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Lazy days of summer....

What does summer mean to you? I imagine for Mom's who work, it can be a stressful season, trying to keep everyone busy, happy, and trying to get to work on time all the while. For many families, camp is the solution. For the Rhodes clan, is means a slower pace, camp outs in the back yard, smores in the fire pit, and friends over almost every day. It means never being able to find a dry towel too, the only down side to having a pool full of kids. I have been blessed with years and years of summers with my kids. Our summers are not full of amusement parks, fancy vacations, and movies every other day, but I think when my kids are grown, they will appreciate the experiences they have had, without all of that stuff. I have really fond memories of summers as a kid, and they were much the same. I remember sleepovers, camp outs, small town carnivals, lounging by the pool, and my favorite part....crabs. My birthday is coming up, and every year since we moved west, all I can think of is how much I miss Maryland crabs in July. Maryland blue crabs, smothered in Old Bay, with an icy cold beer, is the only birthday dinner I want, and unless I FedEx em' in, that isn't going to happen. Boo Hoo, sunshine all year, or crabs on your birthday, ok, I'll stop whining. I hope you will enjoy the lazy days of summer. Take a nap in the hammock, read a good book, play at the beach, this is the good stuff. :)


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