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My favourite summer memory is going to the beach and building sand castles and swimming and getting an ice cream after

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my fave childhood summer memory is going off to camp ... when i was finally the age to go! and my week alone with my grandma - so fun!

My fav summer childhood memory would have to be when we would go visit our friends at their "farm" and underground house. It was always such an adventure to visit them and we went every Summer - so fun! They had goats and tons of kids (baby goats) that time of year and they would greet us the minute we stepped out of our car. We got to help milk the goats, harvest fresh vegetables from their huge garden, swim in the lake, enjoy time in their cool underground house and of course lots of running all over the big fields - it was wonderful - memories I'll never forget. :) Thanks for the great give-away!

I remember swinging for hours on a rope swing tied to a tree near our house. Such simple pleasures.

Hands down, running after the ice cream truck after asking mom for money :)

Favorite summer memories are spending time with my grandparents. The day after school was out my mom would put me on a greyhound bus up to Duluth MN. Where my grandparents would meet me for the 2 hour ride to Virginia. Homemade biscuit bread baking in the oven. A typical small town that once were prominent across this county but have been replaced by fast food chains and malls. I miss my grand parents but luckily have very vivid memories of lazy summers there.

Summers camping out on the beach in Mexico - all day in the waves, evening were about shrimp in tortillas, fires on the beach and sleeping under the stars. My parents were both from Ohio and were so brave to just head down there without any experience, they taught us all to go for it! Thanks Mom and Dad!

My favorite memory is getting together with my 2 friends on someone's front lawn. We would bring all of our Barbies and their clothes and trade them with each other. We would play with each other's dolls for a while and then do it all over again.

Playing badminton with Grandma and Grandpa using the clothes line as a net. Soft ice cream twists at Frozen Cow after dinner on a hot summer day.
The kits are beautiful!

Favorite childhood memory - FAMILY ROAD TRIPS to Disneyland (from Washington State), and we would always hit Reno on the way back for mom & dad! But my husband & I just started a new memory with my 6 month old daughter - our little family had our first road trip to Bend, OR.

Outdoor movies at the drive-in theater. We took the kids to a free showing of The Princess Bride at the park recently and it was a great reminder of this fun summer activity.

Day after day at the pool! What could be better?

picking black berries with my grandma....I used to love it and now cherish the moment even more now that she is gone.

One of my favorite summer memories from my childhood is helping my "Granny" in her huge garden in Texas. Even though we now live in the city in Chicago, I plant a small backyard vegetable garden each year in honor of my grandmother. I just picked the first of the squash today!

Playing flashlight tag with friends in my neighborhood and catching lightning bugs.

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my best summer vacation was last year (i was 17, turned to 18 while i was in vacation). i was visiting old friends in canada and we went to a lake that had wonderful white sandy beach!! it was great!!!

My favorite memory is trips to the beach in San Diego from our house in Arizona. We went most every summer that I can remember.

my favorite memory of summer is riding my bike with my older brother... following him everywhere... exploring, sometimes, scared of getting lost.

My favorite childhood memory was one of our many camping trips to Carlyle Lake in Illinois. Upon returning our mom came back out of the house - before any of us exited the truck - with a laundry basket and instructions to throw dirty clothes in it and run in the house and get a few more days worth. They surprised us with a turn around trip to the Lake of the Ozarks. It was so cool.

My favorite childhood summertime memory is having an annual block party with the neighbors. I always looked forward to hanging out with my friends and watching the adults have fun! Ah....the good old days. I'd love to win one of the awesome prizes!

My favourite summer time memory must be the time I spent with my cousins on the farm in Alberta. We would play hide and seek amongst the hay bails, out buildings and windrows. We fed the chickens, made secret hideouts in the dusty outbuildings, and slept under the stars on the trampoline (listening to the coyotes howl).
Happy Summer!

My favorite summer memory is camping. We basically lived at a camp ground about an hour north of home. It was beautiful and it was eventually the place where I met my husband!

In the summers as a child I would listen to Mr Softee the ice cream truck to come by he had this distinctive tune. I lved near my grandparents and often was there in the evening and would turn to my grandfather and smile and bat my eyelashes grab his hand and get a chocolate cone with sprinkles.... Thanks for the memories Ali love your giveaway. Grace xoxoxo

my favorite childhood memory is when my family went camping and we hiked.... too far for us kids to hike back and my dad had to hitch hike back to get the car.

Some of my favorite summer time memories are of camping, swimming outside, riding bikes until it was almost dark and of course the "backyard camping"! Now I'm doing all these things with my own kids and I love it just as much! :)