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.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
WOW! That is all I can say it has been a busy busy week and weekend. Garrett left town last Monday and returned on Friday night super late. Cole left me early Wednesday. He had to be at Hobby airport at 6am...I could not even imagine how I was going to manage that. Thanks to my wonderful loving father-in-law he got there, Gary was ringing our doorbell at 5:30 am. I did yell that if Kenley woke up I was going to put her in the car with him, sorry Gary, that was rude! Kenley and I occupied our time together by preparing for the garage sale we were having on Saturday. On Thursday we did take a break and go eat with my two favorite Duffy sisters on Thursday.
Saturday's garage sale was a huge success. I could not unload stuff fast enough before people were buying it out of the Tahoe. We were finished by 2, as if I wasn't tired enough Kenley and I went to the car wash. I vacuumed and washed the car. We returned home to finish up the car and get ready to head to the Boil-B-Que! Crawfish, beer, moon walks, and PaPa's truck were entertaining for all involved. We then hauled our cookies across town from Tomball to pick up Cole. I missed him so much while he was gone. He wasn't "allowed" to use his phone while he was gone so I only got to text him at night! The first thing he wanted, as usual, was Whataburger. I was SO SO tired I could not even see straight. The Neal brothers came over to visit. Snow was suppose to come but couldn't because she is the best dog sitter ever! I missed her and really wanted to see here but I was able to go to sleep.
I had a wonderful Mother's Day. Many of you know that every mother's day since Kenley has been traumatic. My first mother's day preceded Kenley's surgery at 5 weeks of age for pyloric stenosis. My second Mother's Day was spent having my appendix removed. I am happy to say that this one was event free!!!! Cole got me a beautiful necklace and Garrett and Kenley got me a new watch. They took me to eat at the Cheesecake Factory!
Garrett and I are starting to watch Parenthood together. It is hilarious. I started watching it while he was away. He is hooked so is catching up on the ipod. He is three episodes behind me...I am impatiently waiting for him to catch up so we can continue the season!!! As we speak, he is watching some!
The lake house should be ready soon. Emily was suppose to go with us to the lake every weekend, but Mark is allergic to cats, so she will be home. I am hoping my loving neighbor Mrs. Cathy will come over and hang out with her. Yes, we refer to him as her...last time I am going to remind you of our gay cat.
Things that have been accomplished...
- Kenley ate Crawfish
- Cole flew on a plane
- Kenley drove the car, while sitting in my lap around the cul-de-sac.
- Cole has not driven...at all ;o)
Have a great week, we love you!
Monday, May 3, 2010
I feel like I have not written in forever and that is the truth! April 18th was forever ago! The Benson household is wonderful! We have never been happier! Kenley has been begging for a "baby cat" we have been toying with the idea and the opportunity finally dropped in our lap. Last Thursday we had a meeting for Cole's trip to D.C., one of the families at church brought a basket full of kittens. They were meowing and meowing during the entire meeting. Kenley, of course, looked at me with those big beautiful blue eyes and curly blond hair and said Mommy can "Emily" come home now, yes she has had the name for this "cat" at least a month. So....she did. Garrett has been working in Hobbs, New Mexico and was not home. In other words, I brought another animal home without Garrett's approval. We headed straight to petsmart and got all our kitty's necessities. I took Ms. Emily to the vet today and found out Emily is a BOY! Cole has already been calling Emily Syracuse because that is what he wanted to name it. Kenley will hear nothing of the sort...So our gender challenged kitty is Emily. Garrett came home and of course fell in love with her, I will always refer to her as her...so sorry. She is a great kitty. I really love her. She is super clean with her box and goes outside with us and chills in the backyard, she lets Kenley do whatever and she and the dogs are doing well. She is a bed hopper, one night with Kenley, one night with us, one night with Cole. She is currently laying on my neck while I am typing.
Garrett had his 6 month check up after losing his thyroid...his levels were not right. We knew this because he had been sleeping more than ever. They tripled his medicine and added some vitamin supplements. He is already feeling better. He is, as always, dedicated to his work at Baker Concrete. I am so proud of him.
Cole is getting ready for his first big trip. He is headed to Washington D.C. this Wednesday at 6:00 am. I recruit ted my wonderful father-in-law to take him. Thank you to Gary! We went and got him his first suitcase today and he is excited.
Cole is getting ready for his first big trip. He is headed to Washington D.C. this Wednesday at 6:00 am. I recruit ted my wonderful father-in-law to take him. Thank you to Gary! We went and got him his first suitcase today and he is excited.
I did have another seizure on April 23, 2010 when I was at home, so I have been diagnosed with Epilepsy. I firmly believe that God is directing my physician's hand and that I will be treated and healed within the next 3 years. There is a very high percentage of people who can be on anti-seizure medication for 3 years and are seizure free can end up not needing medication any longer. So please join in me believing in the power of prayer!
We are patiently awaiting the completion of the Lake House, two more weeks and we will be nowhere to be found on the weekend except the lake.
Kenley is still taking gymnastics on Mondays at The Houston Gymnastic Academy and has her first competition May 15. She is also on The Texas Two-Steppers Show Team at Texas Cheer, so you will find us there every Tuesday night. She almost has her cartwheel and her skills are very impressive. Swimming lessons will start this summer! She finally perfected her bike riding and can keep up with Cole.
I am hoping to start her with horseback riding lessons soon...come on Momma Kellerman.
On a pretty bragging note...We have the greenest grass on the street and I am so thrilled, big thank you to one of my clients who gave me all his secrets one day while purchasing insurance.
I am almost completely done with my Certified Property Manager designation and should have it by June! Yeah! I am so proud of myself! ha!
We had the bathtub refinished and it is so beautiful. If you have an old bathtub look up Bathtub Wizard...it was worth every penny and looks brand new.
For one reason or the other I have been on an organization kick. This house has never been cleaner and more organized, that trickled out to the garage on Sunday. My body hurts in more ways that I knew was possible. I did most of the work by myself, Garrett was fixing the toilet with his Dad, Cole was napping but got up just in time to help me with the really heavy stuff. I have come to the realization that we have too much stuff. We are having a garage sale on Saturday!
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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!!!
