♥The Crosbys♥

Christmas Cheer

2012-01-16T20:56:00.000-08:00

Over this past Christmas I met this woman who was new to our ward during a rehearsal for our Christmas program. She briefly explained her story of being a mother to a beautiful daughter and handsome son of which their father had passed away a year ago leaving her with nothing. I only got her name and that she lived close by. A few weeks go by with her constantly on my mind, and I hadn't seen her since that night. We talked to our bishop since we knew she literally had nothing, furniture or anything, and we wanted to go visit her to see what we could do to help and what she needed. After much consideration and thought, Steven and I decided to go visit her and bring her our little futon we have sitting in the other room. That futon has come handy numerous times with friends and family staying over, but we decided that in this case of someone having nothing, we would feel guilty of keeping this luxury and having it just sit there in the other room as months go by with no one visiting, also eventually it will have to go if it is to be filled with a child if we get to that point soon ;)

After visiting this woman and meeting her teenage daughter and 10 month old son, we wanted to still help. That night I sat at home thinking how I could possibly do so? I'm not loaded with money, we're still in school and beginning our careers trying to figure things out. I decided well, maybe friends have some extra items on hand they could also do without. I knew it was a long shot and wasnt expecting the outcome that we got. I posted on my Facebook status asking for help with anything from anyone. I had friends quickly respond that were from both in and out of the state with ideas or saying they had friends who might be able to help. The word got out and within a few days I had numerous emails from people I have never met but were friends of my friends saying they wanted to help and had extra things they wanted to donate. There were families that were going through hard times themselves that wanted to help with the few extra items they had. I couldnt believe it, and to this day I still cant. My garage was full by Christmas Eve. My younger brother who lives in Provo was staying with us for the holiday so the night before Christmas we sat in our living room digging through garbage bags and bins full of clothes,toys, and blankets people had donated and sorted through them. There were about 7 huge boxes of diapers and wipes about a dozen or more huge cans of formula, 3 big cases of toilet paper from costco a brand new carseat! a jumper and so much more! We had so much that we were able to give some things to other families in the area! We finally packed up the car and delivered a christmas surprise that brought tears of happiness to these families. Words cannot express how thankful I am for those who have helped and participated in getting the word out for help. I am so grateful for this wonderful opportunity to serve another family in need. Since then I have felt so foolish catching myself saying,"I want this" or " I wish I had this". I have so much to appreciate. Here are some pictures to show you how much "Christmas cheer" we were able to spread :)

It didnt even fit all in my car! We had to take 2 cars!

(slowly but surely I will get caught up on this blog :) )
Have a great night!

Those things people do at the beginning of the year and forget 1/4 of the way into the year..

2011-12-06T12:31:00.000-08:00

It's so true. Those New Years resolutions that people make at the end of each year are always done so faithfully the first few months of each new year, and then it dies come April or so. haha. Well, despite this given fact, Steven and I decided to make our goals for the year 2012 and are hoping to complete them by the end of the year. I am going to post them, so I feel some what obligated to update on how each goal is going. I made my goals more realistic and specific so I don't barely get by on completing my goals like this year, one of mine was to lose weight, I did, but I didn't set a specific goal. So Lets start with my goals..

1. 1.Fit into my senior prom dress

a. Set exercise schedule

b. Plan and eat healthier meals

2. Build my clientele

a. Pass out business cards

b. Advertise on facebook/twitter

3. Read the Book of Mormon

a. Set a reading schedule

b. Put reminders in my phone

4. No soda for the WHOLE year

a. Drink more water

5. 365 things I’m grateful for in 2012

a. Keep journal/blog about something I’m grateful for each day.

b. Make a small book/scrapbook to look back at years later.

Steven's Goals

1. Study Spanish

a. Spend 1 hr 4 days a week.

2. Reach 200 lbs

a. Lift weights twice a week

b. Drink protein shake twice a day

3. Study the Gospel

a. Read Book of Mormon 1 hr everyday

b. Study priesthood ½ hr every day

4. Learn to play the piano

a. Practice 2 hrs every week

5. Get into drawing

a. Buy materials & book

b. Spend 2 hrs a week 1 day out of the week

I'm really curious to see how Steven will do on his goals this year. He has some difficult ones I feel, but he says they are realistic to him, So I'll keep you posted! We then proceeded to make our own goals as a family. That I will leave out of this post, but will talk about them once they have been reached :) because they will happen! What are your goals for the new year?!

One Full Heart = One Long Post

2011-12-06T11:54:00.000-08:00

November came and went like that! I still can't believe that 2011 is coming to an end! 2012 seemed so far away and now its just around the corner. I have so much to be thankful for. One being my amazing husband. He does so much for me and loves me with every bit of his heart. The other day he told me "You know, even though we've been married for a little while now I can't help but saying I am so happy to be married to you and to have you forever. through all the garbage we may go through, I'm so glad you are right by my side to get me through it, I love you so much babes". How can your heart not melt from hearing those words? He's more than I could ever need. If "the world went stupid" (as steven would say) all I would want is my him right by my side.
This past month as people were posting what they were thankful for each day of November, I thought about the many things I am grateful for. I have 2 jobs that I am so grateful for despite the fact the I struggle with them both in different ways. Macy's not enough hours, or the wrong hours when I'm supposed to be at the salon so I have to forfeit those days. Not really doing makeup like I thought I would at a makeup counter, I've learned its all about the sales & numbers. (which is totally not me!) But I am so blessed to have gotten the job when I did when we first moved to SLC. At the Salon, I LOVE it. Everyone I work with is so nice and amazing at what they do. I assist on Wed. , Fri, & every other Sat. I work for the most talented and knowledgeable stylists who are so willing to teach me their tricks and tips so I can succeed as they have. This month I also started Booth Renting here at this salon part time, Tues., Thurs, & the Sat I'm not assisting. Its a HUGE risk I had to take, but if it wasn't now, when would I do it? December is usually a busy month because of the holidays everyone wants to get their hair done. Well..here I am writing this post at my station at the salon, waiting for some clients to sit in my chair. I can only pray and constantly advertise my services. So I am torn. I know booth rent is the best way to go, Its just these first few months while I'm building my clientele that will be hard. But I am motivated. :) Since I'm busy between both these jobs, I feel like I never see my husband. THats how its supposed to be right? I hate it. He was gone for 4 months. We havent had a vacation with just us two in I dont know how long. He went straight to school when he got home and our date nights have diminished slowly. Partly because dates cost money, and we dont really have that. especially in the month of December. I guess there are free dates, I just put off searching for ideas. my bad. Since we dont have much time together besides the few hours in the evening when I get home from work we soak up as much time as we can get together. and I am thankful that my husband wants to hang out with me even if im dead tired and just want to snuggle on the couch. (lets face it, I have a cuddly husband as you may have seen on facebook with our dog lol) I'm grateful for his love and support in everything I do. He wants me to reach my dreams and motivates me every single day.
I'm so thankful for the cute little townhouse we live in, no matter how ghetto people think the neighborhood is. I'm thankful for everything I have in my home, my washer and dryer, kitchen full of food, tv, internet, running water, my bed and everything I possibly have. Especially POWER! With the huge wind storm last week, a massive tree fell over onto a truck and took down a power line with it. We had no power all day and night. It was freezing! but needless to say a huge wakeup call! We were definitely not prepared. we dont own one single flashlight, hardly any food storage, somethings in our pantry could probably pass, but still. I've got lots to do to be prepared! I'm just glad no one got hurt. I love my life, my husband, my dog, my career, my religion, my families, the trials I go through and the things I learn each day I awake.

The Newest Crosby Family Member

2011-10-25T13:11:00.000-07:00

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.

2011-10-25T11:54:00.000-07:00

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.

