Giveaway is over! *WINNERS* Lindsey & Helen! Congrats!
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I feel so lucky to have been sponsored by Snapfish for Blogher – I love the company and their products and it’s all focused on photography, which makes it double (triply? quadrupally?) awesome. (leave me alone, I’m allowed to make up words.)
As if them sponsoring wasn’t generous enough, they are hosting two really cool giveaways for my (beautiful and friendly) readers. (that would be you.)
So, let’s cut to the chase.
Today I am giving away a $35 gift certificate to Snapfish to TWO LUCKY READERS. Have you been to Snapfish lately? You can buy A LOT with $35. Cups, post cards, PRINTS, calendars, it’s a DREAM OF A GIVEAWAY, if you ask me.
What do you need to do to win?
THAT’S EASY.
Just leave me a comment telling me one of your favorite moments of summer so far. Maybe you went on a picnic with your family or you sat alone on your front porch and watched the storm clouds roll in. ANYTHING. Just tell me about it.
The winners will be chosen randomly, so please do not say PICK ME because that, my friends, is annoying.
But wait, you can gain other chances to win, here’s how:
*tweet about this giveaway and leave the link to the tweet in a separate comment.
*blog about this gvieaway and leave the link to your post in a separate comment.
*post about this on Facebook and leave the link to your post in a separate comment.
Wow. That’s a lot of chances to win.
The contest ends Thursday, August 13th at 9:00 pm CST.
Good luck and special thanks to Snapfish!
One of my favorite summer moments has been when my sweet little 4 year old daughter threw her floaties to the way side and decided to swim without them! Her 2 older brothers swim, dive off the diving board and go down the slide and she wanted to be just like them
I love watching her swim!
my favorite summer moment was letting the girls stay up late…we relaxed in the backyard, had smores over the firepit, and chased lightening bugs. absolutely perfect.
and tweet tweet – http://twitter.com/aliciabeth/status/3256862178
(Ooops! Left my comment under the wrong post!)
I love snapfish. It’s the main place I get my photos developed!
My favorite memory of the summer thus far would be from June when we went to a good friend’s wedding. It was a beautiful day!
My fav moment of summer? Not sure of my fav, actually, I really loved cherry picking, and going to the beach, and gardening with my daughter… plus a ton of other stuff.. I think cherry picking was awesome, though. Sweet, sticky, fun!
My favorite moments of this summer have been just those hanging out moments with my daughter and my husband- with the windows open, chicken on the grill and our cat next to us! Thanks!
My favorite memory of the summer: watching my boys (3 and 5), having just finished swim lessons, turn into fish in the pool.
Tweet! http://twitter.com/katala97/status/3258353625
One of my favorite moments was while on our little vacation earlier this summer when we all woke up in our hotel room together. While still lying in bed the 2 yo yelled out the word FART in the morning. What can I say? It was really funny…
One of my favorite summer moments, was our backyard camping trip. We had a campfire (in the fire pit) and roasted marshmellows, sang camp songs (our neighbors probably thought we were crazy) and all slept in the tent with the dog (he loved it). It was a great memory and anyone who knows me knows I took enough pictures of every moment to fill a scrapbook!
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So many, especially since today was the first day in about
a month that we had summer weather. We set up everything
this year for the first time, i.e. garden, pool, deck extension -flower gardens and it’s been freezing.
However, our highlight, definitely, was an abandoned
Can’t imagine when it’s
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bird (a beautiful bady robin) who we named Fred.
Fred is hard to describe, but within days, he became our
baby. Fred sits on the end of a shovel waiting for his
worms, he walked down the street (instead of flying) behind
my dog and I. He has brought a smile to everyone who
meets him, even people who are skittish about birds.
An elderly couple who saw Fred walking behind us – they
took videos! Fred lands on the front railing when I go to
let the dog out. Thankfully, we are doing renovations in
a big way, as Fred literally thinks it’s fine to come in
side and walk around. He greets my son everyday when he
comes home from work, hops on his Jeep and up on to his
shoulder. He likes sitting on my head more. I can’t begin
to tell you what this little abandoned robin has done for
everyone who meets him, and watching our 3 year old neighbour and her parents come over and feed Fred, and
teach their daughter about him, and her special Fred
conversations (like let’s go for a walk Fred). Fred lets
you know when he is hungry, when he is tired, and other than
spraying off the deck, he truly is the epitome of taking
a village to raise a … bird
time to fly south, but my son bought Fred a cockatiel cage,
complete with his own bath. Fred, once in awhile, flies
away now that he is older, but comes back to sleep. I’m
sure he’s socializing.
when it comes to this little bird. He is pure joy and
smiles. And he goes to sleep when we cover him!
