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The Newest Crosby Family Member

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Why yes, we have a new addition to the family; Meet Benji!

I had my morning off before work that evening and Steven and I had some errands to run. We had been talking about getting a dog for months now and we decided since we had some extra time to kill we would just go take a look at the Humane Society. We've done tons of research online on craigslist trying to find the perfect fit for us and found a few, but they were all such expensive puppies so we decided to look at ALL options before we hand out the chunk of cash for a new friend.

For those of you who may not know, I am a HUGE animal lover. Especially of dogs. I've grown up with them all my life and spent all summer with 2 dogs while Steven was gone. As shown in my previous post with Benz my best friend in Cali. Well that being said, we walk into the Humane Society and go through the doors to the cages full of smaller dogs. As we were walking in Steven said "Babes, I dont think I can do this..I'm gonna want to take them all home they are all screaming pick me!" hahah We both were crushed at how many dogs were there, and wanted to take them all. Well Ok, maybe not all, some were not the cutest dogs Ive ever seen. I spotted Benji and knew I wanted to take him for a walk and see if he would warm up to us as quickly as I fell in love with him the minute I laid eyes on him. We continued through to see some of the bigger dogs to see if there was a medium sized dog out there that would fit for us as I would hate to have a big dog in this house with not enough room for him to run and play. Although I saw the cutest Labradors and German short haired pointer!..someday. We go back and get a leash to take Benji outside. He wasn't super hyper in his cage which I loved, and when we took him out, he was indeed excited to be outside ( I dont blame him after sitting in a cage all day!) But he knew how to sit, he was super soft and loving and chill..aside from being so thrilled to wander around on the grass. I wanted him. His papers say he's good with dogs, cats, and children. perfect! Oh before I go any further his name was originally Dakota. But, I didnt feel it fit him very well, so we changed it to Benji and he's responding to it really well!
We had to run home and get some dog food and bowls before we brought him home to nothing. He was very dirty and his rear needed a little cleaning. They checked him out while we were gone and updated him on his booster shots and cleaned him up. Well When we got back to pick him up, they said "oh we had to shave him because he was pretty matted from not being groomed properly" I thought, oh maybe just a little shave and he still had some fur, NOPE! He is completely shaven to the skin. haha

He got Pigified as Steven would put it. Sadly he is 12-15 lbs overweight! Which is alot for the type of dog and size hes supposed to be. Hes a Standard Schnauzer mix.(we think with poodle because his fur is so white {whats left of it that is}). He is such a chub! Hes got a butt and some hips! I couldnt help but laugh when I first saw him, as does everybody else that meets him. haha I couldnt stand it, I felt bad for the poor guy, So I went and got him a little sweater to cover most of his bareness. And to keep him a little warm since its pretty chilly out. Well here is our sweet chub chub Benji after we got his last shot and microchip! I sure can't wait until his fur grows back like his head. Its so soft and pretty!




A Blessed Sunday.

This past Sunday (10/23/11) was a wonderful day. One I feel we havent had in awhile due to work and military responsibilities. We had a missionary homecoming talk in our ward and had a wonderful sacrament meeting. The Bishop informed us he finally got our records transferred from our previous ward, so we met with him after the first hour. He wanted to get to know us a little bit so we told him where we are from what our life consists of at the moment and what are future hopeful plans are. He then proceeded to extend a calling to me. Primary! I dont know what I will be doing in the primary yet, but I'm thrilled to be around little kiddos every Sunday :) I was a little shocked that Steven and I weren't given the calling like usual. But I guess we are growing up now and will have separate callings in the ward. haha. Bishop told us he had something else in mind for him. We also were able to finally get our temple recommend interviews to be renewed.FINALLY. Well I had to work last minute to help out so we were scheduled to meet with the Stake President or one of his Counselors right after I got off work. I was so excited to finally get these things renewed so we can go to the temple together again. Its been too long and Ive been dying to go! Well Stevens interview took forever. My husbands a talker! But then it came time for me, and it was real short and sweet. Steven was brought back in, and he was then extended a calling! We were not expecting this at all, but he is the new Elders Quorum President. We dont even hardly know anyone in the ward hah. But we feel so blessed to be apart of this wonderful loving and welcoming ward. We know the lord has prepared both Steven and I for this great journey ahead of us as we strive to serve in our new callings. We are so thrilled and couldn't be more excited! Also side note, our Stake President (who is an amazing man!) is part samoan and part tongan...no wonder Steven and him talked for so long! haha.