2011-10-02T18:18:00.000-07:00

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! :)

Summer Recap

2011-09-20T11:07:00.000-07:00

Alright so from my last post I put that basically all I did this summer was lay out by the pool and...not much else. In reality, I did have a great few months at home. I will admit I was a little impatient sometimes with sharing a room with my little sister again...but then again..siblings still fight right? haha. I'm so grateful for the wonderful family I have and miss them already. So here's some of what I did this summer in case you didnt follow what I started on facebook with my Project 123 album.(that I failed to complete in the end)

I spent a lot of time with my cousins in Utah while I was finishing school.

A lot of time was spent with this amazing girl in my last days of school.
The girl who got me obsessed with zumba, MaK...I miss zumba with you!
I discovered the most amazing shaved ice place EVER! nothing has beat it.
I reunited with my best friend Joanna from the good ol days :) Miss her!
I packed and moved all of our stuff and packed it into this storage unit!(this isnt what it looked like in the end )
One of the many days I spent with mom and Add at the pool watching these kids in their swim lessons :)
I received many love notes from Addie
We got to spend the night at Uncle Dennis and Auntie Judys house, my favorite. we went on the paddle boat, ate some good food, played with Willie, and Addie got a lil fishing lesson :)
We went to the Flea Market, Denios? lots of yummy food!
I spent a lot of time with these two, painting nails and laughing...this picture makes me laugh at how curious Benz is with Add painting her toes.
We attended a beautiful wedding :)
We met Justin Beiber, maybe caught some Beiber fever this summer..so?
We went to the Orange County Fair!
We were the cooks for Girls Camp this year, a very exhausting but fun week, my moms pretty much amazing..even though she chopped off the tip of her finger :)
We found moms wedding dress!
We had matching shirts and a wonderful 4th of July!
I chopped moms hair off and colored it!..several times :)
Willie G :)
Haha this kid was full of jokes this summer
I attended Miss Placer County Pageant...man did it bring back memories that I REALLY miss!
Family Day in SF, my favorite..love my "orphans"! hah
I flew to SLC to house hunt and went out to dinner with 2 or my beautiful Sister-in-laws!
I did a mini photo shoot with Addie :) Isn't she cute?
Mom, Addie and I had a lil road trip down to So-Cal to visit the inlaws and have a mini vaca. It happened to be the twins birthday! They are all growing up so fast I wish I could see them more often! Here is me with all my adorable neices and nephews :)
I also got to me my newest lil nephew Noah....Hes so precious:)
Oh and this is my new best friend, Benz. He went every where with me that I could take him..I miss him A LOT!
We watched the Bachelorette together..
Played Zelda together..
Went on car rides together..
Hung out in our room....
He kept me good company :)...maybe mercedes did too kinda..

Well, there is a little taste of what my Summer was like without my husband! Pretty dang exciting eh? (nacho quote) On top of all these wonderful events, I got to see almost every new movie that came out thanks to $5 movie tuesdays at our theaters. Also I got introduced to Pinterest and became immediately addicted and still am :) But my husband has no problem with it now because he says, "It gets your mind thinking and you're using your creativity and talents, unlike facebook where you just stalk people.." haha so true. Well hope you enjoyed this picture filled post! I will make another update on what we are currently up to since we've been home..lots of exciting news ;)

Guess whos back...back again..the Crosby's are back...

2011-08-24T17:42:00.000-07:00

Well, yes. Once again I have failed at keeping this thing updated. Mainly because I sort of forgot it existed...why? because I sat at home all summer doing nothing but laying out by the pool and pinning things on pinterest. I'm addicted. But in other news, we are Done and DONE with that stupid four months! It went by slow yet fast at the same time. Probably because once I graduated school i had NOTHING to do. haha. and I was definitely not used to that at all after working and going to school and being non stop busy! I received letter after letter and then before I knew it those letters became phone calls! weeks before I was to be reunited with the love of my life it surprisingly became almost unbearable to be separated any longer. the goodbyes seemed so much harder than before. All because we were SO close, but not close enough for our liking. Finally came the long awaited day for me to fly to Missouri. Luckily I have awesome in-laws who came along the lovely little trip. Well, once we got there in the glamorous humidity it didnt seem real. I couldnt believe it. I was 30 minutes from where my husband was sleeping, hours away from seeing that wonderful man of my dreams that I havent seen in four long months. I felt as if I indeed was dreaming. it had been so long. I didnt think i was going to be able to sleep, but from all the traveling and waking up early in the morning, I was exhausted by the time we got to the hotel! Thursday was "family day", where we basically got to spend all day with Steven while he showed us around Ft Leonard Wood (aka : "Fort lost in the woods") ya It lasted maybe 10 min. We went to the Military Police museum which was pretty cool, but after that we ate and....welp theres FLW! haha We didnt know what to do and it was only 2 o'clock. We had until 8pm. So we went off base to one of the few cities we were limited to and saw a movie, Captain America. Which I thought was appropriate for the occasion. haha. We didnt really do much else, because we didnt want him to get in trouble for being late and he still had to pack. This day was like a tease because Steven technically wasnt done yet. It was our last night apart! Friday morning came and the graduation ceremony was great. Although I couldnt help but giggle a few times watching Steven be so serious..haha If you know him, you would do the same :) But it was a short and sweet ceremony, we snapped a few shots, and off he went in his cattle truck (yes a real cattle truck) to be transported back to his "pod" or apartment that they stayed in to pick up his bags. We met him there, he literally ran out of the place to the car because he was DONE! ok and maybe the bags where kinda heavy too ;p Welp, off we went! We wanted o get the heck out of FLW so we hopped on the freeway after a quick lunch and headed to downtown St. Louis where we were to stay for the night until our plane left Saturday evening. We were both so tired that we slept pretty much the whole way there. It was ridiculously hot and humid! Thank goodness for AC! we relaxed in our hotel room and cooled off before we headed out on the town. For dinner we walked (alot more blocks than I had expected) to this restaurant called Misu, it was a japanese restaurant with delicious sushi and noodle bowls :) Later we soaked in the hot tub on the rooftop of the hotel and got some ice cream for dessert. A perfect first night together! Saturday we met up with his parents and had some breakfast and went on a little hr cruise on the Mississippi River by the famous Arch in MO. It was nice...eventhough it was raining! haha dont worry it was still hot and humid :) but MO is just as bipolar as Utah, and it cleared up just as we were leaving the river. perfect. We had some lunch and tried the famous goey butter cake in St. Louis. (I cant remember the exact name) but basicallly it had the consistency of a lemon bar, but...no lemon, just pure sugar and butter! good but i could only handle one bite haha ;) The time steven had been waiting for for four months has finally come, to fly HOME. He was sooo excited to get the heck outta Missouri. We quickly caught on to the many perks of being in the military as he had his uniform on. His 2 bags were far to big to carry on so we checked in and they were for free, and I asked if we could be seated next to each other because I booked them separately and knew we weren't sitting next to each other. Well, we got 3rd row seats next to each other, more leg room, and FREE TV. because with frontier you have to pay $6 extra to get tv. haha so awesome :) the only downside about our travel home is that our next flight was delayed ...but at least we made it home!
Since we've been home, we have been running a million errands between grocery shopping, schools, his army unit, and job interviews. We have been glued at the hip almost every day except for when he has class or I've had my interviews. Unfortunately on Monday I woke up with a sore throat. I thought oh maybe its from sleeping with my mouth open. we woke up early that day to go for a fun in the mountains with our good friend mark. I first thought maybe I shouldn't go..but I brushed it off and sucked on a few cough drops on the way there. Half way through the run, i couldnt breath, stupid elevation. haha So i jogged a little here and there on the way back up to the car. my body started to hurt all over by the time i was stretching next to the car. we went and got some jamba juice and I thought I would feel better once I got some food in me, even though I felt I could barely stand up in line to order. I didnt know what was wrong. A shower always helps an achey body. So we carried on with the day and gradually it came back worse and worse as the time flew by. All of monday and tuesday my throat hurt even when I wasnt doing anything and I was so scared to swallow because I knew it would hurt. we went to the dollar theater Tuesday night and I thought it would be fine because all I would be doing is sitting there, just like at home. I hurt all over and could barely sit still. When we got up to leave I could barely walk, every step was painful, my joints and muscles hurt. I still have no clue why. Steven gave me a blessing that night and as of today no more achey body but still have a terrible sore throat and no matter how much tea I drink or nyquil I take, it doesnt seem to work. I've been hoping that slowly this will go away so I wont have to go to the dr. But I don't think I have a choice at this point. I know for a fact I have strep throat, I've known since Mon/Tues, just didnt want to believe it because our military insurance ended when steven left basic, so we are in between getting our insurance back again. of course I get sick the week after right?! sheeeesh. well that pretty much sums up our life right now! Its been good yet stressful at the same time with starting school, trying to get a job so we can live and figuring out all of his military benefits and when they start...but thats life right? haha I'm just happy I have my Steven back, life is so much better with him next to me :) Enjoy the pictures below!!

