Summer Lovin'

My Favorite Things About Summer:

• Spending long, lazy days laying on a beach at Bear Lake getting burned to a crisp
• Falling asleep in a tent when its raining outside, then waking up in that tent to the fresh, after storm, nature smell
• When your fishing pole bends in half and you reel in that big old fat fish
• Reading great books on a blanket in the grass
• Sitting outside on those perfect summer nights for no reason at all except that missing it and staying in the house would be dreadful
• Family BBQ’s
• Water Fights
• Fireworks
• Cranking up the AC in the house
• Random, spontaneous vacations
• All the good movies come out
• Wearing flip flops so much you get flip flop tan lines
• Blasting the Beach Boys in your car because that is just so appropriate for summer
• Moving into a new apartment with a new ward. Summer is a fresh start
• Your skin becomes so dark you could be mistaken for a Mexican
• Everyone you know is having some kind of adventure or another
• Going to bed freezing because the AC is blasting, and then waking up sweating because the sun is pouring through your window
• The world is green and bright and happy! With lots and lots of flowers!
• More people are outside than ever. Unlike winter where everyone stays indoors and hide away.
• Opening the sun roof in my car
• Playing random things like volleyball, bocce, croquet, and badminton
• Roasting hot dogs, marshmallows, and starburst over a campfire
• Eating watermelon, corn on the cob, and Fruit Heights cherries
• When the temperature reaches above 100 and your skin starts to burn just by stepping outside
• Popcorn popping on the Apricot trees
• Little kids lemon aid stands by the side of the road
• Unexpected summer rainstorms
• Swimming
• Riding a wave runner so hard and fast that you can’t walk right for a week
• Going horseback riding in the mountains
• Four wheeler rides
• Buying snow cones at the little snow cone shacks
• Hearing the ice cream mans music and know that every kid in the neighborhood is getting excited at that very same moment
• It’s family reunion time
• Lagoon days
• Cherry Hill days
• Running in hot sand to get to the ice cold water that your burning feet are sure to appreciate
• Rafting down rivers
• Going to the zoo
• Independence Day, my favorite holiday
• When your clothes smell like campfire smoke
  
• The majority of your days are fun filled days

I LOVE SUMMER!!!