hocus Pocus 2 that just released on Disney +

This Kid Cracks Me Up

Thanks Uncle Dko for all the crazy Raiders Gear

Saturday :

• I started the day with a massage - amazing!!!
• I hustled home and helped Connor to finish getting ready and then we were off to his soccer game.  They played great, he had 2 goals but were served their first L of the season
• We then left to Hams for lunch, Total Wine for Pumpkin/Fall beers and Target for a birthday gift, mini soccer ball and snacks for Maci's game the next day
• It was then time to get to Maci's soccer game at 145p - it was a tough battle and we came out tied 1-1 in a super aggressive game
• We then headed home to get some things done and no sooner did we get home but it was time to take Connor to his buddy Chuck's house for a playdate
• The rest of us watched college football and got stuff done until Clint went and picked up Connor at 7p from Chuck's 
• We continued watching football and getting things done until kids bedtime and then we grabbed some beers and hung out at the Harty fire with the Herness family as well - YAY Fall!

Sunday: 

• Up and at 'em for another busy weekend day!
• Maci had a soccer game out in Lakeville at 10a - thanks to McDonalds slow drive thru, we were running a titch late for warm ups
• They played great and had a 1-0 win but felt like it could have been 8-0, they had so many shots on goal!
• Once it was over, we were off to Eden Prairie for Connor's flag football practice and game.  They took on the Lions and won 20-0.  Their D was awesome!  Connor was a flag pulling fool.  In addition, Connor had a few good runs and was QB on a 2 point conversion, actually throwing and hitting the guy in the end zone.  YAY!
• We finally got to head home and got here around 245p after having left the house at 9a - we got to watch the end of the first games of NFL and then did weekly prep, groceries, laundry etc during the afternoon games.
• The kids are going to get showers soon in prep for Monday and Picture Day!  Clint and I are watching the night game and all are about to crash!

Studs!

We hope you are also enjoying all the great weather, pretty colors and fun activities that come with Fall!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

Busy Fall Weekend!!

Weekdays:

• Monday: Clint had a day off golfing that benefited the Wayzata schools.  I had a bit of a cold and felt like pooh.  After work I was the city bus - picking kids up from school, driving maci to soccer practice by 530, then taking Connor to soccer practice by 6p, then coming back and getting Maci and our neighbor Emily from their 630 soccer pick up.  Then heading home, eating a salad and going to bed!!
• Tuesday: Feeling a bit better and heading to a team happy hour after work to welcome our new CIO.  That was fun and the kids hung at home with Clint - Maci is excited to be back into Girls on the Run Tues and Thurs after school.
• Wednesday- Had a great lunch at work with a new mentor.  After work, I picked up Maci and ran her to practice.  I worked in the car while I waited on her and then afterward she and I enjoyed Punch Pizza date while the boys had already eaten at home.

Pizza Dinner Date w. My Big Girl 

• Thursday: Maci had an ortho apt in the morning and all is looking good, she now has light blue rubber bands.  I presented on a panel for our agility summit on the topic of coaching.  We also had a quick farewell for one of my fav HR leaders who is going on to be a CHRO of a company.  I picked up the kids and Clint made us Chili for dinner.  We then enjoyed watching Thursday night football before heading to bed.

Best Wishes Janelle!!

Friday :

• Started the day with a 2 hour finance meeting but had a super productive day and made an offer for a key role on my team - progress!
• The kids got off the bus in the rain, it was a fall but cold rainy day!
• Around 430p I was off to COV to meet up with Jean and Lisa (former co-worker friends) for happy hour.  Clint and the kids chilled at home and I met back up around 8p.
• Maci and I crashed pretty quickly b/c we had an early wake up time!

 Saturday :

• What a busy day!!
• Maci and I were up at 6a and off to Blaine by 7a for her 8a soccer game.
• Unfortunately the girls weren't quite awake and they suffered a 0-5 loss.  However, they played way better than that score would reflect.  After the game ended, Maci and I headed to brunch with many members of the team while Clint was with Connor at his game back home.  Connor had 2 goals in his game and they won by a ton - per usual!
• After eating and spending an hour wandering Target, Maci and I were back to the fields for game 2 - Clint and Connor headed out for this one and the girls had a nail biter of back and forth but ultimately pulled off the W with a 5-4 win.
• We headed home and I squeezed in a nap before our busy evening plans!
• Our sitter Kristy came around 530p and then we were off to Kristy's 40th birthday party (Kristy is Lucy's mom on Maci's soccer team) we were able to hang for a little over an hour before heading to River Inn to meet up with the Cassem's and Fike's for a date night we planned some time ago.  We enjoyed drinks, good food and then headed to Stanchions to end the night.  We had some drinks and listened to karaoke while we danced the night away

Maci & Charley playing with my phone at Brunch

Ladies at the Bar

Sunday:

• We got up and started attacking the to do lists as had gotten nothing done on Friday evening or Saturday with all the running.
• By 1130a Clint was off with Connor to his flag football game at 12p and I was running Maci out to her semi final tournament game.  Unfortunately even with an amazing goal by Maci, the girls couldn't get the win and lost 2-3 to a team they beat in the regular season just last Friday.  On the other hand, Connor did get the job done and the Titans won their football game.  While we were disappointed in the loss it sure helped with our Sunday plans.
• Maci and I got home, I saw the 2nd half of the Bengals win (finally!) and was able to get going on laundry, groceries and all the things that would have been hard to accomplish had we played in the finals at 330p.
• Now we are getting ready for dinner, preparing for the week ahead, enjoying the turn of the weather to true fall and excited for our deck to get finished this week and driveway to be re-done the following week!!!  YAY!

