These are a few of his favorite things…

Cooper had to make a collage of some of his favorite things and it was so much fun to go though magazines and pick out his favorites.  If you have ever watched TV with Cooper any time there is a commercials that shows something he might want or like, for example cereal, he’ll yell and I mean yell, “mom I want that!!!”  and he’ll keep yelling it until someone answers us.  We’ve started just saying okay Cooper from wherever we are.  So when we were looking thought the magazine for stuff he liked he would yell, “mom I like this.”  It was so cute. 

Everything he picked out I knew before hand that he was going to like it.  Cooper is pretty predictable when it comes to what he likes and doesn’t like…  Here are a few of Cooper’s favorite things…

-Cheesy Mac and cheese

-Soccer

-Swimming

-Chocolate

-Sponge bob

-Peanut butter and jelly

-Riding bikes

-Rice Kripy cereal

-Juice

-TV

-Ice cream

-His family and his sister

-Dinosaur Train movies

-And anything fun!!!

Doesn’t that seem like a Cooper list?  He loved doing that project and putting all of his likes on paper. 

 

our pumped up hornet

Cooper had his first soccer game on Saturday and he was pumped.  Did I say pumped, I mean PUMPED…  I don’t think I’ve ever seen him so excited for anything before. 

About a week before his first game he got his GOLD soccer uniform with a special number 3 on it.  I couldn’t keep the uniform off him.  He wanted to wear it 24-7!  As a matter of fact, one day I had him dressed and he said he wanted to wear his soccer uniform and I said no we didn’t want to get it dirty.  Then I went to get myself dressed and came out to find Cooper hiding behind our chair re-dressed in his soccer uniform.  I really wanted to beat him, but instead I started to laugh and just said, “Get in the car you monster…”  He is so silly.  What a nerd, seriously. 

When it was actually time for soccer he did was ready to go.  When we got to the game we were not really sure how he would do.  Would he be shy, would he cry, would he kick the ball, what?  He did so well.  He was pretty aggressive.  He was throwing the elbows, running as fast as he could and kicking that ball like there was no tomorrow.  He wasn’t going to let anyone take that ball from him.  He made 5 goals  (3 in the correct goal and 2 in the other teams goal) Oh well at that age a goal is a goal.  He did great for the first little while, but by the end of the game he was done.  He wouldn’t go in.  So he sat there and watched, but then when soccer really came to an end he was so upset he cried cause he wanted to still play.  What a funny boy, I just wanted to yell, for the love of soccer…

I loved watching my little guy play soccer.  He had so much fun and tried his hardest, our little athlete.  Way to go Hornets, you get em’!

no rainy day blues here

When it rains my kids play.  Brielle and Cooper, like any Arizona kid who doesn’t see the rain much, loves the rain.  They think when it rains it means get naked and go outside and enjoy or go completely opposite and get dressed up in the warmest clothes they can find and then go out and play.  Today it was a little of both, naked first and then dressed in boots and winter jackets.  They had so much fun looking up and letting the rain beat down on their faces.  It’s fun to watch them play and enjoy one of life’s simplest pleasures, {RAIN}!

 

Beautiful Breckenridge

The other day my sister and I headed to Breckenridge to go to my Uncle Bill’s memorial.  I was a bit worried or maybe I should say anxious.  I just wasn’t sure how the flight would be, how the rental car would work out, would we make it just the two of us alone, how would the condo be we were staying in, would the people there like us, would it snow, on and on and on….  You know me the worrywart. 

We flew there on Thursday the 10^th and got the best rental car ever, a Yukon with a GPS navigator that was the best thing we ever did.  She (the GPS, we named her Garmin) was awesome and got us anywhere we needed without any problems.  The best part ever was that we got the rental with the GPS for 4 day for only $150.  Now that is a deal.

We got to Breckenridge with no problems.  It was breathtakingly beautiful up there.  Literally we drove with our mouths open just in awe with the beauty all around.  The weather was wonderful, the air was clean, and a billion of memories came flooding back to us as we entered through the doors of the Whales Tale.  That was the bar/restaurant that my Uncle Bill managed for 30 years or so.  We used to spend many summers up there in Breckenridge ruling the place as my Uncle Bill’s two princesses.  It was a bittersweet moment.  I found myself often times getting teared up with overwhelming emotions as we were up there. 

After getting to the Whales Tale and meeting some of Uncle Bill’s amazing friends, Erin and I checked out our condo and then checked out Main Street Breckenridge.   This is where we did a lot of shopping and eating.  It was crazy how many fun memories we had there.  We haven’t been there for like 20 years, but we still remembered so many fun adventured we had as kids.  This place is magical.  I hope to take my family there someday. 

Saturday was the best and the saddest day.  That was the day we had the memorial for Uncle Bill.  It was at the Whales Tale.  Some of his dearest and closest friends arranged it and it was amazing.  There were like 200 plus people, all who loved and had wonderful things to say about my sweet Uncle Bill.  They were crying, laughing, sharing, yelling, singing, and just enjoying wonderful memories.  It was a night I will never forget.  The craziest thing was the weather.  It was perfect up until that night then it rained and snowed.  It was like the heaven’s opened up and cried for just a couple of hours.  The next day it was beautiful out again. 

We had a super wonderful trip.  It is one that I will never forget.  I loved spending time with my sister, my Aunt Jeri and Cousin Timmy, and Uncle Bill’s sweet friends.  Thanks to everyone who made this event such a special memorial. 

 

shiny head

My crazy son, Cooper, decided he wanted a shiny head, so he decided to bulldoze with his forehead down on the carpet all around the house.  He literally headed around the living room head down, hands up giving himself a major rug burn on his forehead.  After about 5 minutes and hearing me say to him your head is going to hurt if you don’t stop, he decided maybe he should stop and see if his head is shiny.  (No clue what that means)  It wasn’t so shiny until I had to put Neosporin on it cause he had just rug burned himself so bad that it was starting to hurt.  He is so silly and interesting sometimes.  Now it’s like 5 days later and he has a big scab on his forehead, but realizes maybe he shouldn’t do that again.