Keeping up with the Rozells...
As most familys are these days, we're a busy lot. To help you with the challenge of keeping up with us, we'll update these pages frequently with recent happenings and upcoming events we think you may want to know about. That way, even if you are miles away, you'll feel like you're right here with us. If you haven't visited in awhile, check the archives for anything you may have missed.
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Happy Birthday, Alex! Alex turns 17 today. He pointed out a few perks of turning 17 this morning including being able to see R rated movies, going to movies with start times after 9:00pm, and no longer having a legal curfew enforced by the police (although he stills has a practical curfew enforced by Mom & Dad). He and some friends went to Toyko's for a birthday dinner last night and returned to the house for a laid-back party at home watching movies, playing video games, and just hanging out. Another dinner tonight will be family at his restaurant of choice.
We are grateful to God for giving us Alex. He has brought much joy and love into our lives and the lives of many others. He has been a true blessing for our family and it is a pleasure watching him continue to grow into such a wonderful person. Alex, you can change the world. We’re so glad you were born.
Love,
Mom, Dad, Eric, and all of your family.
Congratulations, Eric! Eric earned a perfect score on the 3rd grade TAKS reading test! Way to go, Eric!
Eric is such a bright young man and he always strives to do his best. His teacher said he checked his work over as many as three times, determined to make sure he didn’t miss anything. We were confident he would do well, as he is such a good reader, but he really blew all of us away! We love you, Eric! Keep up the awesome work!
Happy Easter!
We spent our Easter Sunday in Conroe, driving in early Sunday morning and returning the same evening. We arrived early enough to have Easter baskets and a quick Easter egg hunt before going with Dad & Phyllis to Easter church services at First United Methodist. This is the same church I attended growing up, although they are now in a nice new building. I was able to visit a little with the parents of my good friend Kyle Landry, who now lives in Austin. They are still members of FUMC, where I had met Kyle through other mutual friends like Charlie Baughman, Johnny Waisath, and Brad Williams. I’m sorry I didn’t get to see any of these guys, though.
We all returned from church to Dad’s for a great lunch by Phyllis with Laura, Kyle, Caylee, and Cayden. Then, we stopped by Johnny and Marilyn’s to visit a couple of hours (or a couple of beers, however you would rather measure it) with Mom, Nana, Cori, Scott, and Scott’s parents. As usual, they tried (but failed) to get us to eat again. You never go hungry on a trip to Conroe. Someone is always eating!
Happy 50th Birthday, Lyndi!
Well, that was not on my diet. But it just may have been worth a leg amputation.
Let me explain:
We celebrated Lyndi Roy's 50th birthday tonight at Suga's Deep South Cuisine in Beaumont and, I swear, it was the best food I can remember ever eating. Suga's serves incredible food and desserts (I know the dessert chef personally) and adds an elegant atmosphere and live jazz entertainment to make for a truly memorable evening out to dinner. If you want to stay late, they have an equally elegant jazz club upstairs with an outdoor patio.
In spite of my recent attempt to undertake a 1,500 diabetic diet, I ordered a 14 oz. ribeye with garlic mashed potatoes and asparagus crepes. I don't actually have diabetes, but my most recent bloodwork suggests a diabetic diet would be ideal for me, hence the diet. However, if I could eat this good everyday, diabetes just might by okay! It was pretty pricey for the two of us though, so this kind of dining will have to remain for special occasions.
My diet-busting entree came after an equally incredible appetizer of fried green tomatoes topped with lumped crab meat that I shared (reluctantly) with Susan. We both loved it and could have made a meal of this dish alone. But we didn't. I continued with the entree described above while Susan had a shrimp-stuffed chicken with grilled veggies and a crawfish corn-bread dressing that was the best I've ever tasted. The crawfish was finely ground into the dressing and I think I tasted a hint of brown sugar.
If you haven't tried Suga's, you're really missing something special. Folks, I'm talking good here.
Alex played again Thursday night at the Logon Café with his friends Scuddy Loupe, Jarod Jones, and Donny Corville. A wonderful surprise for us was that Scuddy had also invited Rick Dana and Rick Busby of The Rick Show fame to play! They were great as usual. During the show, Rick Busby approached me as president of the Austin Songwriter’s Group (I didn’t know this!) to tell me how impressed he was with Alex’s original music and encouraged me to have him enter their spring contest. He said he considered Alex’s music in the top 10% of the music they typically hear from songwriter submissions!
Of course, his mom and me have always thought his music was great, but I felt that was an especially good compliment coming from a person well established in the songwriting business who is a talented songwriter in their own right. Judges for the contest are recognized industry professionals and exposure of Alex’s music in this setting will be great. He’ll be submitting several songs in various categories and winners will be announced in mid-June. Wish him luck and we’ll keep you posted!
We are so proud of Alex! He just received word that he will be inducted to the National Honor Society on Monday, March 31st. Family and friends are invited to the induction ceremony at the Port Neches-Groves High School cafeteria beginning at 7:00pm. There will be a brief reception after the ceremony.
In addition to stringent academic requirements outlined by the NHS, consideration for this very high honor requires the inductee to have demonstrated high standards of service, leadership, and character. We are very proud of Alex and are so happy that he is being recognized in such an important way for all of his hard work and dedication!
Way to go Alex!!!
We had a quiet spring break this year. I took vacation to be off with Susan and the boys and we stayed home for a change. Susan spent a couple of days shopping with friends in Houston and Eric played at home with an assortment of buddies who came over to play from time-to-time. We did a lot of spring cleaning and continued our ongoing project of reorganizing cabinets and closets. We have now completed every room in the house except the Library/Game Room and the boy’s rooms, which we will tackle last. The biggest job over the break was the kitchen, where we purged an amazing amount of stuff. It is so much nicer now and easier to work in.
Alex had a couple of day-trips to the beach for surfing on his Uncle Steven’s newly refurbished surf board. When he wasn’t working, he spent his days surfing and driving up and down the beach looking for school friends who were spending spring break at the beach with their families. This was his first Spring Break with his own vehicle. He was in heaven until his car broke down and he had to leave it for repair. He was out of a car for the balance of the break, while I was out $545.00 for a new radiator, idle pulley and belt-tensioner. Bummer.
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