Scott Benitez:  

Life I'm currently married with 2+2 children (boy 9, girl 12, girl 13, boy 15) and living in North Carolina. My wife and I have been married coming up on 2 years now. My kids live with me full time and we share custody of the other 2 with their dad. Great story: We flew to the Bahamas with our kids to get married. Met up with some of the local ex-pats there on the golf course and as we were drinking I half-jokingly said, "I'm getting married tomorrow on the beach and it's just us with the kids. Why don't you and your friends come to the ceremony." They ended up inviting about 30 people from all over the island who brought us gifts, and we drank and danced the night away. When we got back to the states and tried to do all the paperwork changes (name, social, etc...) we found out that someone didn't sign the marriage license properly and it wasn't stamped. We weren't actually married! We ended up doing it at our house with all the neighbors and friends. I now have 2 anniversaries to remember and 2 gifts to buy, but I get 2 "anniversary" nights! The kids are great. The oldest step-son just lettered in track. The youngest is the catcher of his baseball team. My oldest step-daughter plays soccer and is REALLY good at ballet. And my youngest daughter is the smart one...She's only in 6th grade, but competes on the 8th grade math and book teams. Both girls are in the Beta Club (really smart kids). I was in the Air Force for 8 years and stationed all over the world and US; Virginia, Nebraska, Germany, Italy. I got to do the "fun" wars, Desert Sheild/Storm, Bosnia, and Sarejevo. I also got to travel a lot while I was in, mostly Europe. I got out in Omaha, NE and stayed there for a few years before moving back to CA. I actually lived in Fontana for a few years there, up in the new part - Hunter's Ridge, trying to ...Expand for more