Camping and Boating Weekend!!!

We had our first real family camping trip this last weekend. Some friends invited us to a lake about 2 miles away in Missouri. Clifton and I took off Friday afternoon and pulled down the waverunners and Mike and the big boys met us that night. We had a fabulous time! There was unlimited water sport activity, beautiful scenery, yummy food and great company! We stayed untill Tuesday afternoon and hit our only storm as we drove home.

The boys loved riding the waverunners. Clifton was mildly terrified at first, but as long as we went pretty slow, he liked the ride too. Clifton loved to play in the dirt and rocks with his trucks. He insisted on wearing his baseball hat at all times. He threw a fit if we tried to get him to wear any other type of hat.
Mike was in heaven on the ski and wakeboard. I think he's trying to figure out a way to justify and finance a boat... maybe in a few more years.

Henry loved the kneeboard. He was a little scared to get on his knees and hold the rope, but he loved surfing in the water.

But he did it!

He even tried getting up on water skiis, but they were too big for him and he couldn't controll them.
Somehow I managed to get up though...

And fall down.
George was an animal. He had absolutely no fear. He was a natural on the knee board and was crossing the wake, turning backward and trying to jump.

One of the guys on the trip was a competitive wakeboarder and he took George out on the wakeboard with him and gave him the ride of his life. They jumped the wake and had a great time. George was just disapointed Hayden didn't try to do a flip with George. (I wasn't.)
Needless to say, George insisted on wakeboarding by himself, and after a couple attempts, he was up and did pretty well. (Better than his mother did!)Tammy and I took a turn on the tube durring some choppier water. I was more sore from that tube ride than anything else. My neck is still hurting!

The boat bug has certainly hit the Floyd home. Now if we could just get Mike through his training...

Great Strides Walk at Wheeler Farm

I had been trying to figure out a way to make it to Utah for the Salt Lake Great Strides event. Unfortunately, Mike was on call all weekend, and no one was available to trade. Plane tickets for 4 of us to spend 1 day in Utah were out of the question, as was driving. So I had conceeded the fact that this year I just wouldn't be able to make it.

On Wednesday morning (May 13), right after I had droped George off at school, Mom called and told me that Grandma had passed away. I then began to plan our trip out west. Fortunately, Mike was able to find someone to trade with and was able to get off of work for a couple of days. We packed up the car Wednesday night and left for Salt Lake at 4:30 am Thursday morning.

The boys were great, and we made it to Mom and Dad's at about 9:30pm SL time. It was wonderful to be with the family. Saturday, we were able to participate in the Great Strides event (a fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation). The kids had a wonderful time, and I got to see a number of friends and family who came out to support our family. (Many of whom I hadn't seen in a long time!) Thank you to all of you who came out!

I'll post more photos from the walk and more on Grandma's services when I download the photos.

Easter and Woodchucks

Easter 2009

George's 1st grade musical The cheering section
Henry loved being able to go to the play.
George preparing for his solo

(in case you were wondering, he was a wood chuck)

George's solo

He sang a couple of lines.

Anyone ever tried to find a woodchuck costume?

Apparently there isn't a huge demand in early april, and none of the major retailers were carring them.

George and his best friend Travis

Travis got to be a farmer.

The entire 1st grade participated.

Friday Night Aprons!!!

So my little sister is amazing. She makes the cutest stuff in the world, and her new buisness is the perfect example. I feel privlidged to have one of her first works of art. She's selling the most amazing aprons. Watch her video to see how awsome they are!

My Montage 2/2/09

They make a great gift for a birthday or mothers day!

It's that time again!!!

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For those of you who don't know, my nephew Elliot (Alta's baby) was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis last year. It is a terrible disease that has no cure. There has been alot of research and development in treatments in the past few years and today, the life expectancy of a cystic fibrosis patient is about 39. Our dream is that Elliot will be able to live much longer than that and enjoy a healthy life.

This year our family is really excited about the Great Strides event that raises money for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for research and treatment. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has been absolutely amazing in the help and information it has given Elliot and his family. You can learn more about it at http://www.cff.org/.

Last year we had an overwhelming show of support for both the Kansas and Utah walks. This year we want to do even better. The Great Strides walk in Utah is on May 16, 2009 at Wheeler Farm starting at 10:00 am. It is a great family event.

You can register to walk or to sponsor Elliot at http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/AltaHales.

We also have made a new video telling Elliot's story. Please watch it and share it with your friends and family. One of the other goals is to educate people about cystic fibrosis.

Thanks for all of your support!