Our first kiss in four months :)

Staring into each others eyes....we've been waiting for this day for soo long!

So happy to be together again :)

My handsome husband in his dress blues

Steven all serious getting pinned...haha

After the graduation ceremony

Military Police Memorial Grove

Last but not least...the cattle truck they were transported in! hahahah

A smiling girl is a happy girl.

2011-05-15T15:49:00.000-07:00

The title explains it all. I am a happy smiling girl at the moment. Since my last post, I have been nothing but busy busy busy. I got 60+ hrs a week at school, insane. I received more letters and phone calls on Sunday. Days like today are my favorite. Church, food, nap and a phone call from my soldier. I cant believe he's already been gone for 4 weeks! Its insane to me. Being busy with school definitely helps time fly. I just cant wait to go home and play with my family in Cali for the summer!
Steven is doing great! He actually is enjoying himself. yes, enjoying it :) He says his Drill Ssgts are very stern but fair, so its not too bad. His unit is split up into 3 different groups, His group is getting along very well already. If I remember right, they beat one of the fastest times in the mile run. go babe! They have learned to work together and listen to the Ssgts, because if they get ahead of themselves, they are usually wrong, and end up doing more push-ups. He told me that since they are doing so well I should expect to hear from every Sunday! As good as that sounds too me, I try not to believe it and get my hopes up and then for some reason they arent allowed to call that Sunday. You just never know with the Army! This past week they did the..dun dun dun... Gas Chamber! He said he felt as if he were going to die! The only thing he could say about it was that and "It just SUCKED" but its over with! They are almost out of Red Phase, which is one of the hardest phases he said. The next phase he gets to play with guns...oh boy, now I know why hes excited to be done with red phase! Steven also said that basic training isn't really all that hard, you just do what they tell you, the only hard part for him is being away from me. awwww :) hearing that today definitely made me teary eyed! He only has 5 1/2 weeks left of basic training, and then its on to the easier stuff; his specialty training. And during that time, he might even get his phone every night! He will be getting more privileges as the time goes on. And before we know it I will be going out there for his graduation! I cannot wait for that day to come!! I'm so excited :) Oh, he also had to mention that he already has a six pack and that its only been 4 weeks, so come time for graduation he will have a 20 pack. haha yep stevens still got his humor! It was great to talk to him today and laugh and cry and express our love for each other:)

I only have about 2 weeks left of school! Time really is flying. I am so excited because not this coming weekend, but memorial day weekend my family is coming!! It cant come soon enough! I have so much to do and so little time. Better get started now! Hope everyone has a fabulous week! And once school is over with, I will try to update this thing more often when I get letters from him :)

What an uplifting day.

2011-05-01T20:43:00.000-07:00

Oh how I love my Sundays. I forgot that today was Regional Stake Conference..:/ oh well. I slept in, which was VERY much needed. although I still woke up at 6:40 and went back to bed until 9. I guess I cant sleep in like I used to when Steven was around. weird. The dishes are done, another box is packed, most of the pictures are off the walls, and my house smells clean :) I finished my book Sarah's Key today! It was soo good! I don't know why, but the Holocaust is something that has always interested me, maybe that's why I loved the book so much? Now to find another good book...suggestions??
Once the house was to my liking, I sat down and read some general conference talks from this last session. Why I never took much time to actually read the talks after wards I do not know, because I feel like I get more out of them when I do!
As I was printing out a few talks, my phone rings, Its my hubby! I got to talk to him for 15 minutes! It was so nice :) He's doing great! When they went to Basic Training on Tuesday he said they all went into a bit of a shock. The drill sergeants at basic are a whole lot worse than in processing. He said they yelled the whole morning when they first got there while cursing every other word. I could only imagine the look on Stevens face. haha The showers are fast paced and cold! They have just a few seconds to take a group shower and get out fast. He said there are guys running all over the place in there with their towels, Sounds interesting...He said hes gotten faster at eating..I don't know how that's possible. I'm curious to see what Steven is going to be like when he gets home and we have dinner together, Hes going to finish while I'm taking my first bite! They started their physical training and he says hes one of the fastest guys in his group! So proud of him :) There are about 150 guys in his...unit i think he said, and they split them into 3 groups...If I remember correctly. He said he wrote me a letter with his address. So when I get it and any of you readers would like to write him, let me know and I'll pass it on! The only sad news I got from him today was that he wont be done until August 25th, instead of on the 18th. an extra week:/...only because he was in processing for longer than usual.
Despite all the hardship of not having my husband by myside as I finish out my LAST MONTH OF SCHOOL, I love him so incredibly much. After our phone call, I sat there and just thought to myself how lucky I am. Lucky to be his wife. Lucky to have someone love me as much as he does. Lucky to have him gone for only 4 months vs 1 yr. Lucky to have the good example that he is to me. Steven has joined the army, to better not only his future, but OUR future. Our future family. He loves me that much, to go through all the pain and hard work, to ensure we have a good future together. That just amazes me. I love my husband, my religion, and my life. I couldn't ask for any better man. I love you Steven Crosby, and am waiting here for you, strong and proud! :)

2 Down.

2011-04-26T08:08:00.000-07:00

Almost 2 weeks down! This past Easter Sunday was a good one. I went to church by myself and was very nervous for some reason. I got there 20 minutes early( which is a miracle) and I just felt so..peaceful I guess is the word. I got the opportunity to read my scriptures while I waited for Sacrament meeting to start. It was such a good Sunday, my heart was filled, and I just felt the spirit so strongly, It was amazing. Afterwards, I get home and get ready to go over to Jake and Jili's place for Easter dinner. We prepared the food to be cooked (well Jake did the meat..while we all chit chatted and watched) and then we started to work on the puzzle they were putting together during finals. My phone rang while Jili and I were sitting there and I didn't recognize it. I almost didn't answer it but thought...maybe its someone interested in the apt. SO I did and I heard "Hey Baby"..totally caught me off guard, It was Steven! tears immediately came to my eyes because I had been waiting ALL week to hear from him. My phone hasn't left my pocket in case he got the opportunity to call. I only got to talk to him for a few minutes, and he stated he hasn't seen his phone since he got to processing the first night. :( sad. But he said he had written me several letters already and that I should be getting them this week. There were so many things I wanted to ask him, but I was just in such shock that I was actually talking to him that I couldn't think of where to start! We ended the day with delicious Pork Tenderloins, potatoes, salad and rolls; Dying easter eggs and going on an easter egg hunt! What a great Sunday.

