Kaden Riding Teddy Bear

So Kaden went out to his Gamma & Pops house last night and he got to ride his pop's horse teddy bear... :) He loved it and was so excited he got to ride teddy bear because he had been asking for weeks now. :) Thanks gamma and pops!

Summer is here...

...and we have not stopped since school was out. To begin with Keenan's younger brother, Kameron, graduated from Randall. We went to the graduation and were all so proud that he made this great accomplishment! :) Then I started cheerleading practice with all 31 of my girls to get ready for camp. We had 2 weeks of 2 a days and then went to camp last week. (which was fun but I am SO glad to be home!!!)  During that time, Keenan worked a Randall basketball camp and is working another camp next week. It is nice extra money. In the midst of all of that, Keenan has also been coaching a 6th and 7th grade team which has also kept him busy.  But Kaden did enjoy going to some of the practices with his dadda and some of the games. We have also been spending TONS of time with Heather, Micah, Mason and Boston!!! We go to the ranch and hang for a few days, they come to our house and hang out, go to the pool, the guys go golfing or fishing...we have just been busy with fun! :)
Kaden has grown so much in the last few months it seems...he is really coming to be so much fun and so full of life...he keeps me and Keenan going ALL OF THE TIME!!!! Hopefully soon we will be able to add a new addition to our family, we are just waiting on God's timing and will... :)
My nephew Boston turns 2 this Thursday!!! We are going to his fun outdoor water party out at Gamma & Pops!!! We are looking forward to that. 
Kaden LOVES being outside so I know he will have so much fun. :)
Kaden also went on his first camping trip at the lake with me, Keenan, his Uncle Blake, his girlfriend Kelsie and her brother. Other than the ridiculous wind that came for about an hour that night it was a great little overnight trip!!! Kaden did so good. I was very impressed!

My nephew Mason was in a baseball league for 6 & 7 year olds and had at least 1 game, sometimes 2 games a week! We loved watching him play...his team got SO much better and did an amazing job. They have a blog and check it out, even though the season is over...www.amarilloredsox.blogspot.com.  They finished up at the end of the season tournament in 2nd place but did very well.  They beat the only undeafted team in the midst of it all. I am so proud of Mason and his team!!

One of our close friends, Marcus, graduated with Keenan from high school as well as played baskeball with him and I am really close to his wife Amy, are going through some hard times right now.  They just had their 2nd healthy baby boy, Gabe and got a beautiful new house, but Marcus just left to go to Fort Hood and will be leaving at the end of June, first of July to go to Kuwait to serve our nation in the army.  Having a newborn at home with a 1 1/2 year old by herself will be hard in it self but then the constant thinking of my husband being at war and praying for a safe return will be a struggle. This will be his 2nd time to be over there and hopefully he will be back in the states by March! So please keep them in your prayers!

We are currently rooting for those Longhorns to pull it out and win the CWS...they are down 0-1 right now, but hopefully they will win the next 2! Last night was a tough loss....

One of my friends had her baby last week when I was away at cheer camp...Kaci had her sweet baby girl, Brogan Elizabeth Bohn. I cant wait to see sweet thing and squeeze her! :) I have 2 other friends that are both due in August (days apart) and then another friend of mine that will be due in December!!!! There is someone close to me that is expecting but it is not well known yet! She will be due in February! Very new but I am WAY excited! She will announce it soon... :) Babies Babies everywhere!!!

The next few weeks are hopefully going to slow down a little!!! we are just ready to lay back and hang out with our family and friends... Love to all...

Kaden is 2!!!

Yes, our little guy is 2! I can't believe it. The past 2 years have been so fun and crazy! But I wouldnt change it for anything!!! Kaden is my sweet little guy that has the most kissable cheeks ever and is what I look forward to all day, seeing him after school! Here are a few pictures of his basketball party!

We just recently went to Mason's 6th birthday party which was a swim party! It was a total hit!! Heather took lots of pictures so take a look at her blog to see some of those...she will have some up soon I am sure! :) (while you are waiting to see pics from Mason's party, check out her photography site...http://www.heatherladdphotography.com/) Kaden wasnt all about all the people and the water but everyone else seemed to have a good time.

So I just got back from the hospital...one of friends from high school, Amy Krieger, had her sweet baby Gabe late last night. I was there last week for a friend from college, Jessica Mitchell, and she had a sweet littler girl, Molly! I just got off the phone from my roommate from college and she will probably be having her little guy in the next few weeks!!! Another friend of mine should be having her baby next week as well!!! It is baby crazy going on! But they are all so cute and doing so good!! Praise the Lord!