Life as we know it.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Like I said before, I would update everyone on what the Crosbys are up to nowadays..soo here we go! Once we got home from Missouri (oh how i love that place..) we did a little exploring around SLC and figured out where things were, where freeways took us, it was quite the adventure sometimes. I looked for places to work and couldnt find a thing at first. Then I had interview after interview. nothing. I was so frustrated! Each place I interviewed at said they would call me by a certain day, that day came along...no call. But, after a MONTH, that seemed like eternity, I got a job offer from Macy's! It was for their flex team for cosmetics/fragrances dept. which is basically on call and I make my own hrs by scheduling myself every sunday with the left over hours from the other employees. I was just thrilled to have a job! I went through tedious hrs of training on a computer for a few days and then I was out on the floor. I was so nervous because I had to learn about six completely different make up/ skin care lines! holy smokes. Everyone that works at these counters was so nice and helpful when I first started...they still are :) The first week on the job my manager called me one evening and said there would be a part time position for the Clinique counter and asked if I wanted to do a phone interview with them. Absolutely! Well it was a week ago that I had the interview and the manager of the counter came up to me the first day we were working together and said that I had scored the highest ever on the interview and her boss called her demanding that I worked for the counter because she loved me! I don't quite understand how they would grade me on the interview by the type of questions they asked, but oh well I'll take it! Yesterday my manager made it official and told me they were dying for me to work in Clinique and that I had scored so high as to be a counter manager! Of course I hadn't been working there very long so she said down the road she will talk to me about that position if I wanted. I am so excited to be working for just one make up counter! less stress of having to know everything about the products when people come up and I have no clue about the line. haha. AND it is better pay that what we had expected! double score! So thats ONE of my jobs. My good friend Alli from Paul Mitchell has been working at this salon called Taylor D' Shaw as an assistant and told me she was going to be moving to a stylist doing booth rent and if I was interested she was sure they were going to need an assistant. After a few weeks of not knowing if they needed me yet and what the schedule would be I assisted one Friday at the salon as my "audition" i guess you could say. Well I just found out a few days ago that they want me to stay and work for them part time as well! So I have two part time jobs. Wed, Fri and every other saturday I will be working at the salon assisting and the other days I will be at Macy's! I get the best of both worlds, makeup and hair! I am so excited and feel so blessed to have gotten two wonderful jobs that I love. Nothings better than loving your job!

So that's my life. When I'm not working, I'm experimenting things from Pinterest whether it be cooking or sewing or..anything! Also in case you don't already know this I'm addicted to Zumba, so if i'm not working during the class, I'm at the class! And when I'm not being crafty or working out I'm with my husband on a date or at home playing board games or watching TV. Life is simply wonderful right now! As for Steven what does he do? He works hard in school keeping his grades up and also does a lot of things around the house for me when I get caught up in work like mop the floors, do the dishes and sometimes make me dinner :) Hes a keeper I tell ya!

In other news, we got a new car! My first ever owned vehicle...I'm all grown up now! haha Its a 2008 Ford Escape and I'm loving every minute I drive it. We always name our cars and so when we picked her up (they are always ladies of course) Steven came up with the name Roxy (short for Roxanne). :) I never thought I would get a red car. My favorite color is indeed red but I was never a huge fan of red cars for some reason, but this one I am definitely ok with :) Life is so much easier now that we have both cars. I dont have to worry about if Steven will be home from school on time for me to get to work without being late, or me not getting off work in time to pick him up from school. Our schedules are so opposite one of us was stuck at one place or the other and it was just very inconvenient and we are feeling so blessed in our lives right now.

I think that is all of the new news for now...Enjoy!

P.S. I am SO excited for fall! :)

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