There's Just Something About SuMmEr!

I don't know what it is about summer days that can make a person feel so alive? I think that there is just some sort of freedom to it. I remember as a child spending hours and hours playing outside with the neighbor kids. We would let ourselves get lost in our imagination......wherever it would take us. We would play our little hearts out until we would hear Mom yelling from the back porch. Em and I would be sweaty and hot from our day's adventure; feet covered with dirt and knees scuffed up. Yes, those where the days! These are my top favorite things about summer (picking these wasn't easy):

Cherry Limeades
There is something just so honestly refreshing about a bottle of cherry limeade on a hot summer day ...... what else is there to say?

Fireflies

When my sister and I were little we used to catch fireflies in my grandparents back yard. We would put them in jars with a little grass and poke holes in the lid. We always released them the next night.

spinklers

Pure Bliss! Something so simple

can provide hours of entertainment and joy. There were so many different games you could play while under the sprinker. What could be better then being soaking wet with your feet covered in grass?

Camp

I started attending Maranatha Bible when I was in 8th grade with my best friend Heather. Later my sister and many other friends came to join us. Camp became the staple of summer! It was always a time to grow closer to God (and check out the boys...of course). Once we were too old to be a camper we volunteered as cabin leaders. Life was good!

and last but not least.......

Flashligt tag

The BEST game EVER invented! We lived out in the country in a small little neighborhood and on summer nights we would all meet up in our front yard to play flashlight tag. LOVED IT! Some of the best memories of my life. If you have never played, you are missing out on some serious fun!

I can not wait for Addi to experience summer the way it is meant to be experienced! I am sure her summer's will hold as much joy, excitement, and adventure as mine did. Soon enough, I will be the mom standing on the back porch calling in my children after a hard day of playing. I will wash the dirt off their feet, patch up their knees and tuck them in to bed for a good night's sleep.