Mother's Day is coming up and it really makes me sit back and think about how lucky I am! My mother (and my sister:)! ) is my best friend and I couldnt be so lucky! I am so grateful to have her in my life and my son's life! Thank you mom for all you have done for me and my family! We are so very lucky and you are so very special to us!
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there...new moms (Amy and Jessica) and expecant moms (Marcie and Niki) and all my other mom friends! Motherhood is the best! :)
Have a wonderful week!!

Since Spring Break

Well since Spring Break, it has been very hectic around our house hold. :)

First of all, we went to Phoenix for most of the break to see my uncle, aunt and cousins who recently moved out there. There house was awesome and I cant wait to go back! The guys enjoyed the pool table and ping pong table as well as the pool and hot tub! It was beautiful and I am so jealous! The weather was perfect! If only it was like that all year round and didnt reach over 100 in the summer, I would so not mind living there! :) It was Kaden's first time to fly, mine and Kaden's first time to Phoenix and our first big family trip. We had loads of fun. From going to a Spring Training game, to the Phoenix Zoo, to the dog races to laying out by the pool, and even getting to watch my cousin Brayden play some baseball, we had a blast...

My cousin Brayden, Mason and my other cousin Brendan at the spring training game

My cousin Brayden hittin' the ball baby!!! :)

Cousins Boston and Kaden hanging out by the pool... dont you just love their matching swimming trunks and top?!? :) Thanks Gamma!!!
Kaden eating at the dog races

Me and Keenan at the zoo

Kaden and Boston in the stroller at the zoo...

Very pretty animal!


My sweet family! :)
Isn't it cool?!?!??!?! :)
Mason and Kaden checking out the HUGE turtles! :)

Heather also got to take some pictures of Kaden since he will be turning 2 in a few weeks! Yes, my baby is turning 2 and I cannot believe it. EVERYONE always said that time flies, and I didnt really believe it going though those nights with not much sleep, to colicy, to nicu, to everything else with a baby, but it does. He is getting so big and has turned in to a little man for sure!

Well we had cheerleading tryouts the Friday before spring break and they ended up very well. I was very pleased with the new squads for Tascosa for next year and think it will be a good year...but oh, time will only tell! :)

Keenan is staying busy with track and he also got offered to coach a 7th grade boys basketball team for Hoop 10 in Amarillo. He was really excited because he loves to coach basketball and to make matters better, he gets paid for doing it! :) He is almost done with his first year as a teacher and I think he going to survive! :)

Heather and I are still doing diaper cakes...and we are having fun. We got our first "official" order from someone who had received our email from a friend of theirs. We were super excited!

April begins a busy month of birthdays for our family. Me, my moms, Keenans, Heathers, Kadens, and Jilly. We all cant wait!! Kaden's birthday party we are going to walk/run in the March of Dimes 5k. Since he was in the NICU when he was born and the March of Dimes helps support the NICU, and it landed on Kaden's birthday, we thought it would only be best! So we are getting a "TEAM KADEN" together do this. We are all very excited.

After the big morning of the 5k, we will go to the YMCA for Kaden's basketball birthday party! He is so excited! Especially since basketball is what he loves the most!!! and the kid can dribble, if you can believe it or not! I swear...he can litteraly dribble a regular size basketball. :) It is amazing! He really has some of his dad's genes in him!

We are looking forward to a very enjoyable and busy month of April! Lots of love...

Spring Break is Almost Here!!!!

I am so ready for spring break to be here!!! Just for Saturday morning to come will be so nice. This week we are having cheerleading tryouts at Tascosa so I have been up at the school until around 6:15 or so then come home to see my 2 guys, eat a quick dinner, get Kaden bathed and ready for bed, play a little and off to bed...and dont even get me started on the time change this last weekend!! Boy it has done us all in at the Hooker household! But cheerleading tryouts are going very well and we have a lot of potential in the girls trying out. I am excited about a good year next year!

The time change...well Kaden does not like it. He wakes up in the CRANKIEST mood!!! It is unbelieveable! And it still being dark outside when we leave to go to Mrs Becky's house and then me on to work, is no fun. But I do like it staying lighter longer...just getting used to it is hard! :)

But anyways, spring break....ahhhhh...the sound of it makes me smile. Just a break from the kids will be nice. They seem to be more anxious for it to get here than me...and that is pretty anxious! We are going to Phoenix for half of spring break and I am so pumped. This will be Kaden and Boston's first airplane ride and big long trip! I have never been to Phoenix so I am super excited! And to be where it is nice and warm...since it is so stinkin cold here as I type! :)

This past Saturday, Heather took some pictures of Mason, Kaden and Boston at a church that she is taking another little girls pictures this coming weekend. She wanted to "test" it out. :) Well, the 20 minutes we were there, she got some AWESOME pictures! We were so excited.

