summer memories **Edited**

In response to Amanda's Blog, I thought I'd post some summer memories. However, I cannot be nearly as cool as her since I have few pictures of me as a child and the ones I do have are not scanned into the computer.

Summer has always been a special time for me.

As a young child Summers meant spending more time with my brothers since they lived with my grandma, and I lived with my mother. It meant running through the sprinkler with them, and playing in the neighbors pool. Many outdoor games of SPUD with my friends, freeze tag, football, and other games we made up along the way. It meant walks to the Craft antique co-op in Hilton to buy Pogs and explore furniture, dishes, toys and games that our parents played with as children, my friends and I always found the items in the co-op to be extremely fascinating.

As I got older summer weeks at grandma's came fewer and further between. I grew apart from my friends in Hilton and my brothers, and closer to my friends at my mom's, and I got a summer job. My summers then included endless sleepovers with my friends, and fellow "freaky five some" members. Those sleepovers were amazing, and thinking of them bring tears to my eyes even now. Talking about first crushes ( ahh! Chris), endless trips to the mall, McDonald's bible study, Teen thing, Talking to Kelly's friend "Dan" on the phone, and threatening him (remember Kira!?!?! hahahahaha), recording all of Kelly's sleep talking. Playing you don't know Jack until 3 or 4 in the morning. Sleeping on the basement floor or pool table at Katie's house. ahh the memories!

As an adult summers have become special to me, in that its the time of year I get to spend outdoors. Doing the things I love most, with the people I love most. Smoothies with Amanda, Endless scrap booking days, talking about how AWESOME God is. I get to ride my bike, roller blade, go for walks, hiking, camping, various amusement parks. My summers are filled with memories of the canal in Pittsford, long walks with Jim, Road trips to various locations, hours upon hours of talking about the future, and imagining what life holds for us.

My summers have changed drastically through the years, but one thing will never change, the amount of love and memories in them. I love my life, I love my friends and I love my God