My favorite summer moment was strolling with my husband on a beach on Cape Cod at low tide. We walked for miles and it was all so very peaceful. Restores the soul!
Favorite moment of the summer…came when my daughter and I were in the car together…it was just one of those unplanned good-time-spent-together things.
Our family went camping for the first time over the summer – we had so much fun & can’t wait to go again!!!!
My favorite summer moment was watching the look on my kids faces when they saw fireflies for the first time. It was awesome.
My favorite was camping with the family. Such a great thing to do to just be together and have fun.
The best summer memory, when my dotter learned to swim – to se her happy face when she jumped in the water where she could not feel the bottom and came up and waved to me, MB
Hmm…I enjoyed spending time together in Florida. We had such a nice time even though it rained…a LOT. But, also, simply enjoying my pregnancy!
My favorite time this summer was the day we spent as a family exploring our downtown.
So far one of my favorite summer moments is when we went to the beach as a family. Aiden loved it.. It seems like we never get time as a family to do fun things. (always trying to do too many projects at home)
I sit on my front porch and watch the C130′s, C17′s or C5′s, whichever it maybe, fly into the Air Force Base. We live in the landing path so it is so awesome so see.
One of my favorite moments of the summer was this past weekend when I got to see my Goddaughters for the afternoon. We went swimming (and there are several photos on my blog) and had a GREAT time! It’s right up there with the two-day trip I took to Atlanta with my husband for his birthday.
I’ve loved everything about summer! Living in the midwest means we don’t get such nice weather all the time. I’m enjoying the sunshine, the birds, weekends at the beach, cookouts, taking my puppy for long walks, the humming of our a/c, driving with the windows down, the smell of fresh cut grass, cold showers and digging/planting my very first garden.
My favorite summer memory is watching my 3 children walk in front of me holding hands as we walk to the park.
It has been a good summer! I’m pregnant with my first baby and am loving (almost) all that that entails. My favorite moment this summer was the 7th anniversary trip that my husband and I took to Dublin, Ireland to see U2. I was very proud of my 28-week pregnant self!
So many to choose from! But, one of my favorites would have to be when we were swimming in our pool. I told my 2 year old that he was going to be a fish by the end of the summer. So, he gets really excited and yells, “YAY! Me NEMO!” Now, everytime we go swimming, he calls himself Nemo!
This summer I took my son out to an ice cream shop for lunch, and I didn’t even make him eat anything healthy beforehand. He was in heaven.
The best moment of summer was when Hubby told me I’m perfect just like I am. He’s a big ole’ liar, but I love him for saying it. Especially since he’s generally not much of a complimenter. Unless “that’s a cool bag” counts.
All I can think of is not having to do school and sleeping in!
My favorite summer moment was on the beach in SC. Nothing like sand on your feet and the noise of the waves. Being from IN too, the weather this year has been great for opening the windows and letting the cool breeze come in the house…love it!
My favorite summer moment….has to be the first time my son wrinkled up his face in a fake smile for me. He does it all the time now and it makes me laugh every time. At 17 months, he has such a great sense of humor.
Lina
Thanks so much for the contest.
One of my favorite moments this summer was during my 12 year old’s – 12 and under baseball team’s tournament play in Cooperstown. His forte is pitching and is usually the starting pitcher but struggled in the first game they played and he had to be pulled. Because of the no substitution rule they have there, he was completely out the whole rest of that game. He didn’t get a chance to get his nerves calmed and get in the swing of the tournament like everyone else. He struggled in the next game too.
In the third game we had bases loaded and two outs. Guess who was up to bat? Yep, it was my young one. I take all the pictures for the team ( and even started a group room on snapfish to share our Cooperstown pictures) but I walked to the back of the observation area and closed my eyes. I actually started crying as I was praying – please Lord… just give him good memories from this once in a lifetime opportunity. With that I heard the crack of the ball on the bat and everyone started screaming. Hit he a GRAND SLAM OVER THE WALL HOME RUN. His hit brought in 4 runs. He was the only one on the team to hit a grand slam (there were several home runs). My prayers were answered as ran around those bases with a huge smile .. and a great memory for a life time!