Kaden, Mason and Boston poseing (and laughing) for the camera!

Kaden jumping because he was SOOOO excited! :)
Best buds for life, off to get into who knows what...
Sweet Boston playing and getting really excited.

Heather and I have also started making diaper cakes. They are super cute and GREAT gifts. I have some pictures of some of our most recent! :) We are loving it and having so much fun!

Keenan is in the middle of track season at Westover so that is keeping him busy still...and with cheerleading never ending, we just stay super busy! :) But we are all doing good and enjoying our little Kaden man!

We are doing wonderful!! and ready for our birthday month to get here!!! YAY!!!

New Ventures...

My sister, Heather, has started a new venture in her life...she is starting to take pictures and get in to the photography business...she recently took some pictures of Kaden, and her 2 boys, Mason and Boston!! They are so precious! I am super excited because I will have my best friend around all the time to capture my Kaden and future kids as they grow up!! How lucky are we??? :) But with my some what knowledge of Photoshop, we have had some lessons on how to make pictures have that extra added touch to them and learned some new things as well. It has been fun. :) Here are some recent ones...

My sweet Kaden...

Kaden giving his Gamma kisses

My adorable nephew Boston. :)

And the COOLEST nephew anyone could have, Mason!

A new venture for me is...READING!!!! Yes, I have been able to read since I was young, but I never got a book and just wanted to read it from front to back cover without putting it down...well I have found that book, or series rather. :) I started the "Twilight" series a week and a half ago and I am just about finished with the 3rd of the 4 books...I am HOOKED!!!! and I would have never guessed any book would have got me so attached. But it has. It is so good...I, as well as the rest of my family, are so shocked on how I am just reading everytime I get a chance. (I gave me a short break to post a blog but believe me, after Kaden goes to bed, I will be reading!!) I have even been reading on the couch and Kaden gets one of his favorite books recently, gets up beside me and reads his book in his own language he has and understands right now. :) It is so much fun!!! All I know is when this time is over and I have read the last line of the last book, I think I will be really sad. Heather, my sister, has also been addicted (which is not to much out of character for her since she was an English major in college and has always loved to read) but she is finished with it and is definitly having Edward and Bella withdrawls!! It does give us one more thing to talk about which is fun for the both of us. Keenan on the other hand cant believe that I cannot put the darn book down!!! I am just as shocked as most, believe me!!! I just love it. :)


Anyways, Kaden has been doing good. He just got over a cold, having strep and anything else he could seem to catch. :) But he is finally not coughing or have a runny nose! I love it when medicine works. He is keeping me and Keenan on our toes, having temper tantrums all of the time and I swear the "terrible 2's" (if that really does exist) has come a few months earlier for Kaden. Maybe that means it will end sooner?!?!? :) But we are all doing good. Just staying busy like usual with school, basketball games, cheerleading :) and keeping up with the rest of our families!!

New Year...

As 2009 has begun and we have gone back to school, it feels like we just picked up where we had left off in mid-december with school and games. And now our nephew Mason is starting his basketball season with his Pops and Uncle Keenan coaching him. So we will be going to watch YMCA-litte guys basketball games on most Saturdays. Since I played basketball, I do not mind watching the game, but really love watching my nephew play. He is pretty good for being 5 1/2. :) Kaden is really enjoying basketball games in general because they are inside so he is not bundled up like at football games and he can run around and play on the side of the gym. So I think Kaden and Boston will enjoy Mason's games this coming season.
As you all know, I am the cheerleading sponsor at Tascosa and this is my first year to do this. It has been a very interesting year, hard at times, but fun for the most part. I had a really hard and rough week this last week with Tascosa Cheerleading and only hope it can only get better.
I am really looking forward to this coming year because Keenan and I are wanting to get pregnant this coming fall so it will be a year with some changes, hopefully, if that is in God's plan for us. :) We would love for it to be but we of course will follow his path. :) So Kaden will have just turned 3 when we have another one, Keenan will be out from under I Teach Texas program and have a teaching certificate, not a probationary certificate.
I also have A LOT of friends that are pregnant and going to have a new additions to their family this year and that is super exciting!!! I have like 8 friends that are expecting and one that just had a baby at the end of the 2008 year!
I know 2009 has a lot to offer us and we are excited to see what God has prepared for us.
Have a wonderful new year!!!