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.
The first BIG news is we BEAT Lutheran High South at football Friday night! Yippee! The usual went on, Kenley and Haley played...Tammy and I talked, Edward and Garrett watched the game. Cassi came to the game, which was really nice because Cole got the most playing time he has ever gotten. He played on the kick off return team and played defense and got and awesome tackel. This week is Homecoming so we will be back at North. Kenley is all ready to deliver the crown to the Homecoming Queen.
Kenley had a birthday party, it was her friend Bauer from school's 4th birthday and it was a costume party. She had chosen to be Little Bo Peep this year. I was excited because she was going to get so many uses out of the costumes. However, I worried the entire time that she was going to get dirty and I wasn't going to be able to wash it. She had a blast, and the costume is clean!!!!
Sunday, Kenley had her first Cheerleading Show Off, She is cheering with Texas Cheer out of Champions. She loves it and seem
s to do pretty well at it, so we are all in, and thank God for Kendra, she will be going with me to every competition. As you all might know I grew up playing softball, there were no bows, no cheer shoes not a lot of glitter...and cheer Mom's can be a little overwhelming, to put it lightly. Her first real competition is November 20th and we learned a lot, we know we have to be there at the very beginning to get a seat...we know we did not put enough make-up or glitter on Kenley etc....we learned and are prepared! Nana and Papa joined us, I was not sure what PaPa would think about cheer, but he loved it, he was proud. Kenley had quite a crowd Grammy, Nana, PaPa, Aunt Kendra, Aunt Shelly, Julie, and Mommy! I thought I would cry, but I was to worry about not being able to take the picture!
School was great for Kenley last week. She had a field trip to see Winnie the Pooh, the play. Kenley did not mention much about it. She was just really upset that she could not wear a dress to school. Norma told her that she had to wear her field trip shirt and jeans and she asked her to put her dress in her backpack, it was hilarious! They studied the letter "H", practiced their addresses, and used several direction words. They read about Joshua and the wall of Jericho. They built a wall and and marched around it just as God had said and made their wall come tumbling down. They then talked about important it is to follow God's will and how his plan is always perfect. They are learning about community helpers this week and next. They talked about the garbage man and how important his job is to us and next week they will be getting a visit from the fire department. In science, they learned the what happens when you put Mentos in Diet Coke. Do you know what happens when you put Mentos in Diet Coke? It exploes!!!! Apparently it exploded all over Mrs. Eifert and the kids thinks that was hilarious!They continue working on couting, route counting, and recognizing numbers.Bible Verse: "God cares for you." 1 Peter 5:70
Poem: Three Men in a Tub
Letter of the Week: Hh
Shape: Triangle
Color: Orange
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!!!
