Way Behind Cont - Last Week of School + More Soccer & Baseball Tourneys!!

Weekdays:

• Monday - Connor got to have his 3rd grade end of year fun during the day at Urban Air indoor adventure park.  He had a blast and fortunately was one of the kids that did NOT get injured 👀.  Connor had practice at night but Clint skipped to be the driver for Maci and Elliana to their FC Pitz training.  I had pre-scheduled a nail apt at 6p b/c we have ZERO time on the weekends right now.
• Tuesday - A significantly lighter day means R&R in the evening and catching up on life around the house.  Our cleaning ladies came which always makes the home feel better.  Then all we had at night was Connor's baseball practice - wahooo!
• Wednesday - Clint went golfing at 10a.  I drove home from the office mid day so I could get the house ready for the Cargill reunion I was hosting for Happy hour at our house.  While I was hosting many of my fav Cargill people, Connor ran to practice with Clint and Maci had her own soccer practice with Aanya's family kindly commuting her to and from.  After soccer, Maci had a virtual film session with their coach and teammates which was so close to eavesdrop on :)  During this film meeting and after everyone left, Clint had another coaches "safety" meeting to prep for the upcoming weekend tournament.
• Thursday - Last day of school!!!!  I cant believe we now have a 4th grader and 7th grader!!!!  I worked from home and got all the pictures to start the day.  We did the usual balloon bombarding on the elementary school bus.  Then Connor and I went up to the park to say hi to the neighbors and celebrate before rolling out to the middle school to grab M and head off to her game vs MTA at 530p.  It was a great way to start summer as they crushed them with a 4-1 W.  We LOVE beating MTA!!!  Neko had a hat trick and our very own Maci had the other goal, a great assist by Neko to Maci for a clean awesome finish!!!!

1st Day & Last Day of 3rd Grade

Connor & his Bro, Oliver

The Elementary Bus Stop 

Day 1 & Last Day

Emily, Nash, Oliver & Connor

Maci and Tyce - Day 1 vs Last Day!

She is taller than him now

1st Day & Last Day of 6th Grade

Beating MTA!!!

Friday:

• 1st "kid" day of summer!!!!
• Maci had her virtual TFE assessment discussion with Coach Julian and it went really well - she has improved SO much on this team this year!  She is feeling confident heading into the rest of summer and try outs - Maci is a work horse and we appreciate him seeing it :)
• Maci and I then had to cut out early for game 1 of the All American Cup - once again playing up a year.  Game 1 was vs Centennial where we won 3-0 and Maci had another goal!  We also got to celebrate her dear teammate Sav's birthday!
• Maci and I then hustled from that game in Blaine all the way over to East Ridge for game 1 of Connor's baseball tournament.  Maci and I grabbed some sushi and nuts etc for snacks ahead of the game (you do what you must on the road!)  It was a great start with a 13-4 W.  Our kids are on fire!!

Happy B-Day Sav!

Saturday :

• These are the days I wish I could clone myself!
• Maci had game 2 vs DASC and we crushed them 7-0 OH MY!  Lauren had a hat trick in the first 5 mins and Maci had yet another goal.
• At the same time, Connor was playing his game 2 vs Spring Lake and won 18-1 OH MY!
• Connor then had game 3 vs OMGAA and won 17-1 - GOODNESS BOYS!!!
• Maci had her game 3 and they won 5-0 with her netting 2 goals vs DMSC.  Shut out in bracket play!
• Clint and Connor decided to stay in a hotel with the team out at East Ridge but Maci and I came home, took quick naps and then went over to our neighbor's the Herness for Jacob's graduation party.  Yummy Mexican food and a few beers before crashing for the night!

Our Gals

Team Lunch Fun

These Boys!

Hotel Night!

