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Jim Graboski (father)

Date of birth: October 6, 1960

In her blog “Life with Mrs. T,” Cait wrote a few words about her father. She told that her dad was very athletic and coached his 3 kids, including the heroine of our story, in the backyard. Besides, he did everything he could to provide for their family in everything necessary. Due to his hard work, their family had everything they could have wished for. That’s why Cait and her brothers had enough means to play any kind of sport they liked.

James Steven Graboski shortly lived in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and Philadelphia before he settled in Woodbury, MN. He is a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate. He majored in economics there. He also coached kids at Woodbury Athletic Association. Jim is retired now, but previously, he worked at Kimberly-Clark manufacturer.

His friends call Cait’s father “Grabo”. He is a great family man, who spends a lot of time with his wife, kids, and 7 grandchildren.

Brenda Graboski (mother)

Date of birth: June 30, 1960

In her blog, Cait wrote, that her parents help her with her 3 kids a lot. Besides, she mentioned, that she was especially close with her mother. The NFL’s wife dreamed to have similar warm relationships with her daughter Cora.

Her mother’s birth name is Brenda Jean Hammon. She is the daughter of the late Sondra and Jerry Hammon. Brenda is one of four siblings. She has a sister Marla, and brothers Bruce and Mark. Her father served in the Air Force in Japan and her mother worked at Len Dudas Motors.

Brenda was raised in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. She met her future husband Jim at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She studied Family Science there. They parented three children and managed to build a really great family crew. For many years Brenda served as a sales manager at Leon’s countertops LLC.

Nowadays, she helps Cait and her sons with their children.

Ryan Graboski (older brother)

Date of birth: March 2, 1987

Cait has two older brothers. She shares a close bond with her oldest brother Ryan. Although he lives in Fort Worth, TX, Ryan finds the time to arrive at Adam’s games and support the Vikings.

Ryan James Graboski was raised in Woodbury, Minnesota, and attended a high school there. He is a UW-Stevens Point graduate. He majored in Mathematics and Business Administration. Like his sister, he was an active athlete at school. Ryan played for the school team under the guidance of Paul Herzog a popular high school coach, retired now.

He continued to play for the college team and achieved some great results. He kicked lots of goals and was ranked as the second-best goal kicker in college in 2007.

After graduating from the University, Ryan moved to Dallas Texas. Since then he is a Texas resident. He has been working in different companies there as a sales representative or product specialist.

He is divorced. Previously, he was married to Amanda McFarland, four years his junior. She is a dental hygiene specialist. Ryan and Amanda separated in 2021. Since October 2022 Amanda is married to the senior mineral manager Skye Estes.

Although Ryan and Amanda are not a married couple anymore, they still share custody over their 2 kids. They have a daughter Chloe Rose and a son. Ryan is very close with his children and spends holidays and vacations with them.

Ryan supports his brother-in-law Adam Thielen in his athletic and charity activities. Very often he visits Adam’s games.

Brent Graboski (older brother)

Date of birth: August 16, 1989

Brent is Cait’s second oldest brother. Like each member of the Grabosky family, he is very athletic. He practiced various kinds of sports on the Woodberry High School team. After graduation, he was accepted to Saint John’s University in Collegeville, MN. He majored in management. He played for the football college team, too.

Having got his college degree, Brent moved to Seattle WA, and launched his career as a manager at Hormel Foods. Currently, he resides in Carlsbad, California with his wife Nichole Nellermoe Graboski, and their two kids: a daughter Haisley Ann and a son.

Her birth name is Caitlin Jean Graboski. She grew up in the city of Woodbury, MN in the family of Jim and Brenda Graboski. She is the only girl in her family. Caitlin has 2 brothers – Ryan and Brent. She studied at Woodbury High School.

In 2010 she graduated from high school and entered Iowa State University. Of course, Caitlin continued her activity as a female soccer player there. During her freshman year, she won the Co-Newcomer of the Year Award. The girl participated in 38 games during her 2 years at this college and helped her team to perform better on the court.

Later she transferred to Mankato (Minnesota State University). She majored in speech pathology and communication disorders but joined her academic education with sports. She played for the university female soccer team for 23 matches and won 6th place by points she had collected.

Unfortunately, her college sports career didn’t turn into a professional one. After graduation from Mankato, Caitlin had to quit soccer because of an injury. But at that time she was involved in her relationship with Adam.

They crossed their ways in the early 2010s when Adam played American football for Mankato and she was an athlete at Iowa State. Their common friend introduced Adam and Caitlin via Skype and then started dating during the summer vacations. But after the new college year began, they parted ways.

Adam got a second chance when Caitlin transferred from Iowa State to Mankato. The American football star didn’t lose that chance and soon proposed to his loved one at Rice Park in Saint Paul, MN. Thielen made Caitlin’s proposition, staying with his one knee on the ice. He dropped the box with the ring, but still, she said “Yes!”

They tied the knot on May 23, 2015, and remain a great team since then. Caitlin often visits Adam’s matches. Adam’s parents love his wife so much and say, that she keeps their son “grounded”.

Like her famous husband, she was a great athlete at school. Caitlin was an active member of the female soccer team at school. She played for the Minnesota State High School League during her junior year at school and contributed to her team’s victory in the Championship in 2008. A year later she collected lots of prestigious titles, like all-state, all-tournament, etc. She also was named Girls Soccer Player of the Year by St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Cait’s followers write lots of compliments to her for her figure. To achieve such great results, a mother of 3 workouts 6 times a week. She drinks coffee before the workout and a meal replacement shake after it.
Quite often Cait goes out to some event with her husband, but she doesn’t like it too much. She is a family person and prefers to stay at home watching scary movies with a plate of snacks.
The soccer icon Mia Hamm and football quarterback Brett Favre are her role models.
Her favorite clothing brands are Evereve, Vici Dolls, and Nordstrom.
Mrs. Thielen doesn’t have any professional activity nowadays. But she writes a blog about her life and runs her husband’s charity project “The Thielen Foundation”.
In his interview with the sports reporter Chris Murphy Adam Theilen (Cait’s husband) told, that “he always tried to be the greatest husband too, not just the best athlete”. As his wife always looks happy and calm, surely, he has achieved his goal.