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.
Tomorrow is the BIG day!! The day we find out if we are having a BOY or a GIRL!!! hahahahah...just kidding! No, but seriously.....tomorrow is Jax's anatomy appointment! They will measure all his bones, look at his brain, his heart...you know all the big stuff. At this appointment, with Kenley, it was when they told us she was a GIRL! Now...almost 7 years later...we already know! How times have changed. Also, we had grand-parents waiting anxiously in the waiting room! Ha! Sorry buddy!!! Your lucky #2...oh so wanted....believe me!!! You are going to be the Golden Boy just like your oh so adored sister, no doubt...but do you know how far away TEXAS WOMENS IS??? From Conroe? From Klein???Papa and Nana are hunting!!! Do you know it is the opening season for deer???? and listen....you showed us your goodies weeks ago!!!!
I am far more excited to see Jax's 3-D ultra sound than anything else!!! When I first saw Kenley's I new she had a pointed little chin that looked like Kendra's...I remember saying look her chin is just like Kendra!! Her face shape looked like Kendra and Grammy (Cassi). Now, when she was born she most definitely looked like a Benson (Gary to be exact)...but at that ultrasound I saw a face structure at that time that resembled them! Also...since this my baby boy is such a little cuddler and hides from ultrasounds I just want a few decent pictures!! He has been know to hide behind the few things he has in there! The last ultrasound tech told me he was already looking like quite the mama's boy all snuggled up to me! Ha.
He is a pretty good mover. He moves when Kenley reads at night. I have still had a terrible appetite but I had a few Hershey's on halloween...boy he loved them! He had a party when I was at dinner with the Benson clan the other night...I was having an after dinner coffee. I don't drink my morning coffee regularly, but I still have sweet tea, so I don't know that it was necessarily the caffeine that got him going.
Kenley asked if he goes to sleep at night when I do and if he wakes up during the day....I told her when he gets home from the hospital we have to teach him about night and day. She thought that was hysterical. She said "OH NO! That is not gonna be good"
Kenley had her very first SLUMBER PARTY this weekend. I was a little nervous. She had never spent the night at this little girl's house. Only 1 of her other friends were with her at the party. Otherwise the girls were not from cheer or Trinity. SHE DID IT!!! She had soo much fun, she told me! She even learned how to ride an electric scooter while she was there!! So now she asked Santa for an electric scooter. The christmas list is short from Mommy & Daddy...because SANTA...is bringing Kenley a trip to Disneyworld. Santa booked it before Santa knew MOMMY was PREGNANT!!! Kenley doesn't know. She will find out on Christmas and we leave on December 29 and return on the 4th. Santa and Mommy are not on good terms!!! Bahahahahha!!! Disneyworld takes such a large amount of planning. I hope it goes as we have planned. The elf will be bringing vague hints of Disney each day after he/she arrives on Thanksgiving...yes Kenley is getting a new girl elf!! and now Jax has an elf!!! Who would have known when we bought that girl elf last year after Christmas!!!
Kenley's first cheer competition is this weekend...we will be living in the gym in preparation. As my Dad says Kenley is scheduled like a "college student" ha!! This week is worse!!! If you feel like you lost me...just look for me at Texas Lonestar Cheer!!! All the while she is "I don't have cheer on such and such day..can I have so and so over for a sleep over?" Last month we introduced a dry erase calendar in the kitchen so Kenley would be aware of her schedule. Boy oh boy is she aware "Mom it is 4:08 and I have to leave because I have to be at the gym at 4:30 the calendar says so, so I'll see you later". If she gets home from school and for some reason I am not at home, she will text me from her ipod (she has texting if she has wifi) "Mom where are you?" or she will call me from Norma's phone "Mommy, it's Kenley...where are you?" "When will you be home?" She is growing up so so fast...
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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