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.
Cheer season has ended...and as much as I know it was a blast for Kenley and she learned so very much and we she is awesome at it and we are amazed at her talent....we are screaming dancing YIPPPEEE!!!! Hoooray! A break. The last 3 weekends for February we were traveling, Galveston, New Orleans and then finished in Dallas. Those were some difficult trips with me being 8.5 months pregnant with Jaxon. Kenley's team worked really hard this year, and it was a growing year for them. They never gave up and put all their hard work on the mat each and every weekend. Their final performance in Dallas brought tears to our eyes. They executed it perfectly and they left their hearts on that mat. The dedication and hard work that she learns from cheer is shaping her into such a dynamic little being and for that we are grateful to Texas Cheer. The program that Sean Garland and Bryson Black are running is phenomenal. The coaches are wonderful and we appreciate so much that we are treated like family and not just a number. That is important to us and our family.
We are still waiting on Baby Boy Jaxon David to arrive here and join our family and complete it. He is being anticipated by so many...with the exception of Kenley. He made a pretty strong attempt to make it to the world on March 2, 2014 after we came in from Dallas....after a long weekend of cheer. I had to spend the night in the hospital and they calmed him down, a few days later he tried again...they settled him down. That time they were really serious, I was having contractions every minute and they were about to put in an epidural! We called my parents, who were at the lake, they came to Houston...and then the contractions stopped. I am really happy because he would have been a little early and it was scary!!! Now, Mr. Jax doesn't want to be born and it is making Mommy a little miserable. I just want to see my son! I am so anxious to look into his face. I am also anxious to soothe Kenley. She is uneasy about the arrival of her brother. I want her to see that life will be fine and she will love him. It is just such a special time, the waiting for a new baby. I am scheduled for a C-Section on March 31, 2014...unless I go into labor first, so we shall see.
Kenley had Spring Break last week and had an absolute ball. Our cousin Kae came in from Alaska with her husband Uncle Mike, and 3 kids Aurora 9, Derrick 7, and Dylan 5. They had an absolute ball. They went to the children's museum, they swam, they went to the rodeo, they played and they just enjoyed each other's company. They spend time together in the summer in Montana, so it was good for them to play here in Texas. Kenley finished up Spring Break with another trip to the Rodeo to see Maroon 5 with the Schott Family and a trip to Marty's sisters to ride horses. Today we went to the mall to pick up a belated birthday present for Spencer (who shares my March 6th birthday). I feel totally awful we didn't take care of that on time! Kenley wanted to get her the Leggo Friends Brave set...and off we went to get it! Spencer & Kenley have such a sweet friendship! They love each other so dearly and play together fabulously! I love to listen to their giggles.
Back to school tomorrow...Kenley has 18 more points to complete her Eagle Reader award for school, what an accomplishment it will be to see her earn that ribbon with her baby brother in the audience!!! I am going to be sooo proud of her! It's going to be an eventful next 2 months!
We pray for the families and friends of ours that are suffering with sick family members. Please know that we are thinking of you and your families. We love you all.
Thank you all for the love and support during the pregnancy of Jaxon and please keep them coming during his birth. We will obviously post on the blog his arrival!
May God bless and keep you all during the Lenten season.
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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