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.
Last Friday she had to get her shots for school and get checked out. Her doctor said she was in the 95th percentile for height, well duh!! Like we are all shocked, then he asked, "how big is her Dad?" I answered..."not that big" but followed up with "my Dad is 6'8" and both my grand-fathers were over 6'6" He says, "well, there is the explanation...it is not from her father". He then said I am not going to speculate how tall she will be and anybody who tries is lying, I will tell you how tall she will be in 15 years. I thought this was hilarious. They always tried to guess how tall I would be...and I am really not that tall only 5'8" I laugh because my good friend Erin Duffy was the tallest kid in 5th grade and she is now 5'4"...ha!
Well anyway...I have had a migraine for about 4 days...and today they sent me to the ER. Thank God for St. Luke Community ER on San Felipe...you are in and out. My doctor said there was just nothing he could do for me at this point and I had to go...so off Kenley and I went. She heldmy hand and rubbed my forhead as they put my IV in, just like I did on Friday for her. She then repeated just what my Dad told her as she left to go get her shots, "you can't cry Kenley, only babies cry" so she said "Mommy, remember what Papa said, you can't cry you're not a baby and only babies cry" so I didn't. I hope I am better by morning...I feel better now, but they gave me a lot of medication and 2 bags of fluid. They are blaming everything on the heat. The heat is bringing on migraines, the heat is making pregnant people have their babies too early...so that was part of their excuse today...the heat. The doctors looks at me and says take the day off tomorrow and rest. I just looked at him and thought, yeah right! I took the day off today, why do you think I am in here? So I can go back to my crazy life tomorrow. I have to take care of my family and my work! I felt so guilty this morning that I did not get up to make the kids lunches...I could not go to work...I could barely look at my phone through my sunglasses in my dark room. Migraines are pathetic and I don't wish them on my worst enemy!
We have almost made it through 2 weeks of school! Wow what a ride! It will be just a blink of an eye and they will be all grown up! Tomorrow is Kenley's Open House where I have to talk to the parents about helping with parties and fundraising! That is always fun! I also found out that the other big fundraiser that OSL does every year the Brianna Becker 5K is the same weekend that Kendra gets married in the Bahamas. Boy I am going to be such a helpful room mother!!! I will be gone for the Octoberfest for Calf Scramble and the 5K for the wedding. I think tomorrow night I better look for an assistant also. Then Cole has a game on Friday, his first game of the season. I guess I will be out of the heat...bahahaha! Kenley of course has cheer practice first so we will be late, just like we will be every Friday
A friend of mine lost her dad in a fatal car crash last Sunday. That has been really hard to see her suffering. It has really shown me that the time we have on this earth with our loved ones is precious and we must value it each and every day. I have lost several people that were close to me, but I always had time to prepare. I have not been able to wrap my mind around getting a phone call like that and having to come to terms with that type of sudden loss. I had another good friend that lost a co-worker/close friend and my niece lost a close friend in a fatal motorcycle wreck. Take time to cherish those moments, because you never know when those moments will be gone. I have quoted this verse several times to several people this week.
"Well done, thou good and faithful servant! Come and join in your master's happiness!" Matthew 25:21
I know there are a lot of people who don't like Facebook, but I have found something good about it. I am trying to send Cole a message each day about how much I love him and to have a good day. I also try to reach my niece Julie or just anybody I am close to...It doesn't take much time to do and I think it can really brighten somebody's day. I am able to let them know I care and that I think about them each and every day even though we don't talk. Of course I talk to Cole each day, but it is just a reminder to him that he is always on my mind and a reminder to him to do well and make good choices. Food for thought.
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!!!