Sunday :

• Another day of cloning desires!!!  Connor's semi was at 10a - he was brought in to pitch in the 5th and 6th inning of a TIGHT game.  This kid is insane confident at pitching and he did it again.  They pulled off the W 10-8 to head on to the championship game!!!!
• While he was in that semi, I was at Blaine with Maci in her own semi where they won 4-0 with Maci and Neko each taking a PK and 2 other goals by Annie and Sav.
• Connor went on to play for the championship against Minnetonka but they came up short getting 2nd place after a tough 3-8 loss.  However, they got rings and that finish nets them a spot in both state tournaments!!!!
• They then came out to Maci's championship game vs a team from Grand Forks.  Unfortunately we lost our 1-0 lead towards the end of the game and had to go into PKs.  We lost on PK #7 and the girls were super down.  We reminded them that they played so strong all weekend!!!!
• I ran Maci to Pizza Luce where she got to enjoy an end of school year slumber party with Natalie and some of Natalie's pals.
• I then hustled to Connor's 3v3 games at 730 and 755p.
• We completely crashed in bed after this one HAHAHA!!!

Connor Crushing It Again - Gets them to Championship!

My pic of the final strike on GameChanger

2nd Place - Connor was bummed

Sweet 2nd place ring

Waiting for penalty kicks as a team!

2nd Place is still Great!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

Way Behind - Soccer Tourneys/Baseball Tourneys, Prom & US Women's Soccer Vs China!!!

Weekdays:

• Monday - Love a good Memorial Day!!  Maci did a mid day Infiniti soccer training.  Clint picked up some baseballs for the team then did some Bourbon tasting with the neighborhood guys in the evening while the kids and I caught the Timberwolves game.
• Tuesday - Clint got the water heater flushed for regular maintenance.  I had a hair apt at 4p and then met up with the family at a tough baseball game loss against Minnetonka.

Buddies HA

• Wednesday - We got a tree near the house trimmed, why is tree trimming always so much more than you would anticipate?!  That night Maci started her tournament which was going to be a tough one - they are playing an age up and in the top elite bracket.  They played MTA who we play all the time and we somehow dropped 0-1 to them WHICH NEVER HAPPENS!  While we were at this late night game, Connor had a baseball game against the Millers and they pulled out a nice win.

Dang I love this lil guy!

Big W Under the Lights

• Thursday - I had to leave work early and pick up Maci from school early for a 5p game but we had to arrive at 4p in Blaine.  This one was against the older MTA girls and we had another close loss.  While we were up there, Connor and Clint had a baseball practice and then Clint went to a coaches "safety" meeting to prepare for the weekend tournament.

Friday:

• Connor had game 1 of the Chanhassen tournament at 4p with Clint and they had a TOUGH loss 4-6 vs Chanhassen.
• While they were at baseball, I was running Maci and Elliana to the FC Pitz soccer training at 5p.
• I then had to hustle home in traffic to get ready for our beloved annual Hamel prom!
• I met up with the crew for dinner at Rock Elm around 630p and Clint got there just in time to eat before heading to the dance itself.
• We didn't get as crazy this year b/c we had early mornings for kid sports the next day but we had a good time nonetheless.

Hamel Prom

Post Game Fun w. the Pinkerton's

Saturday:

• We started the day early with Connor's 2nd tourney game at 8a - they run ruled this team for a 16-6 W wahoo!!  So glad Maci and I got to see it.
• Game 2 was vs Brainerd at 12p and we were able to watch some of it before heading to Maci's Saturday game.  The boys pulled out a big 15-4 W which meant they moved on to Sunday championship play :)
• Maci didnt have as great of luck in her 240p game vs Wave.  But we quickly put on some smiles and hustled in the heat down to the Loon's stadium with half the team to watch the US Women take on China.  We had great seats, got there shortly after kick off and got to watch the women dominate with a 3-0 performance.  Maci waved to many of her idols before heading home.

Bros

Soccer Gals

US Women's Game

Sunday:

• Maci had a game vs NSSA at 8a and Connor also had the semi final game at 8a.  Unfortunately they both had a loss which started our Sundays early with some sad kiddos.
• Maci and I hustled from her game to Connor's play for 3rd - not quite sure why we did b/c it was ugly - we ran out of pitching and the kids just gave up - a big 7-16 loss and 4th place - ugh onward!
• We came home for naps, Sunday to dos and then headed to Connor's 3v3 basketball which was far more successful from 7-8p.

Long Weekends!

Goodness the end of May until end of June was just a blur, hence why I am finally writing these on June 22nd 😆

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C