Where've I've been Part 2

Since we were headed to Bear Lake, we just could not pass up the opportunity to stop in Provo and SLC to visit our alma-mater and our med school friends.

BYU is just a great place!!! I get the butterflies just walking on campus and want to get a backpack and have that "first of the semester" excitement again. We do lots of "encouraging" our children to want to attend there. I know it is so much harder than when Jro and I made the cut, but still..... why not dream big!


It was short but sweet seeing our dear friends in Draper. I remember people telling me, before med school, that the friends we made there would be our friends for life. I had no idea how much I would need these ladies to make it through the uncertainty, the length and the poverty of med school. I learned how to be a wife and mother from them. I not only hung out, laughed and ran countless miles with them, but I observed them and I have tried to emulate these amazing women. We all had four children now, (the Bateman's is still cooking, but we will count her) It had been way too long, but the conversations just picked up where we left them, one two...even six years ago.



There's part 2.... part 3 coming......then I need to catch up on school and what not. AHHHHH!!!!!

Where've I've been Part 1

Here's what I've been up to.

Trekked 50 miles across Wyoming with my favorite teens. No make-up, sleeping on the ground and in my much coveted CHICKEN DRESS!! (Jro was there too, but as a medical guy, he way kept pretty busy)






I have received many makeovers by my glam squad.


I have passed many hours at parks. When the troops get restless, I simply hand them my phone so they can capture some stunning photographs.


We have explored the Rockies...




watched fireworks in the rain...


and wrapped up another stellar swim season.


(This is Jax's killer relay team. They placed 2nd in state)


I have splished...


and splashed.


I have celebrated


and met a new friend. (Chip the bunny ROCKS!!!)


It was a great summer. We ended with a trip to Utah/Idaho, but I will have to save that for another day. Big kids are at school, baby is sleeping...it is time to catch up on "The girl with the Dragon Tatoo"

Naughty Auty

Summer, swim team, callings and teaching are keeping me going like a tornado. As usual, I am signed up for too much, and trying to cram too much into each day. Busy, but doable.

Doable, that is, IF I wasn't trying to keep up with this little girl. She is running this house, hitting the terrible two's REALLY early and giving me a run for my money. Was it always like this? What makes us forget these days of wrestling them into their car seats, panicking when things are too quite and saying "use your words" over and over . Maybe I'm just getting old. Maybe she is that much more skilled in her two-ness.



My mother says it is a sign of her great will and intelligence. I say it is a sign of gray hair to come. I hold to those sweet times of cuddling on the couch, reading books before bed and my favorite, when she pats my cheeks and say "MOOOOMMMMY"
Heavenly Father was smart to make them so stinkin' cute for this stage. Love you Auty-----love your nap time as well!

First Race!!!

Elijah has reached the ripe old age of 5, which, in this house, means you start swim team!!! He started the first day of practice not able to use a kick board and scared to death to swim an entire lap. I knew he had the ability, it was just a mental block. The coaches were great, but being a bit too casual for my taste, so I stepped in (I know bad!) and entered into the psychological warfare. I feel almost guilty how easily I was able to convince him of my way of seeing things and making it seem like it was his idea to do the first race.

Then, thanks to Colorado weather, the day was rainy, miserable and only 50-some degrees. Had my pep talks been enough to overcome the elements?

You bet!!!! He was so cute, so nervous and may I say....... the best part of the whole meet. He made it the whole way, no stops, to panicing and not even hanging on the rope! I don't know why swimming does this to me, but I see these kids as so brave, so powerful and so darn CUTE as they go for it! (Notice the water in his goggles)

Welcome Rozeski #3. You have joined the ranks! Get that boy a hot cocoa!

Summer'n So Far

Everybody needs a Kendra!

Jason little sister, Kendra, who has a striking resemblance to Jro, is the kind of friend everyone needs! She is always upbeat, always ready to help, very resourceful and willing to try anything. She re-apolters couches, paints rooms, salvages furniture, gardens and is willing to listen to my ramblings about life.
Yes- she is the one who made those apples in the previous post (caramel, white chocolate, them rolled in apple pie spice---hello yummy!) She has recommended some of the best books I have ever read, and indeed, she brought the Twilight series into my life. I had to laugh when she shared this next video with me during swim team practice. Kendra, who make my life so much fun! Love you!

Family and Food--that's why we are here!

The thought kept running through my mind, as we had the Maugers, the Kalu's, Grandma Kathy and Gma and Gpa Rozeski all together for Memorial Day. "This is why we live here" The cousins get along so well, the adults work together to make amazing feasts! I love it, love it, love it!!! Thanks to all for the yummy food and for being such a a great family to be apart of!