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.
You see it. You see your child act differently around other kids. They pick up on their behaviors. This can be good and it can be bad. But, what's the Golden Rule? I'm your parent, not your friend. Many have told us and it is true. Some say it is because of the discipline and training of competitive cheer, maybe it is because Kenley was an only child for 7 years, but she is not an average 7 year old and is very mature and is capable of understanding and handling herself usually at a 9-10 year old level. She is usually mistaken for this age. However, she is my precious 7 year old. She needs to be 7, she is 7 and is still learning all the things 7 year olds are learning about handling themselves in social situations etc.
We all remember when you knew your parents weren't keen on certain friends. You could tell, you would ask to go sleep over and they would say no. You would ask if they could sleep over and they would say no. When I was a kid, this would make me soo mad! Well, perceptive Kenley quickly picked up what was being thrown down. We tried to redirect, come up with other distractions, but she caught on.
This led into a discussion about respect for our parents. The conversation went something along the lines of when your with certain people and you speak to Mommy or Daddy in the very disrespectful tone they use with their parents your not remembering the way you have been raised, "but, I try hard not to do it". You have to remember the difference between right and wrong "I know the difference between right and wrong mommy". This led to the real kicker of "I'm never gonna have friends because they all talk to their parents disrespectfully". I don't know wear she would draw such a dramatic conclusion. She also believes that sleepovers are mandatory every weekend. After our chat she went very tearfully and respectfully to her room for a 3 hour nap. Hmmm...I don't who this sounds like either. She woke up very cheer full. When she woke up Garrett had left. We attempted to feed Jax, she had some homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, Wilmer was over doing laundry and they shared some Oreos and we all watched Tangled on the Disney Channel, how is that for being 7, she looked at me and said "Mommy can I stay up until 8:45? Wilmer loves this movie!" Wilmer went home, and we went upstairs and she read me two books. She already earned her first accelerated reader award of 10 points, only 60 to go, she got 10 in two weeks, so proud of that girl! We cuddled and laughed until she was asleep at 9:30.
She goes from being a Daisy to being a Brownie in Girl Scouts this week. Gets to go with the Principal to get a Milkshake. Another great week of memories will be made, ending with Jaxon being baptized.
She had a great night Saturday mudding in a RZR with Julie and her boyfriend Kurtis. Julie graduates from dental assistant school on September 20, 2014, we are very proud of her and all her accomplishments. I'm sure it is very fun for Kenley to be able to say she was out mudding with her 23 year old cousin!
Jaxon is trying to eat food. He sometimes does well, others times he refuses. As you all know I am in NO rush and don't push the issue. He prefers sweet potatoes over anything we've tried. He is not big on any fruit. If anything I use it as a time for him to sit in his high chair and practice sitting up. He is taking a cereal bottle in the morning. Just a little cereal to her him a costume to the taste. He has a slightly sensitive gag reflux and really acts strange when he doesn't like something will act like your choking him. He has done this even when we have given him pear juice since he was younger and needed help going potty. He only uses certain bottles and will do the same thing if you try a different one. His teething is full on, you just prepare to be drooled on and chewed on, the little drool monster we call him. He's not fussy thank God. He is getting good at playing with little rattles and has an assortment. He is enjoying his play mat. He loves to lay on it and practice rolling from side to side. We have not witnessed a full roll over yet. He had a great weekend with his Dad, probably their best weekend yet. He is laughing more and more. He laughs the most at Kenley. She jumps at him and makes funny noises and he giggles so loud. He enjoys watching her tumble, that's not going to be fun when he can walk. If he is anything like Blakely who when she sees Kenley tumble she tries to do the same thing.
He had a nice visit with Aunt Kendra who came over Saturday afternoon and stayed all day Sunday. I was at cheer, so Daddy and Kendra watched him Sunday. Kendra took Garrett to the airport, for this I am thankful, I don't like going to the airport. Jax is not a big fan either. Kenley was asleep when we needed to leave and slept for an hour or so after.
Whenever Kenley leaves for cheer I always tell her "Show them the face of Jesus, even if they don't show it to you" so I leave you all with that.
Parenting is the toughest job I have right now, everything I do is writing on the script of their lives. I pray that I'm doing okay.
PS. I'm awake because my mouth is sore. Feeling good, but woke up at 2am sore like somebody punched me in the jaw. So I have worked, filled out paperwork for cheer and Girl Scouts, answered emails, and wrote this blog. Hey, at least I'm being productive.
XOXO
Thanks for all you 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!!!
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