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. :)

I think I can, I think I can

I have told myself that I am going to be more positive... it seems like the past six months it has been one thing after another.. I actually might be able to date this back eight months. I am talking about negativity ... I think that a lesson that was sent to me and it took me all of about nine years to learn taught me a lot about anger and holding onto something. I would like to say that I have learned to let it go. But tonight I was reminded that I need to "Stop and Breath.". I was hurt by someone that was close to me and my family recently. It has taken everything in me to attempt the high road, and swallow. I have wanting to stand up and fight for myself. Defend myself with the rumors that have been spread. I have like to look back in the past and say that I am the type of person that stands for what I think... A tell it like it is kind of girl. To let you know that I don't agree with what you might say.. and argue why it should be like that. But I now I look back and it was my way of holding onto the negative. So with this situation I have tried to be the bigger person and not respond. Although I can say I've made my views clear to my husband and complained and cried to him... but no one else. I think that he can keep my anger locked in a safe place.
But lately I keep telling myself that I don't want to drama or negative anymore, no matter where it is coming from. Tonight I had a friend accuse me something... than go on and yell at me... I didn't respond... although I did write her an email telling her how I felt.. as soon as I wrote it I erased it, it made me feel better.

Tonight.. I have learned the lesson of letting it go. Write it out. Get it out. Than let it go. I am 30, I am done with the lil games. I am done with the drama. I just want to have people in my life that give me positive and allow me to be a better mother, wife, daughter and friend.

So here I am ... Writing It... and Letting it Go. I don't want it anymore, so please respect that.

Thanks for letting me vent and Let it Go!!

Couples Quiz

couple quiz
♥ What are your middle names?
Rey (Ben) Ann (Christie)
♥ How long have you been together?
10 years and 3 months
♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating?
Well you can say since 7th grade, we stayed friends till Sophomore year than went in different directions. We reconnected in 1999 through a mutual friend and have been inseparable since.
♥ Who asked who out?
Hmmm.... He asked for my number, didn't call for a week, I got his number from my best friend, called him that night, he came over and hung out and we have been together ever since!
♥ Who made the first move?
He did, after hanging out a few times he kissed me good bye one night.
♥ Did you go to the same school?
Yes, Elementary school, Jr High, High School and even attended Pima at the same time without our knowledge. This comes into a bad mess sometimes knowing too much about eachother.
♥ Are you from the same home town?
No he grew up in Flagstaff than moved to Tucson in 5th grade.
♥ Who is the smartest?
I would say that he is pretty darn smart about a lot of things.. how about we compliment eachothers knowledge.
♥ Who majored in what?
Ben majored in sports.. haha and I majored in Business.
♥ Who is the most sensitive?
I would say me being the girl, but Ben is very caring
♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple?
Texas Roadhouse (Ben's favorite) or Olive Garden (Christie's favorite)
♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Disneyland
♥ Who has the worst temper?
I do all the way!!! Ben is very calm and collected.
♥ How many children do you want?
We have our four which I am good with... although Ben thinks he is going to talk me into one more and it will be a boy.
♥ Who does the cooking?
I say that we do our equal share.
♥ Who is more social?
I am
♥ Who is the neat-freak?
I am
♥ Who wakes up earlier?
Weekdays Ben.. Weekends Me.
♥ Where was your first date?
First time we hung out my house... first date Olive Garden
♥ Who has the bigger family?
His he has five kids, I'm an only child
♥ Do you get flowers often?
Often no, but I do get them every once in awhile as a surprise.
♥ How do you spend the holidays?
We get to see both families since they live blocks within eachother
♥ Who is more jealous?
I think him
♥ How long did it take to get serious?
about a month, his friends couldn't believe it!!
♥ Who eats more?
He does
♥ What do you do for a living?
Ben works for Frito as a route salesman, I am a stay at home mom and love it!!
♥ Who does/did the laundry?
I do, he helps fold
♥ Who’s better with the computer?
me
♥ Who drives when you are together?
mostly Ben
♥ What is "your" song?
Our #1 song is crazy by 112

*I saw this one Ben's cousins blog.. and stole it*

The girls with their favorite UofA soccer player Devin!!!




Our Little Peytter Tatter

Oh My, I suck at this blog thing

So Peyton is now 9 months, on Dec 6th.. Reyna turned 12 on November 18th... Josalyn is going to be 9 Jan 4th and Kia turned 6 back in July... and here I am forever and a day since I last updated our Family Blog.... I will blame it on the always good to go back on having four kids, a husband... but really that is no excuse.. I see these wonderful mother and wives that are keeping up with the blog world. So who I am to place the blame elsewhere.

So let me go in order starting with Reyna. Yes she is now 12!! Is in young woman's and is loving it. I am so happy for her!! She gets to start the next chapter in her life. Although I can't wait to be on for the ride, I am sure that it is going to be a roller coaster for the teenager years. I just pray that I can teach her everything she needs to know.... I question this on a daily bases. I am so thankful that she will have the gospel as her stepping stone and crutch as she grows. I look back and think about how different I would have lived those years if I had the gospel in my life. Not only the gospel but that wonderful example of the other kids at that age. I am thankful that she will have that in her life. I love watching her grow everyday.. yes I have my concerns, but I love watching the young lady that she is becoming. Even if she has a patch of hot pink, or bright blue in her hair ;-)

Josalyn is almost 9!! It is so hard for me to grasp this. She has grown so much over the summer. I love watching her with Peyton... it is so cute!! She is doing great in school. The one thing about Josalyn that those that know her see, she is the most caring and loving little soul. She is always so concerned about everyone around her.. I am trying to teach her that sometimes she has to stop and focus on herself also, she doesn't like that idea.

Kia is crazy silly Kia. The things that come out of her mouth on a daily bases crack me up. She is loving school, making good friends. She is a silly all over the place full of energy girl!!

All three played soccer this season.. boy was that hectic! Ben assistant coached Reyna's team. But that meant soccer 6 days a week, including Ben playing. Reyna was asked to play AllStars this season so we are really excited for her!!

Now to my little Peyton, or Peytter Tatter!! She is now nine months old. She has been crawling for about three months now. But she is so done with that and has been trying to walk.. she has taken up to five steps. She's been cruising along furniture for some time, maybe two months. I love spending my days with her, not missing a moment. I love being home just her and I.. I am trying to hold onto every little moment.

I hope that you all have a wonderful Holiday Season. We are going to be able to spend sometime with Lindsay and Jack, we are so excited about that!! We are going to be able to spend time with both our families this Christmas. My cousin is expected to have a baby any day now.. can't wait for that!! We hope that you all find yourself with those that love and warm your hearts. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

I have not been very good about keeping up with this family blog and Peyton updates.

On Saturday my sweetness is going to be 3 months old!! And how that makes my heart happy and sad at the same time. She started her big girl smiles and cooing. She is sleeping well at night only waking up once. I just absolutely love spending every second with her, she makes every second lovely.

My other three little ones are home for the summer... We've done alot of swimming and boy are they getting tan. My Kia is finally swimming on her own. She had a very scary moment two summers ago and has been so scared of the water, but she is finally over it. And I give her another week and she is going to be a little fish.

Can I just tell you that I love summer... No schedule! Just sleeping in!! Don't have anywhere to be!!