Sponsor Giveaway : Elle's Studio

When I was a child, my family lived in So Cal and we spent nearly every weekend at the beach. Not just the big holiday weekends: Memorial day, 4th of July, Labor day, but nearly every other weekend as well. I have such great memories of being with not just family, but meeting up with friends. Thanks for the prompt to consider those memories.

How lovely! Thank you for the great giveaway!
My favorite childhood memories would have to be all the days I would spend in the summer running around in our yard and climbing our two huge live oak trees--so much fun! I still have dreams that I'm back at that house. Such a wonderful time in my childhood; happy and carefree! :)

Fantastic! Thanks for the chance. I love Elle's studio and I promised myself a shopping spree there once I am done mat leave! My fav memory is walking in the heat to the corner to get ice cream with my Grandfather. I remember liking the fact that he didn't walk too fast!

Camping at the beach every summer with my family. My dad would drop us off for a week with my mom (he hated the beach). My mom then kept doing it with my boys (her grandkids). Now, I still go camping. My mom has the trailer for the first 2 weeks and I have it for the last 2 weeks. In fact, I am camping at the beach right now for another week. My grandkids are coming tonight for a day. Heaven.

When I was younger we lived on a cul de sac and all of the kids on the street used to get together at my best friend's house at the bottom of the street and we'd play endless games of kick the can. Usually we replaced the can with a soccer ball and whenever the older boys kicked it, it would end up across the street usually hitting the door or the fence of an older lady who would come out and threaten to phone the police! (she never did, I think she actually liked us!) Life was so simple! :)

Boat rides to the "boat beach" with my dad. Beach days with my mom and little brother and sister. Sleep-overs with my cousin. Going to the races (auto racing that is). Playing outside. Slip and slide and Grammy's. Swimming at the bridge. Hiking in the White Mts. Canobie Lake.

One of my fav memories of childhood summers was going to our family cabins at the lake and swamping the canoe with my sisters and friends. I also loved to go for nature walks to see the eagle's nest and to pick blueberries.

Playing in my grandfather's garden! It was small but just still enough for some backyard adventures :)

Oh I miss the summers of my chidhood. The freedom! I have some great memories of camping, learning to waterski, the ocean, going barfoot and having no worries. My favorite would be the day we moved into our new home when I was 11, on the 4th of July. I lit fireworks (sparklers and snakes) in celebration. That is still my favorite place we ever lived. Sweet thoughts.

road trips with my dad! me and my two sisters piled in the back of whatever sports car he had - think bucket seats, with me in the middle, a big sister on each side poking me the whole trip! we saw a lot of the country and had a lot of fun.

My fondest memories are of hanging out and cooking with my childhood best friend.

I can remember laying out on a blanket underneath the stars with my 4 brothers & my mom. We would watch for falling stars and search for constellations. I will always cherish those moments.

My favorite summer memory is when we'd spend a week down home @ my Great Grandma's house. That's where all my cousins were, and boy did we have fun. We would play in the hay barn, go wading in the creek catchin' craw dads, then go help my Great Uncle milk the cows in the afternoon. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, that will certaily have to be one of my 12 stories to tell!

I loved getting ice cream from the ice cream truck that went through our neighbourhood at night. Once in a while mom and dad would surprise us and we'd all run out to get some. Yummy!

Getting to spend my long visits with my dad and step mom. I moved in with them during highschool, but their home was always a bastian of safety, love, boundaries, and all the things that "normal" kids experienced. We camped, played at the lake, made ice cream, and got a lot of mosquito bites. Love you Mom and Papa!

Sitting just inside the back door watching a summer thunder storm.

Spending the days and weekends with my Grandma. I still miss her.

My favorite childhood summertime memory is of my family gathering at Myrtle Beach, SC playing in the sand, riding the waves, and going to the amusement park. All fo the cousins would come and w never had a lack of playmates or of a god time!

Participating in the 4-H Fair. I would always enter tons of projects and they were all home made. Cakes, jellies, ceramics, flowers, you name it and my Mom and I probably made it! Then OH! the honor if you won! Then you got to go to the STATE FAIR!!! It was a very big deal!!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Jen

As a child, our family was always camping at the lake during the summer. It was hot, no air, but as I look back, I remember the wonderful times we had boating, fishing and sitting around the fire at night. On Sundays, my parents would make us get up early, get ready for church up in the bath-house, and drive back to our home church which was about 45 minutes away. I hated that at the time but looking back now, I see the values they planted in our lives.

My favorite summer memories are centered around our lake home. We had so much fun swimming most of the day. I would get up and get into my swimsuit and wouldn't change until night time. We would have camp fires on the beach. Summers were always special.

my dad was a teacher, and so had the summer off. we'd head up to maine, somewhere in the northern part of the state, and rent a lakeside cabin for a few weeks.

One of my favorite summer memories was sneaking into the garden and crawling along on our tummies and eating the fresh peas on the pod. At night, we'd play hide and seek and hidek amongst the corn rows. My gosh, that was sooo fun. My Mom would be upset with us running through the rows and damaging her veggies!

Riding my bike to the bookmobile as a kid in the summer.

My fav summer time memory was playing in my playhouse! (It was an old snack shack my dad painted, layed carpet and fixed up to be my playhouse)