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Today’s Be Happy Challenge:
– Three Things You Love About Summertime. –
Summertime and the livin’ is easy…
Ah, summer… my favorite time of year. Yes, even more than Christmastime. Warm weather, long lazy days, sandy toes, cold drinks… I love everything about it.
If I had to pick only three things I love about summer, though, they would be:
1. Grilling
I love grilled food – the taste, the smell, and even the aura that comes with cooking out. In the summer, we resort to grilling everything. Chicken, steak, shrimp, burgers, hot dogs, fish, veggies, fruit… We’ve even grilled pound cake and peaches for dessert. In fact, if it can’t be grilled, we don’t cook it. Seriously.

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2. Fireworks
Even as a kid, my very favorite holiday has always been the Fourth of July. There’s something I just love about coming together as proud Americans and watching in awe and reverence as beautiful explosive fireworks light up the night sky. Sometimes in the summer, it doesn’t even need to be July 4th to see a breathtaking fireworks display.

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3. Swimming
We all love to swim, and it doesn’t matter where. We’ll swim in the pool, the ocean, the lake, or the river. I even love watching the kids play silly pool games while I lie lazily on my beach chair soaking up some rays. “Hey Mom, count how long I can hold my breath.” “Hey Mom, tell us who has the biggest cannonball splash.” “Hey Mom, tell us who can swim to the other side the fastest.” That never gets old to me.

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Like I said, these are only a [very] few of the things I love about summer. What do you love about it?

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June 27th, 2013 at 11:41 am
See I grew tired of the kids asking all of those questions almost immediately just by reading them here! Summer does rule though!
June 27th, 2013 at 11:42 am
Lol! I actually thought of you backhanding one of them while I typed them!!
June 27th, 2013 at 2:55 pm
pork chops and watermelon….mmmmmmmmm
July 1st, 2013 at 10:07 am
summer here in middle east is painfull, the only thing i enjoy in summer here is SALE ):):) thats everywhere..:)
December 18th, 2013 at 5:22 pm
Thank you for sharing my quote. ♥
December 23rd, 2013 at 9:25 am
I love it! I couldn’t have said it better myself!