I went to school every day this week. (including tomorrow) Since that call, Ive had such a good week. It put me in such a good mood every morning. Tuesday night I came home to find the first letter from steven waiting for me in the mailbox! I booked it up our stairs because i was so excited to read his letter :) Then last night I got my second letter from him! With a letter from the Stake President there on base with his picture...Here is my handsome soldier :)

In his letters he writes a lot about how much he misses and loves me and is looking forward to being back home with me. He also says that he called it as far as what the age group is. There is a guy there that is 40! and then a few his age, some "chatty chicks"(as steven worded it) and tons of 18-19 yr olds who screw it up for them because they start talking 2 min after the drill ssgt tells them to be quiet. So they've done lots of push ups and what not for that! The first week he was in processing the whole time. He said tuesday they got a whole of 2 hrs then another night 4 hrs. and then by his second letter he got a full 8 hrs of sleep and then had time to take a nap during one of his days! (lucky) He went into the actual Basic Training on tuesday morning. I havent gotten a letter from him since he has been there yet. From his first two letters, he said that it was alot of hurry up and waiting, and that he needs to get smarter with his meal choices which are chicken, pork, or beef, and not go for what looks best, but which will fill him up the most. They get about 7-10 minutes to shovel down their food. He said hes good now at eating with the fork in his right hand and using just his left hand to get in as much food as he can. hahaha I can only imagine what that looks like! He doesnt sound like he's really having and difficulties yet..then again...i dont know if he will really tell me if hes having a hard time?..hmm. But it is really good to get these letters. He told me in his last letter that he wont stop writing to me because he feels as if in a small way he is with me when he writes to me. Which is so true. I got an email from him easter sunday as well from the church branc he's in. Basically i can write him as many times throughout the week until sat afternoon, and they print out the emails on sunday and hand them to the soldiers at church. So everynight when Ive gotten home from school I write and email to him telling him about my day and what not. Hes write. I feel like I am with him, just telling him about my day and what happened. Its nice ;) So he will expect tons of letters to read on sunday! I'm hoping to hear from him again, but we'll see how that goes....

Today has been the only day this week that has been rough for me. I dont know if its because i finally got to see his face in that picture I got last night. And we were talking about daymakers at school and I shared how I had a rough first week, but every day I went to school, people were so nice to me and were always smiling and giving me hugs, and majority of them didn't even know what was going on in my life. That's one reason why I love my school so much. But I guess I am entitled to have my off days like today. It probably doesnt help that I am tired too. from going to school everyday this week..and getting up early and going to bed late..not a good mixture. But next week will be the same...and I'm doing final phase( a week long class that preps us for our state board exams). Its so crazy to me, that I am almost done! Now lets just pray that steven's check from the army gets deposited on Monday, it would just make everything much simpler! Now that I have written a novel, I hope you enjoyed it and have a wonderful evening!

Tears, Tears and more Tears..

2011-04-22T20:53:00.000-07:00

This week has been one of the hardest weeks I've had to go through. Steven left for basic training on Monday morning. Luckily I got to talk to him all day through texts while he was traveling. I receive a phone call later that night from him that lasted maybe 30 seconds. He said "Hey babe" Me: "Hey"(excited to finally talk to him) Steven: "Hey I cant really talk but I'm here, I'm safe and I'll talk to you when I can, I love you" Me: ok, love you (with a shaky starting to cry voice....as he hangs up the phone.) It was soo hard! I have cried almost everyday except maybe one day. It's mainly the nights that are the rough. Ive gone from two years of seeing him everyday and talking to him throughout the day via text, to not seeing him or talking to him at all. No one wakes up with me in the morning and makes me breakfast and lunch while I get ready anymore. Its super weird being alone in our apt. Everyday I'm home alone I keep thinking hes at school and will be home any minute, and then I remember. Its tough. I didn't know what to expect, so this is all just really weird to me. I have my phone on me all the time. I check it more than I should hoping and waiting to hear from Steven. I look at my phone all night long waiting to see Stevens face pop up that he's calling. I'm pathetic. haha

Everyday up until the day he left seemed to fly by. I would wake up every morning and hug and kiss him and think, how is it possible to love someone this much? As the days grew closer and closer to his departure our love grew stronger and stronger for each other. I could feel it. It's amazing, I still ask myself this question everyday. It just amazes me. As I go about my daily routine, I realize how much it sucks not to have him here. Not for the affection every girl needs all the time, but because he was my wife! My house is such a mess!! I started going to day and night school, meaning I'm at school from 9 in the morning until 10 at night. Yes it's brutal, but it keeps me busy and my mind off things. So I'm at school about 50 hours a week. leaving hardly any downtime for myself. meaning theres tons of dishes and laundry to be folded and washed! I need my Steven back :(

As hard as this week has been so far. I already feel stronger. Steven gave me a blessing the night before he left and it was incredible. Since then I haven't missed a prayer morning and night. It truly has helped. A few days after he left I woke up and instead of instantly being sad and depressed, I was fine. Its hard to explain, but I felt loved. I felt warm and good; that everything was ok. I know a lot of friends and family have me in their prayers and I think thats what I'm feeling. I cried that morning not because i was sad but because I'm so fortunate to have such amazing friends and family who care about me so much. I don't know what I would do without my Paul Mitchell Family. Everyone mentioned they cared, or were thinking about me, some even let me cry on their shoulder after trying to hold it in all day. A girls gotta cry! Ive learned that. You can't just hold it in because then it builds up into a huge hysterical cry and its a disaster especially when you need to be sleeping because you have to get up for school. As I go about my day on the verge of a breakdown I think....I could have it worse. At least Steven isn't deathly ill/dead or left me heartbroken. My heart does hurt, but not the same hurt you feel after a breakup. The hurt of not knowing how your loved one is doing. Is he ok? Is he having a hard time? Is he hurt? The hurt of not being with him and talking to him everyday. But I know this is all going to make us both stronger. When steven gets back its going to be like our honeymoon all over again. all giddy and what not.(which is kind of what we normally are like all the time) Gosh I can't wait for that day to come! Only 117 more days!

Yes, Its True.

2011-04-10T20:46:00.000-07:00

Yes, it's true; Steven is in the Army.
Yes, it's true; He's leaving in a week.
Yes, it's true; I'm not looking forward to this day AT ALL
Yes, it's true; I graduate soon!

It's getting closer and closer. I hate it and I love it.
I hate it because he will not be with me everyday to enjoy the warm sun of the summer and my freedom from school. But I love it because I get to spend the summer in Cali with my family and when he gets back, we get to start a new chapter in our lives. A life where I work and he goes to school. A life that I can be an actual housewife that cleans the house, does laundry and cooks dinner every night. It's going to be awesome to say the least.

Steven is truly the most amazing husband ever. I am so happy to be married to him for eternity. He supports me in everything I do, and pushes me to reach my dreams. He loves me everyday and makes sure I know that. He serves me 24/7 without any sort of obligation or complaints. Oh the simple things I'm going to miss about him these next four months. His sweet texts saying "Love you so much babes :)". The most amazing omelets and smoothies for breakfast. The way he wakes me up with a kiss on my cheek. His voice rockin out in the car(no matter how off key he is). Snuggling up to him on the couch while we watch a movie. His sweet smile that cheers me up every time. Everything about him will be missed.

Well, here goes to a week of spending time with eachother, friends, and finals for steven. We appreciate the support we have from all of our friends and family and love you all!

So many things...

2011-03-08T08:58:00.002-08:00

Ok, ok. I have not been so good at keeping one of my goals to blog. BUT I have been a faithful gym member! So my fitness goals have been reached! I have found a new obsession...

My friend MaKayla got me into it...now I'm hooked! I even went when I was sick one day! I go every Monday and Friday and love it more each time I'm there.

The week before Valentines day I was gone in Vegas! and Ogden(not my favorite place) I will recap on this trip in another post with some pictures and details :) My 14 days of Valentines did go well. Basically I left little love notes and treats for Steven around the house each day for him to find. He loved it! Now if only I can remember to take more pictures. On Valentines Day Steven got me my favorite sparkly black toms and a gift card at the mall. After class he took me to Chefs Table. This place was amazing! and for being a little more expensive restaurant, it was delicious! Man I am such a lucky girl to have such an amazing husband :)

In other news.....I quite my job! I received a generous amount of grants through the FAFSA for school with left overs....meaning I didnt have to work! It has been such a blessing for the both of us. Nothing is better than waking up every morning to my dear husband and not having to rush out the door at 7 in the morning. Now in the mornings I work out and work on my honors when I can. A week from next weekend Steven leaves for Basic Training in Missouri. This past month it has really started to hit me and I have definitely gotten emotional. Despite how hard these four months will be, I know this whole experience is going to be a great thing for our family in the future.

