Sponsor Giveaways: Ormolu, JBS Mercantile & Big Picture Scrapbooking, Scrapbooking From The Inside Out

cooking outside with my family!

One of my favorite summer traditions is reading programs at the library. When the kids were smaller they loved getting the stickers and prizes. BTW, I just have to win the Jenni Bowlin BPS class! Thanks Ali!

My favorite summer tradition is spending time with my bil and his family at the river....we always have sooo much fun!

a favorite summer tradition is enjoying boat time at the lake. Thanks!!!

our weekly bbqs!! sometimes daily

My favourite summer tradition is the sunflower festival that our small town holds every July...parades, food buffets, stage shows, candy scramble, needle in a haystack, strong man competition, pancake breakfasts, fashion show, and a street dance.
I LOVE it!!!!
Trace G

getting together with 3 other families and vacationing together. i've always loved the idea in the movie 'dirty dancing' where the family goes to the same place and sees the same people every year. what a fabulous tradition! we started doing this last year, and i think the continuity is fantastic. the kids all love playing together, the parents all enjoy each other's company, and it just deepens everyones' connections (we've all been friends for 3 years) and it's important for the kids to be surrounded by other families with the same morals, values, and beliefs. it takes a village right? so we started our own!

Going to the cottage with my granddaughter - good, fun quality time.

I love watching the fireworks from our backyard on the 4th of July. Magical night, and reminds us what summer is all about.
Wendy Goodman

I love to go see the fireworks on 4th of July evening with my family.

Orange creamslushes from Sonic (a fast food deliver-to-your-car type place) and 4th of July fireworks!

My favorite summer tradition was going to family reunions. When I was little - it seemed like there were 100's of people there. Now as the older family members pass away, the attendance falls. I wish that the younger generation took family and history as serious as the old timers did.

fireworks on the 4th!

It's only a two year old tradition, but def. the favorite is sitting in the kiddie pool with my daughter.

My favorite summer tradition is the annual trip to the ocean here in Maryland. French fries, caramel corn, pit beef... its all wonderful.

Summer tradition is hanging out swimming & bbq for the 4th of JUly with good friends.
Fran H

My favorite summer tradition is summer reading! I love getting a stack of books to read during camping, days at the beach, after the children are in bed, in a chair in the back yard. I make a point each summer to get books for DH & I to have beside the bed. He is reading the Bond series this summer; I have a variety. Reading For the Family's Sake - Susan Schaffer Macauley right now and LOVING it. -tania

My mother's side of our family has been having a reunion for the past 30 years. It's always held on the Sunday before Labor Day. The matriarch of our family, my great-grandmother was named Pearl Neumann. Her daughter's (Pearl's Girls)and each of their offspring represent a different 'clan' of sorts. Each year a different clan hosts the Neumann Reunion Pig Roast. We even have our own gong show with awards. When I was a child this was the single most significant event of the summer. When I was a teenager it was the single most embarrassing event ever. And now in my middle years (age 37) it is the most precious gift.

My favorite summer tradition is to go camping. It's a ton of work...packing, planning, and setting up. But totally worth it when you're finally sitting around the fire catching up with friends.

My favorite summer tradition has always been the county fair. Growing up I would enter various crafts to the open class judging. There was also the kiddie barn filled with cute baby animals that for some reason my parents would never let me bring home. The parade is great too with the Barnyard Marauder band with their signs on their trailer while they played "There is no beer in heaven." It's something I've always looked forward to because I could also see family.