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this last week when the sun is shining pretty steadily; it brought to mind by favorite summer past-time -making strawberry jam with my mom. we would drive out to the burbs where the fields were, sent hours picking 3 huge flats (baby brother was given a lil ice cream bucket to fill) then we would head home and spend more time hulling them - yuck the worst job... mom always made it worth while by slicing a lrg amount adding a bit of sugar and then ice cream... she always know how to get more out of her 'work force' then magically in the morning, we could enjoy the fruit of our labour on freshly baked croissants... it never occured to me as a kid how much extra planning went into making sure she had ice cream in the house the 'night of' and got up early enough in the AM to go get croissants before Eric and I got up... but never fail year after year - it all magically appeared>>> and represented the Start of another wonderful Summer!!

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my favorite summer tradition is to take a lot of pictures of my children playing in and around the pool. So i can look back at the pictures in the winter and feel all warm again ;)
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Emine

We love to hang out at our swimclub until sundown once in a while on a lovely weekend evening. Most people are gone by then and it is SO relaxing!!

One of my favorite summer traddition is very simple: playing board games with my cousins at our grandma's beach house! In the afternoon, after spending the morning at the beach, we would sit around, and play and talk for hours! We are all grown up and still do that when we get together in the summer!

I think my favorite summer tradition is roasting marshmallows over an open fire. Yum Yum :) How many marshmallows can you fit in your mouth at one time? I've tried this, and the answer is 12 :)
Amy

My favorite summer tradition is to have BBQ's with family and friends. My dad makes the best food on the BBQ!

One of my favorite summer traditions is painting our lips with a popcicle along with a challenge of who can lick it to the sharpest point :)

I love the warm nights by a bonfire with friends. Those are always the best times.

Our favourite summer tradition - camping at a holiday park we go to every year. Canoing. Sitting by the pool reading a book and watching the kids swim. Spending some mobile-phone and internet free time with my sister and her family, and a whole lot of other people that have become friends. 2 weeks of total bliss.

When I was younger my mom and I would go out and pick two huge flats of strawberries every June. We would take them home and make enormous batches of jam to keep in the freezer. For the rest of the year we had summer right there waiting for us.

Looking forward to going down to Ozarks and spending time with good friends. Going out on the boat and watching the kids having fun! Such a good time.

WOW! My favorite summer tradition is playing hide and go seek with my 3 boys in the woods by our house!
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Corn on the cob and strawberries!

Having dinner on the patio--just us or friends and family, too. Living in the northeast with long, cold winters I can't get enough of eating outdoors when the weather is warm.

I love going to the 4th of July parade with the boys!

Summer traditions include cooking on the grill and pick your own fruit.

Every summer we visit CA. Phoenix is so hot during the summer months, this gives us a well needed break from the heat.

Celebrating Canada day July 1st at the lake with my grandparents.

Summer tradition?? Eating peas right from the garden!

This has been a great summer and we try and do as much together as we can! We love to go out on our boat on the lake and have great memories of family fun time swimming and laughing! and nothing beats fresh strawberries and watermelon almost everyday!! the kiddos can't have enough!