Cooper & Parker's Blog: 2020

Friday, November 20, 2020

Birthday's & Halloween!

The boys recently celebrated their 8th and 10th birthday's! We spent a few days at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point with a couple of Cooper's close friends and family. The kids had a blast at the water park, roasting marshmellows and just hanging out! We also had a family party at our house with Cooper's favorite street tacos. Parker enjoyed a super fun party at Defy. We rented the facility out before it opened to the public and kept it smaller, thinking it would be a little safer for everyone. Now the kids are a bit spoiled!

The kids lost their AMAZING grandpa Geno to a long battle with cancer. He loved them so much and I'm so thankful they have such wonderful memories to remember him by. He was a truly special person and will be so missed.

Cooper finished up his flag football season last week and has his last game of the soccer season tomorrow. They are hoping to go undefeated! Unfortunately, the playoffs were cancelled due to Covid. Parker has been excelling at his swim lessons and just loves it!

We are looking forward to the upcoming holiday's. Our tree is up and our outdoor decorations are ready to go, only 30 hours later! Today is the last day of school, before the fall break and the kids could not be more excited. They've been working really hard and are ready for a nice break. We will head to Orlando to celebrate my Dad's b'day, do our annual trip to Gaylord Palms and then back home to enjoy Thanksgiving with family.

Happy Halloween!

Fortnite

Fortnite Fam

Front Decorations

Spooky Tree

The Gang!

4th Grade

2nd Grade

Soccer Team

Soccer Star!

Happy 10th B'day!

Yearly Birthday Interview!

Celebrating Cooper!

Cousins

Grammy, Geep & Coop

Coop & Aunt Jill

Coop & Geep

Cooper's party at the Hyatt with Christian & Chase!

Friends!

Marshmellows!

Friends!

Chase, Aiden, Cooper & Parker

Bob & Park!

Parker's 8th B'day Party!

Jumping with cousins!

Dodgeball!

Parker with Grammy & Geep!

Parker, Aiden & Hunter!

Friends!

Birthday morning!

Yearly B'day Interview!

Park and the P's!

Coop & Bear

Coop paintball!

Being silly in Orlando!

Disney!

Disney with Cousins!

Parker Star Student Award -- 2nd time this year!!

Saturday, September 26, 2020

School's in Session!

We are happy to report that the kids have been in school in person since August 17th (we had a slight delay to our start date) and things are going well. Both boys are getting straight A's and are enjoying being back in class with their friends. Cooper (4th) and Parker (2nd) have both received Star Student awards from their teachers!

Cooper received his results from his gifted testing and we could not be prouder. He scored a 131 on the OLSAT, showing his IQ is that of a 9th grader. Fall sports have resumed and we are looking forward to watching Cooper play soccer and flag football. His football coach called the other day stating that he will be the starting QB and that he is something special. He said he is likely the best QB in the league! Parker will likely start advanced swim lessons soon, Covid closures threw a wrench in our initial plans but we are hopeful to get him started again. We would love for him to play baseball again, he's got an amazing swing and arm and loves to practice batting in the yard. Hopefully we can convince him!

As usual, we are getting excited for the holiday season...which means lots of decorating for us! The boys also have birthday's coming up and we cannot wait to celebrate Cooper turning double digits -- 10 and Parker turning 8!