I will be graduating from Paul Mitchell the School at the end of May possibly into the first of June. Instead of me living by myself we have decided for me to move home! All of our belongings will go into storage and I will stay with my parents for about 2 months. I am so excited that I will be able to be with my family during the time Steven and I will be apart. It will definitely make time go by faster.

School is going great for the both of us. I've been living the dream I like to say. I love doing hair and makeup for photo shoots and that's just what I have been doing lately. Almost every other week I am doing one. I might make a new blog just for all the photo shoots I participate in. Stay tuned for an addition to this blog. Have a great day everyone!

New Year. New Life.

2011-01-30T22:17:00.000-08:00

It's 2011!! Such a big year for the Crosby's! I am so excited for what this year has in store for us! I have made several goals that I intend to follow and I hope I will! just how the gym is packed in january then by March it's back to the way it was..hardly anyone goes...I don't want to be like that. Well January has been a busy month. Steven is only taking 2 classes which is nice so I can see him more :) and I'm still going to school Tuesday through Saturday and also working at Pinnacle!

Life has been great lately. I love Steven....He loves me. We are both so happy to be with each other. This year I have decided to do more things for steven. Since he does so much for me. I like to call him my wife :) He cleans everyday, cooks my breakfast, lunch and sometimes dinner almost everyday, does the laundry, buys me flowers, you name it. I want to try harder at surprising him with things like planning a date, even if its simple and cheap, or even buying him his favorite candies. To start off the year, I'm going to do the 14 days of Valentines, so stay tuned for details :)

A Preview at our year will look like this
- Graduate from Paul Mitchell May/June
- Steven leaves for Basic Training in April
-Steven comes back in August
- 2 yr Anniversary!
- wedding for a friend in vegas!
- move to Salt Lake
- Steven starts up school at the U
- I will officially be in my career working at a salon/do editorial photo shoot work!

Gosh life is so exciting! of course there are many little events in between then, but you'll hear more about it when the time comes! Have a good night all!!

EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT!

2010-11-29T20:36:00.000-08:00

Well Like I mentioned in my previous post, we did a little black friday shopping. One of the stores we went into was White House Black Market. I love this store enough as it is, but I saw this dress and fell in love with it.

Obviously if I ever did get this dress it would be altered with some sleeves..but i still love it:) I know you are thinking...well she won't really have a place to wear this so it doesn't really matter, which is exactly what I thought until I remembered the ARMY has a ball ever so often.

Yes I said it..THE ARMY. Why might you ask would I ever go to an Army Ball? Well let me tell you that Steven is actually joining the US ARMY RESERVE!
yep. It will be all official on Wednesday when he's up in Salt Lake for his physical and enlistment. I know...it definitely is scary don't get me wrong! But we have thought about this long and hard for the past several months about it and feel it is right for our family because it is definitely not for everyone. We find out hopefully tomorrow or Wednesday for sure where Steven will be going to basic training and exactly when he will leave. The soonest he will leave is January 4th! ahh it's coming up so soon! He will be gone for about 4 months :(. But i know it will all be worth it in the end :) Welp that's the Big news!

Other than that...we are just trying to enjoy our last month or so together and with family and friends! I decorated and listened to Christmas music all day yesterday, so fun :) I need to get some new pictures up here i just cant seem to remember or find the time!

Thanksgiving 2010

2010-11-29T20:30:00.000-08:00

This year Steven and I went down to Southern California to his parents for Thanksgiving. It was so warm!...well ok warmer than Utah! We had a great time seeing everyone and cant wait to see them again! Our weekend was full of a Mexican Fiesta at the Hokes, then the Big Turkey day and follow with some black friday shopping...which was my first experience ever!...not sure i will go again unless I know what I'm looking for or who I need to buy gifts for..and of course have more money!

Friday when we landed in Salt Lake, It was 19 degrees! soo cold!...Back to work today was difficult...got back into my workout today and then back to school tomorrow! Boy do I love these Holidays where we get to eat alot and spend time with family, it's my favorite time of the year!

Happy Halloween

2010-11-01T22:11:00.000-07:00

This year, we didn't get as creative as last year with our costumes. Thursday the 28th we had a Halloween Party at Paul Mitchell that student council threw. My friend Cassie and I were Thing 1 and Thing 2. We were a big hit, if I don't say so myself. haha we had a great time with all the soups the teachers brought caramel apple bar and treats along with awesome games and fortune telling that i will never forget! The next night my friend Katy and I threw a Halloween party at her house. ( our husbands went to Samoa together for their Mission) At this party I dressed up as a pink poodle ( thanks Mom..and mayloni!) and Steven was 'my owner'. He wore a shirt that said " Help me find my poodle princess babes! his number then..I reward with cupcakes! (only because he made yummy cupcakes for the party :) haha then with that he wore a wig. We had a good time. played some messy games involving gooey yuckiness in a box and alkaselzer. Here are a few pics from the great time we had that night!

yummy food
Brain Ice....

5 freakin gallons of homemade rootbeer...definitely WAY TOO MUCH!
Owner and his Pink Poodle(not too fond of this picture of me...oh well )
the gooey game where you had to find the halloween objects in the "worms"
conan o'brien havin a hard time with that alkaselzer
Flo tryin to keep it all in and steven losin it.
Thing 2...she one both times!

Apple Hill Traditions

2010-10-31T18:30:00.001-07:00

Usually every year my family would take a trip up to Apple Hill. There's a bunch of apple farms that have fun crafts, decorations, and of course all the yummy food! Steven and I went home a few weeks ago to surprise my family and have a little getaway to my house since he hadn't been back to my house since last Thanksgiving! We had a great time with my family and cant wait to be back with them for Christmas!

Papi giving Addie some love

Jake had a good time feeding those animals..hah

Addie posing as a pumpkin

Josh and Jake driving the tractor

Papi and Addie again on the tractor...he liked that tractor a little too much

Addie just chillen

My Beautiful Brown Little Sister :)

2010-10-31T17:45:00.001-07:00

This would be my cute little sister Addison who posed for me when I went home for a little vacation :) Thanks for letting me play with your hair and do a mini photo shoot, I love you Addie!

One Year!

2010-09-07T18:34:00.000-07:00

One year ago on August 15, the best day had occurred. Our faces show how amazing it was as we just walked out of the temple being sealed for time and all eternity.

I can't believe Steven and I had already celebrated our first year anniversary! We spent a lovely weekend together. I wasn't really expecting anything huge but just something very nice and relaxing enjoying each others company since we have such busy schedules. And that's exactly what we did. Thursday after work we drove up to Salt Lake City and stayed at the Sheraton Hotel there in downtown. We enjoyed the lovely breakfast at the hotel as well as ate at Happy Sumo (Thanks Dan and Sonia!) Friday night we saw the movie Salt...Pretty good! Saturday we got to sleep in (loved it) and walked around farmers market, I wanted to buy so much food it was ridiculous, everything looked and smelled yummy! We then went up to Sugarhouse (love this place!) and got a couples massage...boyy was that a treat! afterwards we just relaxed some more out by the pool at the hotel and walked around downtown. Just when I thought we were about to head home after a fun surprise of the massage, my lovely husband throws out that we are going to see Lion King on Sunday afternoon( way cheaper). I was thrilled and couldn't stand it; I felt like a little kid that cant sleep the night before going to Disneyland! The show was absolutely amazing! It just topped off the whole weekend. I am the luckiest girl ever. Steven is the best husband ever and I love him so much. Here are a few pictures (not enough) of the weekend.

On our way to Happy Sumo

Walk around Temple Square :)
Lion King!!
Waiting for the Show to start (only 7 rows from the stage!)

The Preciados Come to Utah!!

