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I like going to the fireworks festival down at Nagoya Port. I also like eating marshmallows by the campfire and staying up late chatting with friends.

i love love love love love all of the car shows!! :D

Sunbathing is my number one favorite summer tradition. I bask in the rays (with spf of course!) every chance I get!

we like to camp!

we bbq alot! we hang out with family, my hubby's mom makes the best home-ade ice-cream sandwiches, we LOVE summer and spend ever moment outside as summer is REALLY short here in Manitoba:-)

Gardening, we work together as a family all summer then get to reap the rewards.

My favorite summer tradition is cuddling with my husband in the backyard as we watch the 4th of July fireworks. The kids are too little to stay up that late so it is some rare quality time that I can spend with just him.

A favorite summer tradition is going to Broken Bow Oklahoma with friends and family over the 4th of July. It's such a great time to spend with family and friends every year.

Hi Ali!! My favorite summer tradition has to be tent camping out in the woods. Not RV camping or trailer camping, but just old fashioned tent camping and cooking over the fire. Waking up with the sun and jumping in the lake are what summer was made for!!!
Thanks for the chance to win such great prizes!

We love going to see our excellent local symphony orchestra outside, on the lawn, eating a wonderful picnic dinner. Our kids are old enough to join us now...we love it!
PAM

My favorite summer tradition is going to yard sales and consignment shops with my hubby and son on Saturday mornings!

When I was a young girl, summer meant girl scout camp x 2 for 2 weeks each. I loved going to those camps. My son is now on his third year of scout and church camp. He too loves them.

the summer reading program. I loved it growing up and love helping my kids with it now. Thanks for the contest.

pool days, grilled meals and great books!

walking the dog

One of my favorite summer traditions is going with my Mom to pick Strawberries!! I just took my son for his first time last weekend!

What an amazing group of prizes!! Thanks for the chance to win, Ali, and thanks also to your sponsors.
A favorite summer tradition in our family is celebrating so many events in June: my dad, my husband, son, and my nephew all have birthdays in June - within a couple of weeks of each other. And then of course there's Father's Day thrown in there, so we have a whole month of celebrations!

My favorite summer tradition is one that has stretched from childhood and into adulthood and now, the childhood of my own children. In the summer months, in the later part of the day, we head down to Oakland beach, it's okay for swimming, but very rocky. The best part of the beach is when we have fresh clam cakes & dough boys from Iggy's and walk along the beach and feed the seagulls and usually, watch the sun set.

My favorite summer tradition is picnics in the park with my pup and boyfriend - nothing better than a relaxing afternoon!

My favorite summer tradition are those extra days I take off from work, when the kids are home, when I can sleep in, putter around the yard, tidy up the house, re-organize the house during the heat of the day, drink lemonade, clean up, make a quick trip the local garden place (a cute home-based farm) for fresh fruit and flowers...in the evening we BBQ on the deck, usually something extremely simple like hot dogs, fresh fruit and ice tea...then I sit outside and read or just sit and "be". At dark I come in, take a shower, and climb in bed to watch TV in my now cooled down house. Sigh. I really need more of these types of days!