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.
We were headed there because Jax hadn't been quite right for the last week. His feedings weren't going great, he wasn't using the bathroom great, he just wasn't feeling great. I had an inclination that he was suffering from Pyloric Stenosis, the same as his sister when she was 5 weeks old. Friday morning at 7am when he proceeded to vomit an entire undigested bottle all over me and my bed, his bed, 3 outfits, and his changing table I knew it was time to make some calls. We left the house at about 10:30. Dr. Don Schaffer, who treated Kenley as well, trusted my instincts and sent us immediately toTexas Children's Hospital for an ultrasound. That was completed around 1:30 or so where it was confirmed that Jaxon had pyloric stenosis and would need surgery. The process was started. We had been through the same thing with Kenley, so the stress was significantly less, but still
not easy to watch your one month old have an IV put in his little arm. Jaxon had not eaten since 7 am. I had him the moby wrap and literally walked the halls of Texas Children's with him strapped to my body. He was a trooper. I am so grateful to Karrie Looney and the Kellerman family for that little jewel! Who knew my Moby Wrap would be soo handy!! My body ached when I got home that night! They were trying to do the surgery Friday night, but he was too dehydrated, so Saturday morning was the best they could do, he would have to spend a night on IV fluids. We made it to the NICU at about 7pm. We had a wonderful nurse named Eden, who was the most caring and gentle woman. She was going to do anything in her power to keep him comfortable through the night as he was STARVING!!! We left about 9pm, and we were confident he was in excellent hands! We stayed in the motor home in the parking lot of Baker Concrete, so we were 10 minutes away from him. We had to be at the hospital at 6am for surgery.
His surgery was Saturday at 7:30 am. Everything went well. He spent most of Saturday extremely sedated and did pretty well with his feedings of pedialyte. He had to have his IV redone 2 more times, thankfully my Dad and Garrett stayed with him through that, as I couldn't watch another IV be put into my baby, much less 2 more!
He was finally able to start having formula early Sunday morning, while thankfully Eden was taking care of him again. When arrived at the hospital Sunday morning at 10am, he was ready to go home!! We were elated!
He slept under our patio most of the afternoon while Kenley and Spencer played! He loves to be outside already, just like sister. All his grandparents, Aunt Kendra and Julie came to visit. And we had dinner celebrating Grampa Gary's birthday and his arrival home. Daddy replaced 2 outdoor light fixtures to burn off steam! He was a little stressed!
His first night home he slept from 10:30 until 3:50!!! And then got up at 7:50! All in all I would say the surgery was a success!
Kenley still got to run in Trinity's first annual Graffiti Fun run with Grampa. She even got to spend a night with us in the motor home which is her favorite thing to do!
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!!!
Glad baby Jax is doing so well! Y'all have so much energy! Constantly on the go! Love y'all!
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