2010-08-21T22:34:00.000-07:00

Before Stevens birthday My family came into town! It was soo good to see the sibs and parentals! Although i miss them dearly once again! We had a great fourth of july bbq at the park; our friends the Smiths came as well with baby Oliver, So fun! We took a family pic...randomly..Love my family and so glad they could come play!

A little soccer..with a HUGE soccerball

Papi and Addie

Jacob showed off his scooter skills..

Papi tried to show his skills too.....mehh not so good. haha

Mom and Chico modeling for the camera

Jacobs Crazy hairs

I Love my Family :)

After the Fun games at the bbq - we had some fun with fireworks and sparklers! What a great Fourth of July it was, filled with yummy food and family :)

Happy Birthday Esteban!

2010-08-21T22:00:00.001-07:00

On Steven's Birthday we drove down to So-Cal and partied with his family and my mom and Addie came for the ride as well since they were visiting in town :) We had a Barbeque and some yummy Cake that I made for him. We had lots of fun spending time with the fam and spending time in Cali!

Also the Monday before his birthday, we had a little surprise party for steven at our place with my family and the Ives as well. We had a toy story theme with army men crawling all over his cheesecake :)
Big 23 was a partyyyyyyy

Bad Blogger

2010-08-15T21:11:00.001-07:00

I have been such a terrrible blogger lately. Especially since LOTS have happened since my last post! Summer has flown by with its ups and downs. Mostly positive things like vacations and catching some rays! This will be a short post, but I will post some more pictures later. But here are a list of things that have taken place and I'm almost positive I will be forgetting something.

* We've Moved again! (now in Provo, closer to Paul Mitchell)
*We went to Lake Powell
*Steven had a Birthday...big 23 woop woop!
*We went camping with our friends the Ives...SO FUN!
*Little brother moved out here..which means family came to visit!
*DISNEYLAND+CA Adventure= happiness!
*Cousin got engaged!
*Steven lost his job :...( [the day before vaca might i add..bad day!]
*I took a "leave"(break) from school most of July and all of August
*I lost weight! scoreee
*we had our 1st year anniversary!!
*Steven GOT a job! ..just last week might i add

Well....more details will come with lotsss of pictures!as for now, off to bed for an early rise..back to work.Have a fabulous Monday everyone!

Happy Days are Sunny Days!

2010-06-21T17:08:00.001-07:00

Boy has it been awhile since I've been on here wow. But I must say that I have a valid reason. I'm flat out BUSY! There have been many changes since my last post so bear with me on this one! First of all I will be finishing school A LOT sooner than planned. I just recently switched to full time school going 1:30-10 Tues - Thurs and 9-4:30 Fri-Sat. On top of that I'm still working full time at Pinnacle Security! full time work, full time school...call me CRAZY! It does get to me at times and I have definitely had my breakdowns! Having a wonderful husband comes in handy during times like those to motivate me! He always tells me how proud he is of me and appreciates all the hard work I do and how it will all be worth it next year. Next year? Yes Next year I will be graduating!! not two years like before which I am SO Stoked about!!! Once I'm finished at Paul Mitchell, life will be just simply amazing. I'll be doing something I LOVE while Steven finishes up his schooling in Engineering. Yes he did change his major again, but not so far from what he was originally doing (mathematics). We both are still MADLY in love with each other and love every minute we get to spend together....which is our Sundays, Mon, Fri and Sat nights. We have been married for 10 months now, and boy have these past months flown by!

Lately with the time we have together we love to just chill and set new goals or achievements we want to do both together and personally. My recent goal is getting back into shape. I've had this set since the beginning of the year and I have struggled with it so much in the beginning that I sort of gave up. Since I got a pass at Gold's Gym, I've been so motivated and never regret any visit I make to the gym! I've also become more OBSESSED with fruit and vegetables. I have always loved fruit as my mom can vouch for me too, but man a day without at least 1 piece of fruit nowadays I feel grody. Since I have started eating healthy for about 2 months or more now I have noticed a TREMENDOUS difference in my attitude and lifestyle. I can barely sit through a tv show on the couch ( I would rather go outside or explore fun crafts), I have more energy!(which is hard to believe since I wake up at 5 almost everyday now) People have been complimenting me on how I look like I've lost weight( I dont think I have but it sure feels like it and definitely boosts my self esteem!) I HATE any fast food! ( everytime I try to eat it. I get sick!) SOOO....guess what My first goal of the year is ACHIEVED!!! YAHOO!!! I forgot how good it feels to acheive something I have wanted for so long! Now that I got this first one off the list the second one will only take time, My exercise and weight loss.

Besides these life changing events that have occurred, I have to add in that I am also in a happier mood because its WARM!!! I love watching the sunrise everyday and have my car nice and toasty when I leave work. On top of it being so nice outside, July is going to be an absolutely FABULOUS month! My family comes out on the 1st to bring my little brother Jordan out to school and becuase they miss us ;) and my mom and Addie will stay with us for about a week until we go on pure VACATION! About a week filled with Beach, Disneyland, Family and Lake Powell! Oh how I am so in need of a break I can hardly wait! Bring it on Summer!!

The Last Song

2010-04-03T00:06:00.000-07:00

Tonight I saw the movie The Last Song. I totally did not expect the movie to be what it was. It looked like just another love story - a summer romance themed film. Wow was I thrown off! I was balling during the movie and still thinking about it makes me cry. It is such a touching film to me in SO many different ways and man was I thinking about my family the whole time! Rather than it being about the romance - Veronica/Ronnie's (Miley) dad ends up dying from cancer and the whole reason she went to his home for the summer was so he could enjoy spending one last time with them (since parents are divorced) before he passes. I know it seemed like a cheesy Miley Cyrus movie but I actually loved it and want to buy it when it comes out! Here's some clips of the video as well as my new favorite Miley song - yes I do like some of her music and No I don't think I look like her no matter how many comments I get about it.

This is our new home!

2010-03-21T11:54:00.000-07:00

I still have a little decorating to do, but this is it so far! Also my camera died before I could get more pictures, so...this is all for now!

Back on Track

2010-03-05T12:57:00.000-08:00

Okay....finally I have taken the time to just relax because the house is clean! Well we are all moved in our new place! I love it, yes we did lost an extra room, but we are much happier. Everything is brand new and our landlords are so kind. We went to our new ward this past sunday for the first time and I already got sucked into going to relief society choir AND the ward choir. I guess that's what I get for having my landlord be the 2nd counselor in relief society! haha oh well I helped to get to know some of the women in the ward, and everyone is so nice and very welcoming!

A few weeks ago, Steven and I drove down to Vegas and met up with my Parents little sister, and older brother. It was so much fun! I had never been to Vegas really. Just drove through it. I was amazed at how detailed each hotel was! While we were down there we got to go to my dads cousin's wedding. haha it was fun and the bride looked beautiful. Addie had a blast on the dance floor..grandma said she couldn't get her off when it was time to go! After nights of staying up late(one time being 2 in the morning walkin the strip with my parents!) It was time to go home...back to reality. Little did we know we had a huge storm ahead of us! It was so bad we had to pull over a few times. I was scared to death and so tense the whole time! People were loosing control of their car and spinning out slidding off the side of the road. We almost got hit a few times...oh man what a night! we finally made it home safely, no hits, no slidding, and no car problems! hallelujah!

Work is great...school is even better! I'm almost done with core, which is bitter sweet, I love being in core with Amy as our teacher..I'm gonna miss her! Not so excited to take the tests, but definately excited to start taking some clients! :)

Busy, Busy, Busy

2010-01-30T22:05:00.000-08:00

Man oh man have I been slacking. To be honest, I have not so much time to update this thing, but I'm going to do my best :) Here's a little run down of the happenings in the Crosby home.

