The Ides of July

A few "notes" from the Lloyd home....

Nathanael was invited to go with another young man from our ward to attend a High Adventure Varsity All-Stars scout camp. He left on Monday at 6:00 a.m. and got home Saturday about 3:30 p.m. It really was "high adventure". He did rock-climbing, mountain biking, hiking, canoeing, etc. I am just glad that he returned home safe! They played some games and he won a game called, Poison Stump, twice. He also was elected to be the squad leader for his squad-the Foxes. He got to work with boys from all over Utah. It was a good experience for him and I am grateful that he had this opportunity to go. I am also grateful that all my "chickens" are now home for the summer!

Lindsay started her soccer training this week. She also got to go to the midnight show of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" with Travis. They had a good time. She got to go with her grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins.

Ethan had kind of a crazy week. He started out the week with a virus that mimicked strep throat. However, his fever broke just in time to go to the eye doctor. Ethan needs glasses! I did not realize how bad his vision really was until he was reading the eye chart and the letters DID NOT resemble the letters on the chart at all! Poor Ethan! We went and ordered his glasses yesterday. He wanted something completely different from Nat's style. I think we chose well-he will look just as handsome as ever! It is just too bad that we seem to pass on the genes that we would rather not-crooked teeth, poor vision, etc.

Clarissa enjoyed having her cousins come over this week for a Harry Potter party. She and Ethan also found an old "spell book" that they created and "practiced" the spells. They spent many hours this week dressed up as students from Hogwarts and learning how to do magic!

Zachary has impressed me this week by "cleaning up" after himself. He will eat his fruit snacks and throw the package in the garbage. After he gets a drink, he puts the empty cup on the counter. He also likes to help me with the dishes! It is totally cool!

My "moment of joy" came this week when I was able to use our microwave again. We have had a lot of things break down on us this last month. First, it was our vacuum. Then the clothes dryer was next. Then our van had a part that needed to be fixed. Next, it was the microwave. Travis also had to fix a leaky valve on our sprinklers and finally our computer monitor died. We were able to get the other things taken care of pretty quickly but the microwave took longer. It was very inconvenient to say the least. However, now it is fixed and working again and hopefully, we are good to go on everything else for awhile!

Cathy