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 March was a lot less hectic than it has been in the past. Thank goodness! However, we still had some notable events here at the Lloyd home...

Nathanael and Lindsay Ann continue to enjoy living in Scotland.  Lindsay Ann has been working really hard on her projects and assignments.  She has decided that for her Master's degree dissertation, she is focusing on Tabernacles.  It is very cool.  

 

Logan and Lindsay Kaye continue to work and are both starting to feel better after dealing with health challenges for months.  Logan is studying hard to earn his EMT certification.  He has also been working on his Music.  We will just have to see where life takes them.

Elder Ethan was transferred to the Missouri side of Kansas City.  He loves to be close to the temple and is learning to get to know the people in this new area.  He has worked really hard at being a good Missionary-it is hard to believe that he only has a couple of months left!  He made some really great friends in his last area and he is anxious for them to continue to progress.  It has been a more difficult experience than he anticipated with COVID -19 affecting so much-but he has also seen so many Miracles.

Clarissa and her friends decided to do a group date for MORP- even though they did not have the dance.  She asked a really good friend and had a blast.  They went on the date as Beauty and the Beast.  We had gone to a party store to get some simple horns for her date to represent the Beast. We also picked up a tiara for her.  She wore a yellow blouse and Lindsay Kaye did a Belle hairstyle.  She was so cute!  We had to laugh though because neither of us realized that the tiara had the number 60 in the design.  Zachary noticed immediately.  She just went with it!  They went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point and then to someone's house for games and food.   Clarissa also got asked to Prom-which was a great surprise!  I am so pleased that she can have some normalish like high school experiences.  She also sang in a recital for COPA.  She did so well that I got chills and Travis got emotional.  Super talented chicklet!

Zachary performed in his first school play.  He was Munchikin #1 in a kids version of "The Wizard of Oz".  He did a great job on his lines and seemed to have fun participating.  The Spring soccer season also just started.  His team played a rival team recently and they won!  He made a Monumental defensive play to keep the ball out of the goal and his team got the Momentum after that and pushed through to win.  It was awesome to be there and see him play so well.

Our family celebrated St. Patrick's Day on the Sunday before March 17th this year.  We had our feast of corn beef and cabbage, soda bread, rainbow jello, and fruit.  We had lemon-lime refrigerator cake for dessert.  We also had a small treasure hunt and talked about some ancestors from Ireland.  On the actual day, Zachary had Lindsay Kaye put green freckles on his face.  That was my family's tradition growing up.  I was so pleased to see that he wasn't embarrassed to continue that tradition this year.  I was just really grateful to spend time with my family and celebrate our heritage.  I am so grateful for their legacy of faith and sacrifice.