I finally started school at Paul Mitchell!! I absolutely love being at school. I've been a lot happier now that I am doing something that I love. So my new schedule goes a little something like this. Mon, Tues, Thursday I work from 7am -3pm and then go to school from 5-10pm; and Fridays I work from 9am-5pm. It's been quite exhausting let me tell you, but I think it's worth it! I've learned so much already in just 4 weeks and I find everyday so interesting and amusing.
We're Moving! Yes this is totally random. A co-worker of Steven's had mentioned to him they were moving to Florida and need to sell their place. We went and checked it out and decided to move their. Lucky for us, my best friend Whitney was looking to move too, and her and her husband will be taking over our place! As much as I love moving into a new place, I hate it because *I just got comfortable with our ward and our primary class *I have to pack up everything and start all over again. But it will be a good and exciting adventure. Our new landlords are very sweet. They live in a beautiful home behind Target and made a basement for their mother..who didn't want it. So its brand new and very nice and cozy for Steven and I.
I'm Pregnant! haha Just kidding! You won't have to worry about hearing that kind of news for another 4 years or so. It just felt right to say as almost everyone I know is either pregnant or just had their baby. That just means I get to play with them, while not actually having a baby :)

Well everything else is pretty much the same I would say. Steven is working, going to school, and still loving me everyday that passes. I can't believe January is pretty much over now...It's going by so fast, but I can't wait until February for all the exciting events that will take place...one in which I hope to see BOTH of my parents..I definately miss them :/ I think that is all for now...here are a few pictures from New Years...yes I know a little late..

OH yes and my star cake:)

Me, Whitney, Katy, Clint (Katy's Brother)

Jesse (Whitney's Husband) Being a little shy

Steven, Nathan (Katy's Husband who's quite happy in this picure), ClintKaty and Me so excited for the New Year!

Ali's New Love

2009-12-31T13:02:00.000-08:00

Lately over the past few months, I have discovered a new love of mine...
Cake Decorating!

I have had some opportunities to play around with fondant and design some cakes for my dear friends and their birthdays. Boy have I had so many ideas running through my head I just want to keep making cakes and trying new things with them! Someday maybe I will take a cake decorating class to get some more tips. But as for now, I think it will just be my form of art that I will enjoy as a hobby. So if any of you need a cake....LET ME KNOW!! I would love to assist you with any kind of cake:)

Here are the cakes I have made over the past months.

My first cake was this cake (above) was for a friend of mine at work....I forgot to take a picture of the cake before we dove into it, but at least you can get the idea...It was delicious! It was a white cake filled with real strawberries and white frosting. And of course my first experience with fondant.

My second cake was this cake for my best friend Whitney and our other friend Amy, they had the same birthday! This one I covered with white fondant instead of regular frosting, and also had some fun decorating and experiencing the difficulties of piping the letters. This was a chocolate cake with some white frosting filling - also so good and moist!

As for my third cake...oh its my FAVORITE! My good friend from work Ashley has a daughter that was turning 1 and they call her "Tinks"; they were having a fairy/Tinkerbell party. So I jumped all over this one and had so much fun making it! Of course I didn't make the fairies, but this was definatley a girlie cake. The actual cake was pink (strawberry) with white frosting. I covered it with white fondant but spray painted food coloring for the grass and pond. I used fondant for the flowers as well and sprinkled edible glitter all over. Getting the fairies to stay was a real trick, especially the ones on the sides. But since they all came on stands I took the three of the fairies and super glued sewing pins on the back and stuck em in and Ta DA they stayed!

Well That's all of my cakes for now, next I wanna try to make a different shaped cake, but who knows when that will be. As for now...I'm off to make a New Year's cake for our little shin dig tonight. Until next time..HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Our Place

2009-12-29T18:43:00.001-08:00

For those of you who have been dying to see the place....here it is!

our cute little kitchen

props to mom for helping with christmas decorations

washer and dryer in right closet

I LOVE this little clock
The "C" from the reception :)
We gave the mirror and the dresser this makeover :) they used to be brown and white
the unfinished extra room... Steven's weapons from Samoa We love this little place, its perfect for us :D

In Loving Memory of Opa

2009-12-11T19:41:00.001-08:00

Opa
*Always has candy in his pocket
*Is good with computers
*Loves tickling the little ones.....okay maybe the older ones too
*Will set you straight if you're goofing off in church
*Is a Veteran
*Loved to be in "his chair"
*Played his little hand held games if it was right there next to him
*Loves ALL of his grandchildren
*Is Santa
*Will eat pretty much anything
*Is strong
*Will be missed very much

We love you Opa!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

2009-12-07T21:35:00.000-08:00

Its been quite some time that I have posted anything. blog slacker, I admit it! This is going to be a quick one, but this past weekend my mom came to visit! She had so much fun decorating our whole condo, including the bathroom, yes the bathroom. She's so good and it was so fun to have her here to play! Eventhough I worked most of the day. Gotta pay the bills! Anyways, besides the lovely looking condo, Steven and I picked out our first Christmas tree together! it was so much fun, BUT freezing!! I dont know how many places we went to. We got pretty desperate. This little stand on the side of the road was selling locally cut trees for 14.95, they all were pretty bare and weird looking except this one tree, that stood on the sidewalk to bring people in. The guy who owned it said its a little family business they do to have a Christmas each year for their family. Poor guy, he was missing about 4 teeth in the front! We didn't have any cash and told him we would look around some more and might come back. It was getting late, I was freezing, tired and just wanted to get a good looking tree. Steven then mentioned that his buddy told him about a grocery store selling trees for $25. We thought hey, we'll go check it out, if its lame we will just call it a night and go see a movie or something. To our surprise we got a tree! From a grocery store. He's a chubby little guy and is perfect for our place! It smells so good and we just love having a fresh tree in our home. We finally finished decorating the tree last night. So here it is! {I'll post more pictures of the condo later:)}

Happy Holidays!

2009-11-17T19:25:00.000-08:00

I definately enjoy these two :)

Fall is here!

2009-11-09T19:31:00.000-08:00

Autumn, all the leaves changing colors; bright yellow, orange and red...I just love it! Although I forget from time to time how Steven is colorblind....I feel so bad when I mention how pretty the leaves are that are changing color, or if I ask him what color looks better, of course he will say anything looks good on me..(awww)

This past Saturday Steven took his day off, which never usually happens. So we decided to have an adventure and go for a hike or walk somewhere cool. We went to Bridal Veil Falls, It was pretty, but a bit disappointing all the leaves where dead except for a few trees. However, the waterfall was quite the sight :)

Us showing the leaves some tlc
"Now take one like this uhhaha" - Steven C.
At the top of the hike, we tried going higher, but got stuck....

Bridal Veil Falls

Steven showing off his modeling skills Us being the typical crazy couple like always

Some new things in the Crosby life, we got TV! Yes, now I can be up to date on all the shows, my dancing with the stars, so you think you can dance, and of course a few others :) As nice as it has been, it was nice not having TV around, I got alot more accomplished it feels like. Now I'm not saying I have gotten lazy....because I definitely haven't! Since we realized we can go to my work where we have access to an indoor basketball court and gym for FREE, we canceled our membership at 24 hr fitness. After awhile, I got a little bored with the same workouts I was doing. I wasn't seeing the results I wanted so I started going to this class called Pro-fit through Rage fitness. Whitney got me into, and I'm loving it! Its every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 5:30 AM, yes its early! But we are lifting weights focusing on different areas on the body, and then we do cardio the other days, except I do cardio on my own, running :) Anywho, I think that's all for now. The last thing I would like to say is I'M SO EXCITED TO GO HOME FOR THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D I miss my family :)

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2009-10-26T21:55:00.000-07:00

Recently I signed up for an Art Class through UVU Community Ed Program. My friend Whitney, who encouraged me to do the class, was already registered and thought it would be fun to take together so I said why not?! We were both ecstatic when the day came of our first class that we could hardly stop talking about it. Later on in the evening I go to Whit's house and we head to class which is in Saratoga Springs, West Lake High School. It was a little bit further than we expected. BUT the fun part was getting there. Whitney got directions which led us somewhere in Lehi, So...We ended up at a fire station and though"hey they've ought to know where this school is!". We head up the drive way and meet up with quite a group of firefighters, explain where we are trying to go and how we are lost, and the next thing we know they bring us inside where it smells like dinner. Soon enough we find ourselves surrounded by men feeding off each other with these random comments like " oh, you're way far from there, you might as well just turn around and go home"... "Or you can stay and finish making dinner for us". They finally stop joking around and show us the map and how to get to the school; they even drew out this mini map on this little sticki note!!

