A shirtless summer for Myles

Some of you may have noticed that Myles is often shirtless in the pictures I post lately...that is because he is almost always shirtless! I think it started at the beginning of the summer, or maybe last spring. Anyway, at some point he decided he was a shorts only kinda guy. I fought this at first, and then decided I had bigger battles to win:). Who can blame him really, it has been over 100 degrees for months! He still complains when I tell him to put on a shirt for a trip to the grocery store, or gymnastics, or a friend's house. As soon as we enter the car to return home...the shirt is off again! On the upside, I've probably had slightly less laundry for the last 3 months!

Lake Tahoe!

Once again, we had a great 2 weeks of camping in Lake Tahoe!! We made lots of great memories, hung out with family, and enjoyed God's beautiful(and cool) creation! Here's a little bit of what we did...

sang around the campfire with Papa,
ate smores,

ate more smores,

went out for ice cream,

trading licks of course,

we went fishing,

Myles caught this big one(he was dying to catch it, but then refused to get within ten feet of it)(I wear a size 10 shoe by the way:)),

Hayley caught this bigin on her Barbie pole(when asked about her favorite part of fishing, she will quickly anwser, "the licorice"),

sometimes we woke up with crazy hair,

we prepared for the beach,

sometimes trying on other peoples swim suits,

we went horseback riding(Kyra's horse was named River),

we played at the beach,

played ball(here's my two favorite men),

made castles and ate sand,

we jumped off the pier,

we went canoeing with Papa,

we hiked to Emerald Bay,

cooled off at Eagle Falls,

picniced at Emerald Bay,

laughed alot,

and here's us with Grandma and Papa at the end of the trip!

We can't wait til next year!!

Fourth of July Parade

We were in Flagstaff for the 4th of July this year and the kids got to be in their first parade! I think the entire city of Flagstaff is either in the parade or watching it! The kids were loaded with goodies too- from candy to kites, new books and toothbrushes, necklaces, pinwheels, flags you name it! Hayley was even brave enough to give "Louie the Lumberjack" a high 5, so she got a NAU pom-pom:)!
Molly, Jesh, and Reese met us at the parade too- so great to spend time with them.

Kyra waiting to go...

Auntie Robin and Sophy

A very patriotic crew!

The kids waiting their turn to ride in the old car.

Daddy and Sophy enjoying the parade.

The 3 older kids got to ride with PapaBob in a 1930's car! After that was the float for my dad's church.

4 Floyds and Auntie Robin

And off they go in their first parade! They waved and smiled and held their flags high!

GG's 80th Birthday!

At the beginning of July we met in Flagstaff for my grandma's 80th birthday. 80 years is something special to celebrate, especially with a daughter, 4 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren:). We ate a delicous dinner, yummy cake, enjoyed family and the cool Flagstaff air!

All the cousins...some happier than others!

Cousins enjoying the nice green grass...

The whole family (except my mom taking the picture)...Happy Birthday GG!

Two beautiful ladies~mother and daughter

My brothers, sister, mom, and grandma

Grandma and the Garcias

The 3 cooperative Floyd children

Jay, Peter, and Grandma

Grandma and the Floyds

GG and her great-grandchildren(you don't want to know how many pictures we took in order to get one good one:))

Grandma and the boys!