Wife to Garrett, Mommy to Kenley & Jax, Aunt to Julie, Friend to who wants me, Daughter to Henry & Laura & Gary & Cassi, God-Mother to some of the cutest cuties Blakely and Casey. Insurance Agent to my lovely clients. I am working hard to raise my children to be all they can be, full of life, full of confidence, full of manners, full of love, showing God's love to others, being more than I am or can be...striving everyday to be a better person and it's not always easy!!
KENLEY PATRICIA BENSON started second grade this year at Trinity-Klein. She continues to cheer at Texas Lonestar Cheer and is in her fourth competitive year, she is on the Youth level 3 team. She has competitions all over the state this year and in Louisiana and California. Cheer practice and tumbling takes up a majority of her time, however she loves to spend time with her friends. She is enjoying Girl Scouts and all her friends. She still loves to ride in the golf cart, do her hair, she really like to play with her brother and Blakely. She enjoys traveling and got to go to Disney World this year, Montana, Louisiana, and had a great summer.
I can't imagine my life without her. She makes me laugh, she fills my heart with a joy I have never known and I enjoy watching her grow up. She is growing into such a beautiful soul.
Garrett graduated from the University of Houston in 2007 with a degree in Construction Management. He currently works at Baker Concrete as a Project Manager.
He is a sports fanatic. However, his love is Texans football and this takes up the majority of our fall and winter. He is an avid Texans tailgater. Every weekend there is a home game he is cooking and preparing for his time in the parking lot at Reliant Stadium. Fajitas, beer, washers, music and sausage are a few items you would find hanging out of the bed of his truck. He loves to hunt and is still continuing to fill our walls and our freezer.
Garrett finished up his job at EXXON in the Woodlands and is working in Midland, TX on a job for Chevron. Hopefully he'll be back home by November.
He is so happy to finally have a son. We welcomed Jaxon David into our family on March 31, 2014 and we, all three of us, are absolutely IN LOVE. ESPECIALLY DADDY!! He has his own personal Little Texan, who will grow into a big Texan.
Garrett loves his work and is a wonderful father and I could not ask for more. He works hard and his dedicated to our family. Being away is hard, but we are doing great, not to say it is without its hardships, but life isn't easy.
He reads stories to Kenley, takes and active role in her cheerleading, and helps in me in so many ways with her. I value his role as a father so much and I could not ask for a better partner in life or a father for her. They love each other dearly and that is so beautiful. He is so good with Jaxon and is such a great help. He has been on quite a few "man trips" lately...so he does owe me one or two...soon.
Christmas has been quite interesting this year! We came up to the lake on the 21st. Much bigger house to let the kids run and play and destroy!!! That caused a minor melt down on the 26th. We had a wonderful Christmas Day. Started by opening presents, Yippee! But so much happened in between. We had the Holeman Family Christmas on the 20th. Kenley had so much fun with the twins, all her cousins, grandparents, and great-grandma's. After it was over though she got a fever! Kenley believes that Christmas requires her to run a fever. Most will remember that when we landed in Montana last year she did the same thing! I let her work it out Sunday night, Monday...but on Tuesday she started complaining about her ear...of course we were in Conroe and it was after 5pm so off to the Urgent Care we went. Her right ear was 90% infected and the left was 30% infected. The doctor kept asking Cassie and I questions that we were not answering according to his standards obviously because he proceeded to ask Kenley some questions. He said, "Kenley, does your ear hurt?" She replied, "Yes, right here and pointed to her ear." He then asked, "Does your throat hurt?" She replied, "Yes, right here" and pointed to her throat. I was very surprised...there was a point in to time when I thought she would never speak, especially to a doctor she doesn't know. I was so impressed, we left we some prescriptions. She ran a fever until yesterday but is improving. Now the antibiotic is doing some weird things to her diaper. Needless to say...the no holds bar potty training has been put on hold!
Cole got a BMX bike for Christmas, he is really excited about it because now he doesn't have to walk to his friends in the neighborhood. Latricia asked for a scooter, Garrett proceeded to buy her a motorized one...she is zipping around the neighborhood at 10mph. Logan wanted a skateboard and Santa granted his wish. He is practicing very hard to improve his skills, along with Garrett and Uncle Mark (Kendra's boyfriend) trying to improve their skills. They both swear that they use to be able to do all kinds of tricks! Kenley got a Little Tykes playhouse for the backyard. It has not been put together yet, but Daddy will come through and she will be thrilled and I will post a picture! It is really awesome and I am super excited about it!
My favorite present was that Kenley let me straighten her hair. It is so long! She looks totally different.
We made so much food for Christmas we started Tuesday night. Christmas Peepers, Muddy Buddies, Oreo Balls, Pumpkin Pie, it went on and on. Everybody enjoyed everything! Except me of course...the lap band is a little tight! However, I have not lost the will to cook...that is a good thing! I experimented with a cheese log....it went over sort of okay....it needs a little work. English Pea Salad has been removed from the Christmas dinner menu. I also made homemade cornbread stuffing. I sauteed the vegetables this time. There was one year when I forgot that part and it wasn't so good!
We hope everybody had a marvelous Christmas...we sure did! We wish you all a very Happy New Year and we are certainly hoping that 2010 is better for us that 2009.
Garrett and I met at Lutheran High North in 1997. He came to North from Northwest Academy and I came from Our Savior. We started dating in in 1998 and the rest is history. We left Houston in 2001 after we graduted from Lutheran High North. Garrett went to University Texas and I went to Texas A&M. We spent many hours on the road between the two, to be fair it was Garrett who mostly did all the driving. We were married in September 2005 at the Fontenot Grand Mansion and welcomed Princess Kenley in April 2007 and Jaxon in March of 2014 (5 days shy of 7 years apart, by choice). We currently live in Klein, TX and will celebrate 9 years of marriage on the 10th of September.
Both Garrett and I grew up with dogs. Garrett had Boofer growing up and I had a host of dogs, one in particular was Autumn Marie, a Golden Retriever that went everywhere with my Dad. She could be found in the church parking lot, dropping me off at school or at a softball game.
In early 2005 I announced to Garrett that I wanted a Golden Retriever. He agreed and off to New Waverly we went and picked up a 3 month old pup, who shares my birthday of March 6. We chose her name while driving to pick her up, Brighton Marie. Yes, we got it from the home builder. She is very active and weighs around 80 pounds and firmly believes that she is a lap dog. She is very smart but many find it hard to love her. She is starting to calm down this days and is showing signs of her age. She has just a month and will beging a regime of "old lady" food. She is battling her skin lately it is not in agreement with all of the swimming she likes to do. She is aging around the eyes and after a long week at the lake with my parents her joints were worn out and she could barely get in the truck! Autumn lived to be in her teens...so I am hoping we have a long long life to live!!!
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