An update for the Clothier Jr's

First we are excited that Ben had switched routes and now is in town, which means a happy Christie cause he isn't working such long hours anymore.
This last Friday we got to take Reyna and two of her friends to Romero Pools, it was a seven mile hike. I really think that I may have died at least seven time there and back. I was cursing the hike all the way there and back, and have a killer sunburn. But after getting all that complaining out I enjoyed watching Reyna and Ben have so much fun jumping into the pools off cliffs.


Reyna just finished 6th grade... she is officially in Jr. High ... I am SOOOOO FREAKED out by this!!! We are very proud of her, she tried out for the CDO club teams, and made the State Team!!! She will be competing all over the state and has two big tournaments out of state.


Josalyn is going into 4th grade. She is doing really well with everything. She's such a sweet girl. She "stole" a kitten from her Grandma Clothier's house, her cat had kittens. And I am too much of a mush to tell her to take it back, so we now have a cat. She bridged over in Girl Scouts.


Kia is going into 2nd grade. She is such a ham!! Two of my favorite quotes the past month from her:
Kia and I were watching the news, she saw the volcano in Iceland erupting. She looks at me with BIG eyes.
Kia: Mom, volcanos are real?
Me: Yes, why would you think they weren't real?
Kia: Well I thought they were extinct.

Rey wanted her team to go to a soccer tournament in New Mexico, she was talking to me about it in the car.
Reyna: Mom why isn't our team going to that tournament in New Mexico?
Kia: Cause we don't speak their language
Reyna: What are you talking about Kia, what language do they speak?
Kia: Uhhhh New Mexican of course, DUHH!!!


Peyton turned 15 months yesterday. Oh how I love her so. She is talking to much!! :) Yesterday she said Josy for the first time, it sounded more like "Osy" She says "Eay" for Reyna and "Ia" for Kia. She said "Pwese" for please. I love being with her everyday and learning the world through her eyes.

Our Family Pictures

So my amazing friend Cherise Glauser took our family pictures in Febuary... sorry that it has taken me this long to post them.

Happy Love Day!!

I love Ben..
Because...
he is my best friend,
my heart,
he makes me laugh,
he makes me giggle,
he is funny
yet serious,
he loves me with all of him
and I see it every time he looks at me.
He protects me
makes me feel secure.
He gave me four beautiful girls.
He brought the gospel into my life,
and he is my rock when I am in doubt
of myself.

I love him because he has the other pieces of my heart. HE came along and put it back together so neatly.

I love him with all that I am and have.

Day Thirteen

Today Ben and I had our Love Day Celebration! He asked me what it was that I wanted to do, I wanted to go see Valentine's Day... and go to my favorite lil restaurant Paradise Cafe. He said okay let's go, made plans for the babysitter.... and off we went. I love him for not saying anything.. although I knew he didn't really want to go see that movie, and he is more of a steak and potatoes kinda guy. I love him for that.

Day Twelve

I love spending quiet time with Benny. Even if it is just laying in bed holding hands, it is so nice. When we let go of the everyday things and get lost in us.

Day Eleven

I love that Ben adores our girls so much. Although I know that it breaks his heart that he doesn't have his boy to rough house with (even though he forgets at times that we DO have Little Girls haha) and play sports with. Not a day goes by that he doesn't tell them how beautiful and loved they are. At times I wonder if he knows how to raise girls, but I think he has it down better than I do.

Day Ten

I love that this week I have been able to enjoy all day with my Benny. Although I can easily get annoyed I am taking advantage of our time together. When I say annoyed I am such a crab. I find myself getting easily frustrated with not getting the things I usually get done all day... laundry, dishes, cleaning... but who does that. ' I am frustrated that I'm not cleaning' there is something really wrong with my brain.

But I have been telling myself to let go of the frustration and just cherish these days, I don't get them often enough!!

