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.
Christmas came and went...and now so has the New Year. 2015 here we are. We have just stepped our feet back into the U.S. and let me tell you it was a long day of travel. Take my advice, don't travel with a 9 month old. Just don't do it. He wants to "crawl" he wants to walk...he wants to jump, he wants to do anything except SIT on a plane for 1 hour and 45 minutes twice plus a layover, and this wasn't his first or second time flying, oh and lets not mention his teething!
We moved out of our house so the remodel could start 2 days before school was out, so we haven't been home for a while. This was my first year as room mom and my first Christmas party went off without a hitch I'd say....lol, wonder what the other Moms would say!
Santa brought everybody everything their little heart could ever desire! It is so much fun to share Christmas with children! We do have a "missing" American Girl baby doll....it was delivered to my house....but somehow didn't end up under the tree...
Kenley had a sleepover with all her Grandparents and one with her cousins. She saw the Christmas Spectacular featuring the Rocketts.
Two days after Christmas we headed to the Bahamas. We needed this vacation. You'll remember Garrett spent MONTHS away from us and we haven't been alone, and by ALONE, I mean his cell phone isn't ringing with work ALL THE TIME! We laughed with Grammy and Grampa. Jax put his feet in the white sand of the beaches and swam almost every day. Kenley did a deep water dolphin adventure where they pushed her through the water and she rode around with the windows down singing Katy Perry with her Aunt Kendra. Garrett and I had 2 lovely evenings in the casino...our favorite pastime, we LOST.
Now its January. Now its the beginning of competition season and for the next 3 weekends we are on the road again...Galveston, New Orleans, one weekend off, then a Houston competition. February brings San Antonio and then comes California....it honestly feels like there is no end in sight. The house still has 3 rooms to be completed, but we will be able to live there, the dogs can't come back for 3-4 more weeks, GOD bless my mother-in-law. God bless her soul. I live and die by a calendar...a schedule of PSIA tutoring for Kenley's academic competition and her cheer competition schedule and Mr. Jax starts infant swimming. Somehow I'll fit a strict diet in there to knock off my last 15 or so pounds by April 1 and my work and my sleep and managing to get my house back beautiful and 2 birthdays.
When they say it takes a village, it does....and I use every member of our village and I love every member. I am grateful for every member and I couldn't do it without them.
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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