Rosalie (Phillips) Woods

Owyhee, Nevada
Family Status: Married

Children: 6
My adult children are all doing well. Two of my girls are working in Boise. One is a delivery nurse at St. Luke’s. One is a CNA at a nursing home and is currently attending a medical technology institute to start working on being a nurse. My third oldest is hanging out in Cascade somewhere - doing something --. God blessed my husband and I and allowed us to adopt two older girls about 6 years ago. Last year we were called and asked if we could adopt their younger sister to keep the family together. We now have three children living at home ranging from 4 to 17.

Grandchildren: 6
My grandchildren range in age from 1 to 15. They all live in Boise and are all doing great. Of course they are all beautiful - smart and all of that also.

After Graduation I: Got Married

College:
Great Basin - University of Reno

Career: I decided to become a special education teacher after my first group of girls left home. I graduated from Great Basin College with my teaching credentials and then went to UNR to acquire my Masters in Early Childhood Special Education. I work with children with disability from 3 years old to 6th grade. I work in a very small school on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.

5 Years from now...
I will still be here - still working with children with special needs.

Retirement
I don't think I have any. I am not sure I will ever be done raising children and be at a point I want to retire. We will have to see. I will probably just stay here in Owyhee and play with our horses!!

Other Information:
In Owyhee, the school is the center of most of the activities, and since we both work at the school - we are always at the school at some type of activity. In a small town - everyone has to do everything - because there are not enough people to it all. Especially since our school is a K-12 school. We are involved from kindergarten registration -to graduation.

Although we have houses in both Elko and Owyhee, we love living in Owyhee and spend most of our time here. We love the country with the horses and the quiet life. We could do without the mosquitoes, crickets and other pests - but maybe they are why our life here is quiet - no one wants to be here! Periodically we have to take ourselves back to Elko where we enjoy sidewalks, movies, and restaurants. Since all of my grandchildren are in Boise - we are often there also. Right now it seems we spend a lot of our time - on the highway going to the girl's sports, going to visit my daughters in Boise or running to Elko to visit my husband's children.

Currently our family is attending small Southern Baptist Church here in town. Our last pastor left and with him -his wife the piano player - so I am filling in on weekends at church playing the piano.

Our life is simple and we love it!!