Day Nine

I love Ben for being so patient. He is the tender, sweet talking one. Where I am the one that tries not to get frustrated so fast and yell. He lets what others think and say roll off of him, I keep trying to get him to give me that Super Power!!! I want to be more like him when I grow up!! ♥

Day Eight

I love that Ben is on vacation this week.. I get to spend my days with him... and take little naps with him. I am going to cherish ever little moment this week!!

Day Seven

I love that Ben made the girls yummy thin mint blizzards after our family pictures on Saturday. That was their encouragement for being good, I don't know if it really worked Cherise sorry.

Things I Love

*another Disclaimer I got this cute idea from my friend Danielle and post once a week the five things that I am loving*
this might be five things that have to do with my girls sorry.

1)I love that Reyna through out the day comes and gives me little hugs for no real reason. At this stage in her little "teen" life I don't know from minute to minute rather she loves me or hates me. I love that she gives me these little reminders that she actually does love me.

2) I love Josy's sweetness, her little personality is just a ray of sunshine!! When I am having a bad day all I have to do is sit down with Jos and she makes me all better.

3) I love Kia and her sense of humor. That girl is HILARIOUS! The things that come out of her mouth sometimes. Can I also say that I love that she is ALMOST as big of a Michael Jackson fan as me. I will hear her singing his songs and try to copy his dance moves. She has the crouch grab down... hehe.

4) I love to watch Peyton grow and learn everyday!! I love her new words, her new daily discoveries. I love that I get to spend my day hanging out with my little best friend. She is my sweet baby!!

5) I love that my team THE COLTS are in the Superbowl... WHOOOT WHOOT!!! Some people may have not realized the connection yet... Peyton... Peyton Manning.. Yep that's right!! haha

Saturday Update

So the situation with my cousins girls, looks like we aren't going to be getting them after all. Their dad went and took them out of school and took them up to Phoenix. Now my cousin says she doesn't know what she is going to do with them. I just hope and pray that everything works out in their best interest. Our door and hearts are always open for them.


I have a cute story I wanted to share that happened with all us girls Thursday night. I was leaving a friends house and there was four horses running up and down her street. My Josy loves horses... We called 911 and waited on the side of the road. They ran back into the desert. Josy was so worried, that and was begging me to let her out of the car so that she could "catch one". We went to some of the neighbors asking them if they knew who the horses belonged to. Than waited for the cop to let him know where they had ran off to. After 45 minutes of asking neighbors, they were found and back in their stables. Us girls felt good, and went home happy knowing that they were safe at home.


Yesterday was a little hectic crazy.... All of girls got our hair cut, cute. Rey got more color in her hair... and boy is it PINK!!! Than Josy and I had to go do a girl scout cookie booth. Can I just say how much I love that lil munchkin. She was all about.. "Excuse Me would you like to buy some girl scout cookies" to every single person that walked in and out of the store. They sold lots of boxes :) Than we decided that we would have a sleep over with one of Josy's friends and one of Rey's. And all six of us girls loaded up and went to Ben's LATE soccer game. But it was all worth being cold, eating pizza off napkins. It was a good night!! :)

Day Six

I love the little things that he does.... the dishes when I am overwhelmed, getting the girls in bed, reading the girls books at bedtime. I love that when he walks in the door he makes sure to give all the girls hugs and kisses, sometimes I am first in line. Mostly Kia cuts in front of me, she is such a daddy's girl. I love you Benjamin.

Day Five

I secretly love Ben's crocked smile. I love when he is being mischievous and he gives me that lil crocked smile. I love when he doesn't even know that he is smiling that smile I love. It makes my heart skip beats.

Day Four

I love that Ben is so competitive.. although at times it can be annoying.. like playing Monopoly. But I love his drive for sports and life. I love that he still plays three sports... almost weekly. I love going to his games and watching him.. Thinking yep that is MY HUBBY!! I mostly love the drive that he gives the girls to do their best!! :)

Day Three

I love that Ben never complains about his day. It seems that when he gets home I tend to have a list of complaints about my day. He will sit there and listen to me quietly. When I ask him about his day he says it was good. I am really trying to learn to be more positive. I am working on it. He is my best teacher at this lesson.