{picture coming soon}

We're off again. Finally reaching this MASSIVE school that's almost exactly like the high school musical school except blue instead of red. So, once we drive around, yes the ENTIRE school looking for the portable(b/c that's what it said online) we decide maybe it's inside. Once inside the main building we stood there...looked at each other and looked around again in awe wondering how the heck we were goin to find this classroom. To my right one of the janitors was driving this machine cleaning the floor. He had just turned around to start driving away from me and I thought " he HAS to know where it is!" so...I start jogging/running after him to ask him where room D260 is..and he starts speeding up! ( mind you, Whit is still by the entrance watching me chase down this guy and getting a kick out of it) Well...alot of funny things happen as we look for this class one being....We hear a class, hoping it was ours, so we sneak by peeking our heads in trying to be quiet, and my phone goes off, with the power rangers message alert, not sure if you all know what that sound is, but it had us both busting up laughing! Any who, time goes on and we finally find room D260 at about 7:30 pm (class starts at 7) and....it was pitch black! FAIL. All that hard work for nothing. BUT come to find out the teacher thought the class was cancelled and we are the only two that signed up, so we will have make up class, but boy was that a good time!

After that unfortunate event, the Saturday after 10/24/09 was the WICKED CROSBY Halloween party!....except to my disappointment, only one couple showed up. Our dedicated, sweet, loving friends The Smiths dressed up as the Samoan and a Prego Mouse :) We had fun for a little while eating some delicious food and playing Mad Gab, then it got a little old and it ended at about 9ish. After along day of cleaning and setting up/decorating the place, I was tired, but the night was still young so Steven and I went to Starbucks and got some delicious Carmel Apple Cider and Hot Chocolate. For all of you that missed out, thinking the BYU game was going to be awesome, **cough cough** terrible game, Here is a few pictures of get up :) (camera is broken currently and so camera phone had to do)

The Food Tables

Chocolate Covered Rice Krispy Treats with creepy Eyes / Reese's Pieces Cookies

Mummy Hot Dogs

Monster Fingers ( String Cheese & Bell Peppers)

Huge Daddy Long Leg Spider...Stevens Black Pumpkin..Bat
Random Orange and Purple Lights...just for fun
At least Steven enjoyed the Chips and Queso! :)

He thinks he's SO funny....

2009-10-21T17:09:00.000-07:00

So the other day after we get home from the gym, I weigh myself and was proud to see I had lost about 5 pounds from the last time I weighed myself! I couldn't really believe it so I didn't mention anything to Steven or get too excited about and forgot about it. Couple days later I weighed myself again, and it was the weight it showed me before, that I had lost 5 pounds! I quickly go to the kitchen, where Steven was of course, to tell him the good news. Little did I know that this little conversation would be so funny.

Me: Hey guess what, I lost like 5 pounds!
Steven: Really? That's like a big deal!
Me: yeah.....but I'm trying to figure out where I lost that weight.....
Steven: well, did you check the room?
Me: (didnt realize he was making a joke out of it, because I'm slow) hah you're funny!
Steven: haha I thought so, you have to tell Whitney at work, that was a good one!

So I tell Whitney at work, one of my best friends, and as I tell the end, what he said, our other friend Ashley starts bustin up laughing. And let me tell you she was laughing so hard she starting crying, even when it was told a second time around. Then today it came up again and she tried to say it again and couldn't because she was laughing too hard! Here is a picture of how hard she was laughing....she's gonna kill me if she sees this on here.. love ya ashley! :)

We always have a good time like this at work! This^^^ happens pretty much everyday :)

Race Numero Uno!

2009-10-17T16:40:00.000-07:00

My first race of the year was the Helpcare 5k: Helping those without Healthcare.
It was through the Riverwoods in Provo along the river with all the beautiful fall trees lined up on each side. Absolutely gorgeous! I did pretty well, not as well as I could have done probably, apparently it takes me awhile to get used to running outside in Utah versus California or on a treadmill. Oh, well it was a fun experience :) AND I won a free meal to Rumbi Island Grill!! Now my next task is to keep training for the 10k I'm supposed to be running on Thanksgiving day with my Papi!!

and this is me right before I left for the race....not the best pic :)

The BoOgEr Incident

2009-10-06T20:39:00.000-07:00

So today has been typical day in the Crosby residence. It was date night so, we went out to California Pizza Kitchen where we first went the first night we met on our first date :) precious, I know. Anways, the night carries on after dinner to different stores looking for some comfy slippers since its getting so cold out! As our long journey for these slippers end, we head back home. While we are in the car at a stop light, we were both diggin' for gold and caught eachother (Steven goin at it tryin to get those suckers out of his nose). Once I noticed what was goin' on I looked at him and this how the BoOgEr incident went. (a little role play for ya)

Steven: Did you get yours?
Ali: mmm, no
Steven: oh, well...i got mine
Ali: I've been having a lot of boogers lately.......[awkward silence]
Steven: Its good you have a lot of boogers, It means you're not sick!
Ali:[awkward look]
Steven: It's TRUE!!

And there ya go folks. The BoOgEr Incident. :D

GROOOSSSSSSS.

YAAAAA!!! IM A BLOGGER!! l..l >_<

2009-10-03T21:13:00.000-07:00

Well, ITs official, IM A BLOGGER :) Life is great and im just lovin it with my beautiful wifey :D :D We are just workin full time, spending our evenings together and enjoying the newlywed life. We are now trainning for a 10K run next month YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He wouldnt want to run a 10k with their beautiful wife ;) Life is great, the next in our life is California, only question is WHERE? but who's in a rush for the future, the present is great (wow thats deeeeeep :)

What do you think of Mexico Steven??

2009-10-01T17:40:00.000-07:00

On our honeymoon cruise, one stop was Ensenada, Mexico, which was fun. When we got back to the cruise ship, we were going to take a picture, but it was on video so I decided to ask Steven what he thought of Mexico. haha...he's not a big fan even though he IS part mexican :) Well, just another short update about since the wedding, will be back later to update you all!

Becoming Mrs. Crosby

2009-09-23T17:46:00.001-07:00

Just when I thought life couldn't get any better, Steven Daniel Crosby comes along and sweeps me off my feet! August 15, 2009 has to be the best day of my life. I got to marry the man of my dreams AT, get this, my dream temple! Growing up in primary they teach you about the LDS temples that have been built all over the world and from the day I saw that temple in San Diego, CA, I said " I want to get married in that temple." It was just absolutely perfect in every possible way. The reception the following week was more than I ever imagined it to be! (Then again, it is my mom, who is amazing at this kind of stuff, so I should have known.) But, I LOVED everything about it and thank everyone who was involved with the big party! I will have more pictures of everything soon, If you haven't already seen some on facebook.

Steven is amazing and I am SO lucky to have him as my husband. :) We love being married and have a blast pretty much every day. If you know us, we never have a dull moment. We do crazy and random things at some of the weirdest times and I love it! He always knows how to put a smile on my face, whether it be by having fresh flowers on the table when I come home from work, or just simply calling me to the room he's in to tell me he loves me.

Our daily schedule usually is us waking up, steven making me breakfast while I get ready for work, then when we are both finally home we go to the gym and then have dinner and end with either a game or movie. We've kind of become addicted to UNO Extreme and Scrabble....dont know why, but we always end up either laughing so hard it feels like an ab work out and we're crying, or one of us frustrated because we can't win. haha, anyways, thats enough of this post, I'll try to get some pictures of the condo up soon, gotta find the charger to my camera first :) stay tuned!