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.
He loves the Houston Texans
He loves to cook
And he has his principles...lol our friend Kevin Kelley made this statement yesterday and I thought it was really funny. He meant he's not a follower, he does things his way...it was in reference to Garrett not purchasing the Meat Meet 2013 shirt because it was maroon, which he would not spend $$ on because it reminded him of Texas A&M!
Meat Meet 2013 was developed some months ago, honestly I didn't pay too much attention to it and thought it was ridiculous. Daniel was a creator along with Garrett and a few other friends. Garrett kept telling me to put it on our family calendar. Our family calendar is done via email. If it is not emailed it is not "real" so his verbal requests meant nothing. Finally I got an email, but it came from Daniel, again I ignored it. Then last Saturday my in-laws were over and they were talking about the Meat Meet...I said what?? You guys know about this?? The. Garrett announced that there was a Meat Meet website (www.meatmeet.net) I was shown the website and decided at that at this point I would no doubt attend the Meat Meet!
Garrett was cooking Elk for his submission. If you know us, or Garrett and his father at all, you know we eat wild game. Our spaghetti or anything made of ground meat is not beef, it is something Garrett or Gary have killed and stocked our freezers with...nilgai...
Garrett loves to prepare elk, moose, or bear (this is over) and serve it at parties. Normally it doesn't go over well, for most...he will argue that everybody loves it! Ha!
Anywho...he was cooking elk sausage and elk tenderloin. My normal opinion is at time the tenderloin can be dry...and this is a normal complaint because elk is so lean. So I started investigating some things Garrett could do...another thing you should know, Garrett loves BACON!! The suggestion was to wrap the tenderloin in bacon while smoking it! He loved the idea and it would also help to seal in the moisture!!
There were 10 submissions and more than 30 people there...Garrett WINS!! His elk tenderloin was extremely juicy and the his elk sausage and favorite smoked cheese was a hit!
CONGRATS TO GARRETT MEAT MEET 2013 WINNER!
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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