Posted a blog about your give away! (sorry i don’t have many readers, but I did post about it!)
http://composition-life.blogspot.com/2009/08/do-you-know-about-snapfish.html
Its hard for me to choose the best memory of the summer for me. It could be all the time I’ve spent with my mother working on invitations and other projects for the wedding but I think it has to be the trip to Holiday World with old friends. I know it seems silly to call them old friends being as I am only in my 20′s but one of said friends I believe I hadnt talked to in almost three years before running into them at another friends wedding. Its really sad that I let that happen as our town is NOT big in any way. We had so much fun remembering the same trip we took six years ago fresh out of high school. I will miss my friends dearly when I get married as I am moving two hours away so it really has to be the best memory of the summer for me. It was a day full of memories (and pictures) that I will be able to take with me.
My favorite summer memory was my week of staycation. Being a full-time working mom, anytime I get to spend with my kiddo just having fun is worth it. We went to the bounce house, parks, bowling, and music classes.
The summer has been great all-around. But I think the best was the one day the ice cream truck came through the neighborhood I actually had cash on me (that is a small miracle) and we ran out to get a treat. This was the first time it has happened all summer so my 4 year-old was beyond thrilled. I’ll remember the way she enjoyed it too. Like it was Christmas or something. Good memories from this summer for sure.
Thanks Beth!
Diane
It’s a tie. I was going to say my favorite summer moment occurred yesterday when we took our 3 girls to Cedar Point (amazing amusement park in Sandusky, OH). We stayed from opening to closing and had a blast.
But there’s another part of this summer that I will never forget. My 5 year old has been a “reluctant swimmer.” Never comfortable in the water, never keeping up with kids her age or her older sister. Lots of swim lessons last summer and a few weeks this summer, but still nothing. Then she got a new teacher. An older woman who wouldn’t take no for an answer. My baby finally got it and with it came the best part — the true joy of being in the water. I never cared if she was a swim team type swimmer. I just wanted her to have fun. And now she does. So, for me, the joy of summer of 2009 is best summed up by watching my beautiful almost-kindergartener throw herself in the water with reckless abandon and a huge grin on her face. It’s nothing other kids aren’t doing — but she is doing it and she is beaming with pride and happiness. What could be better?!
Flying kites on the beach while we were on vacation. We did it in the evening and the kids played and ran and flew their kites. It was awesome.
Having Fridays off to spend time with my boy wonder! We didn;t do a whole lot, but I think they meant as much to him as they did to me..
My favorite summer memory so far has been the neighborhood cookout with all the neighbors! Good food, good people + conversations, good kiddos, + good weather! Yay!
Tweet!
http://twitter.com/heatheranne99/status/3269951947
Our summer has been a full one. But my favorite time by far has been our road trip from Toronto to Philadelphia. It was a 10hr drive and my kids were EXCEPTIONAL!! I just enjoyed listening to them chatter. Talk about what they were seeing. Talking about what we were going to see when we got to our destination. It was a wonderful family trip.
My favorite summer moments have been watching my daughter and hubby playing together outside. He’s such a great papa, and she’s growing into quite the awesome kid.
My favorite moment from this summer was almost exactly one month ago – the moment that I walked down the aisle and saw my new husband for the first time that day. The feelings and emotions I had at that moment were breathstealing and wonderful. I’ll never forget it.
I blogged about you!
http://jasonandkellionwashington.blogspot.com/2009/08/snapfish-fun.html
And facebooked!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=2009879&ref=profile
My favorite moment this summer was sitting on the porch of my inlaws North Carolina home in the crisp early morning where I could listen to the God’s creation communticating with one another. What an amazing moment!
Ooh, this would be fun.
My favorite moments from this summer were the times I actually had time to walk in the cold creek with my son – we both love it so much! 
My favorite memory of this summer comes from our vacation in Maryland. We visited a small town carnival. Oh the joys! The carnival rides were not run by carnies, but by the volunteer firefighters. It was so great and we have decided that we are going to move to the area in about 2 years, after we get some things done where we are currently living.