Love them!

We hope you are also enjoying the start of Fall!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

Awesome Soccer Weekend & Maci Crushes a 5k!!

Weekdays :

• Monday - Busy evening with Maci having soccer practice at 530p and Connor having his soccer practice at 6p.    I was able to take Maci to hers and Clint took Connor to his.  I then got some email cleaned up after finally making my way home.
• Tuesday - Maci had her first girls on the run after school for the season.  I had to go downtown for a work offsite and then had a team event/dinner afterward.  While I was at my work dinner, Clint took the kids to the Wayzata girls high school soccer game.  Fusion soccer players (like Maci) got to get in for free, watched a 4-0 win, got to do drills on the field at half time and then got a poster with autographs afterward!

Autographs with the big girls

• Wednesday - I had another day downtown but this time we wrapped by about 530p.  Maci had her soccer practice again at 530p but Clint managed the drop off for us since I was on my way home.  I did get there in time to pick her back up and run her home for a late dinner.
• Thursday - Maci had another Girls on the Run practice after school.  I picked them up after school and Clint made us some chicken and rice for dinner.  We had a pretty nice chill night and enjoyed watching some Thursday night football in the hot tub.

Friday : 

• We both had productive days at home again
• Kids got home on the bus and it was so nice to be able to go out and great them when they got off the bus!
• A little after 5p we left the house for a Maci soccer game vs the usually strong Minnetonka soccer team.  We won 3-1 and the girls once again looked awesome!!!!
• Afterward about half the team went to dinner to celebrate the win as a team.  We sure do love this crew!

This crew loves to WIN together!

Saturday :

• Started the day with our Church Fall 5k that Maci decided to run
• She came in 3rd place with 3.3 Miles completed in 28 Minutes and only finished behind two high school cross country runners!  AMAZING!!!!  
• We grabbed some breakfast and then were off to Connor's 1130a soccer game.  They won by a land slide again and Connor played some awesome D with at least 1 goal, sometimes it is hard to see who scored HAHA
• We got home a little after lunch and took some afternoon naps
• Once we were back up and rolling we were off to our church festival for some drinks, food and games galore.
• The kids had a blast playing games and hanging on the play ground.
• We cut out of there around 730p and realized the Toledo and OSU game wasn't anything worth watching as it was an OSU blow out.
• Shortly after getting home, we invited the neighbors over for a fire at our place - Harty's, Herness and Jonas were all able to make it!

Post 3rd place finish!

Ran into her friend Isla at the Festival

Sunday : 

• Got some things done this morning like groceries, laundry etc then were off to Connor's flag football practice and game at 1p
• They lost by 4 points and came within 6 inches of having a TD to win the game!  Tough loss
• We got home in time for the Bengals kick off and well that was just as tough of a loss - UGH!
• At least Clint's Dolphins are doing great right now!!
• We are now wrapping up all the weekend to dos before another busy week of school and work ahead.

We hope you are having a wonderful change of seasons!!

Lots of Love

C, K, M & C

1st Week of School - 4th Grade and 1st Grade!!

Weekdays : 

• Monday - Love a good Labor Day holiday!  We finished up any final prep for the week and then hosted Connor's buddy Brooks' and his family for some drinks and snacks in the afternoon.  They left around 4p, we had pulled pork from the smoker for dinner and then got to bed in time to kick off a new school year!
• Tuesday - Happy 1st Day of School!  Maci is off to 4th grade with Ms Sowada and Connor is in 1st grade with Mr Meyer.  We made it to the bus on time and were all super excited to see Mr Mike back as the bus driver again!  Rosie got a nice grooming during the day.  We all had a restful evening with lots of 1st day stories.

Our Crew

• Wednesday - Another great day at school and work followed by some Maci soccer practice in the evening.
• Thursday - After school and work, Clint attended an NFL Flag Football coaches meeting online.  He dropped in time to watch the kick off to the NFL season.  He and I even went in the hot tub for a bit with a cocktail to enjoy the almost end of a big school week.

Friday : 

• We both had productive days working at home
• The kids were so pumped for their new routine of riding the bus home on Fridays since one of us is almost always there!  Also nice to get home at 230p on a Friday vs say 5p.
• Shortly after the kids got home, I was off to a 3p happy hour with my former leader and friend Lori Riley.  We enjoyed some wine, apps and convo while Clint ran Connor to a haircut and Maci to her Friday night soccer practice.
• We came home and had pizza as a family for dinner and then crashed with college football.

Saturday : 

• Clint started the day with a massage.
• I ran both kids to Connor's 1st soccer game and Clint joined at half time.  Unfortunately, Clint missed Connor's 2 goals which were both pretty sick!  His team won by a lot and Connor hustled all over the field!!
• We enjoyed the "piggy place" for lunch - also officially known as Hams Sandwich shop.  It was a beautiful Saturday weather wise!
• We came home and rested for a bit before we had to head to Maci's soccer game in Prior Lake at 415p - the girls played great and won 2-0!
• We enjoyed dinner and drinks with the Hintze family afterward and all the kids had a blast playing with these little soccer fidgets from the vending machines.

Sunday :

• We started the morning by selling our current patio furniture to a gal I work with so recently moved into a new home.  We are waiting on our new deck and then new table to arrive shortly after the deck is complete.
• I then started watching the Bengals game which would be one huge disappointment!
• While I watched an ugly football game, Clint and Connor headed to his first flag football practice.
• The game ticked me off more than it should of and then I was just in a funk mood the rest of the night while watching other games.

At least our kiddos sports are going well!  We hope you are having a great transition to back to school and fall fun!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C