Lloyd Family

  W h ile Richard and Kory were out elk hunting this week, the kids and I took a little trip to Malta to visit their newest cousin, Ella. She is really a little beauty, and very sweet. She and Joziah are about 12 weeks apart. I bet they'll be good friends like their older siblings!

W e're famous! Okay, probably not, but our picture was in the local newspaper today. Here is the article, for as long as the link works. If you can't view the article, here is the best part: T he caption read, " Heather Lloyd and her children were some of hundreds of the walkers who turned out at Heyburn’s Riverside Park on Saturday for the fundraising CROP walk." (That's Zane's leg you see just beside mine, and I got tons of comments as I sported Joziah in the Moby wrap.) P articipating in the CROP walk , which is an multi-church effort to raise funds to stop hunger, has become a family tradition of ours. Hanna participated with her Primary class in 2008. then the kids and I walked in 2009 and 2010. We enjoy the walk, we donate money we've saved in our coin jar, and the kids really like the free (from donated food) hot dog and chip lunch they serve afterward. I'm hoping to teach the kids that it's good to spend time with people of other faith...

Z ane turned the big 9 today! He was lucky (?) enough to give a talk in Primary on his birthday. Otherwise he had a great day, with Cookie Crisp for breakfast and pepperoni pizza for dinner, followed by devil's food cake, goo-goo cluster ice cream and PRESENTS!

I t's been a busy month as we are getting into the routine of a new school year and working on our home improvements. We are re-roofing the whole house while we roof the addition, and the shingles are up there waiting for us. So exciting! H ere are two honestly candid shots from times when Hanna and Zane were watching Joziah for me. We start 'em young here! As you can see, Joziah is a pretty happy guy. As long as you feed him when he's hungry and swaddle him when he's tired, he thinks life is pretty sweet. Y ou can see we had a very exciting visit from Mom and Dad Jensen last weekend. . . O h, I hope they forgive me for posting that, but it just cracks me up. Love you, Mom and Dad! And honestly, who doesn't like a nap on a Sunday afternoon? A ctually, the visit was great and they came for an important event: Kory was called as a High Councilor in our Stake, so my Dad came to ordain him a High Priest. Kory is pretty humbled, and feels too young to be a High Councilma...