Day Two

I love that Ben calls me through out the day to tell me that he loves me, misses me, and that I am beautiful. Even though at times, I may be a little annoyed at his timing... I am always grateful for his wonderful reminder.

Catching up to day two...

Sorry that Day two is a little late. Yesterday I went on a field trip with Reyna's 6th grade class, we went to the DeGrazia art gallery. I have lived here all my life and have never been on all the grounds. I did go there once, that is where Claire and Aric were married. But I didn't know that he built him and his wife a little house on the land, when I say little I mean little. He than built a chapel, houses for his friends, a bigger house and his gallery. It was all so beautiful!! I had never really sat and admired his work.

Than coming home... Well maybe I should say Ben and I have been trying to take in two of my cousins girls. We had them over Christmas break, and wanted them to stay with us. This didn't work out. I got a call monday late at night from my aunt asking if we still would be willing. Oh how we would love to. They are two of the sweetest most precious souls. We want to be able to love them and give them a stable loving home. So yesterday after school the girls and I started to get things ready. We than got a call that things we headed in the wrong direction and No One really knew what was going to happen. I only hope and pray that they can be safe and happy. We would love if that place for them was our home, but we shall see. The end of the story is.. Sitting here thinking about it... WHOOOO 6 little girls in our home... WHOOSSHHH. But I know in my heart it will work out, I pray that Ben and I can bring the gospel into their little hearts. It will all work out.

So due to this long semi stressed day.. I was not able to do my day two... so I have two to post today.

14 Days of Valentine's Day

I am going to do the
14 Days of Lovey Mushy Valentine's Day.... 14 Reasons why I am so in love with my husband!
*Disclaimer I stole this from Sarah Bisel, she is so awesome amazing I want to be like her when I grow up*

DAY ONE

When we were dating I was so afraid that I wouldn't be able to be in a serious relationship, or could ever be loved due to me having my daughter at such at a young age. One night when Ben and I were dating... we had a deep conversation about me feeling this unlovable unwanted feeling. He looked me in my eyes and told me that he had fallen in love with Reyna... and he was falling for me. That he knew he had to love her before he could ever learn to love me.
At that moment I knew that everything was going to be okay... and he was The One.

oh here I am again, sucking at this blog updating.

On February 6th my Lil Peyton is going to be eleven months. I can't tell you how heart broken I am over this. I am sure that I am repeating myself so many times already... but.. she is my BABY. We spend ALLLLL day just hanging out with each other. She is just so precious, and I don't want this time, right here, right now, to go anywhere. It is truly breaking my heart.
She started walking on Christmas Eve. It is the cutest thing, here being so tiny just walking... everywhere she wants to go. She is gibbering... and the words that she is saying is.. "Momma", "Dada", "baba", "Yeah" "Hi", "Bye" along with waving, the cutest one is when she yells for Reyna she sats "Rya".
But did I mention how her getting bigger... is killing me. Heartbreaking,




As for the rest of the lil chicklets they are doing great.

Reyna still has soccer going on, I think that I mentioned she made AllStars. So she is doing tournaments and we will soon be traveling out of town for them. They had their first tournament about two weeks ago, and her team came in second. It was bitter sweet, they played the other 206 region team, which was her coach from the season, his daughter and a lot of her friends are on that team. But they did GREAT!!!


Josalyn got a clarinet for her birthday, from her Nana Marie. She has started music lessons. She's WAYYY excited for that!! :) She had her 9th birthday and wanted to take some of her friends to the Desert Museum... that was a FUN DAY!!



Kia is being her FULL of Energy self. She cracks me up. I am so excited that she has started to love Michael Jackson as much as her momma.... and is watching the This Is It dvd over and over!! I don't mind :p

Ben is doing great!! He is doing the Young Men's basketball right now. Also playing soccer, of course! We are looking forward to Love Day!!


I am looking forward to my boys... THE COLT'S playing in the Super Bowl... SO EXCITED! You didn't think that Peyton's name wasn't on purpose... Peyton Manning!! haha. :)