GIVEAWAY: Summer Block Party PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 12 July 2010 00:00

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Our neighborhood just got together for the annual block party.  We enjoyed good food and great conversations.  I even discovered a camp my children might be interested in for next summer, through a quick chit-chat.  This week I am partaking in an online block party.   And just like a real-life block party, there will be food given away and loads of great topics discussed.

 

Everyday this week I will be discussing how to preserve summer memories, on my review blog.  Check in daily for some great tips and cool ways you can preserve your summer memories.  Super quick tip for today: preserve your summer memories by making a monthly collage using Picnik. Each day I will be giving away summer pack prizes valued at $30-$40 and then a bigger prize for Friday, which includes a summer pack prize, a Shutterfly giftcard and a $100 Visa gift card.  Woot!  A total of five winners.  Check in with the other summer block party bloggers for more conversations and extra changes to win.

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Leave me a comment (tell me about your most favorite summer memory thus far - I want to hear about it) to win today's summer prize package, it includes: 2 JUICY JUICE®, 2 OVALTINE®, 2 EDY’S®/DREYER’S®, 1 CARNATION® Breakfast Essentials, 1 WONKA®, 1 STOUFFER’S®, 1 NESQUIK®, 1 TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Cookie Dough, 1 TOLL HOUSE® Morsels and (enter to win the 1 NESTLÉ® Drumstick® Heroes Summer Celebration Package, valued at approx. $300 here).  Winner of today's summer prize package will be chosen using random.org and will be announced on Friday along with the others.  Good luck friends.  And don't forget to come back tomorrow to my review blog to learn about the great products I stumbled across that will preserve your summer memories for a lifetime.  You don't want to miss it.

 

Disclosure: I was compensated for all my nestle family summer block party posts this week. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

 
Last Updated on Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:48
 

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# tanyetta 2010-07-12 00:28
Our best summer memory was when our family went to Hawaii!
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# Carol 2010-07-12 04:09
It has to be when we took our four kids to Sanibel Island, Florida. We had never seen the Gulf of Mexico, and it was sooooo blue and pretty, it was the best week of our lives.
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# Live to Cook at Home 2010-07-12 06:19
Camping & boating at Berlin Lake
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# Jennifer Reece 2010-07-12 07:15
Our favorite summer memory is spending a few days in your neck of the woods...Chicago! We spent endless amounts of time at American Girl Doll in the cafe and at their hair salon. My kids absolutely loved it- and surprisingly, my husband had a good time, too.
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# Steph 2010-07-12 07:16
My favorite summer memory so far is watching the kids play in their pool and then cooling off with some ice cream treats afterwards. Perfect day!
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# tracey 2010-07-12 07:18
Cool giveaways!! So far, this summer, the best memories are of watching my kids on roller coasters at Great America, of Corinne learning how to swim underwater, and of Patrick's new Job announcement!
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# Sharon 2010-07-12 07:39
My favorite summer memory is making mud pies with my cousins at my grandmother's house when I was little
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# Michelle S 2010-07-12 07:44
My favorite summer memory is back in my teens when my parents took us on a road trip from Oregon to North Dakota to see family. We went through Yellowstone Park and Glacier Park. My brother had a deer eat out of his hand and his picture standing about 5 feet away from a buffalo laying on the side of the road. I was very car-sick from the trip but we had a blast.
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# Chrissy 2010-07-12 07:54
Favorite summer memory from this summer - MOVING! We just moved into a new house. Tons of stress associated with the sale of our other house, the house we were renting and then the building/purchase of this house so to finally be here is pretty darn great!!! Still unpacking but we have swim lessons, trips to the library, movies and lots of reading and trips to the pool planned for this summer!!
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# Chrysa 2010-07-12 08:22
Our favorite summer memory so far was going up to my aunt's cabin on a lake. It was so nice and peaceful!
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# Annette D 2010-07-12 08:55
My favorite summer memory from this summer is seeing my youngest son learning how to water ski and wake board!
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# Mare 2010-07-12 09:29
My favorite summer memories are always of summer vacations. The car rides and the time spent at different beach spots.
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# Kimbescz 2010-07-12 10:19
My favorite memory this summer is heading down to our local Farmer's Market, listening to music, playing in the fountain. playing soccer with the kiddos and just enjoying great local fresh produce. Ahhh. Too bad it's always 100 degrees in Texas. ;)
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# Cathi Beers 2010-07-12 10:39
Playing in the hose in our front driveway in Tampa, Florida. Oh, and all the swimming and popsicles and nectarines.
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# Kelly 2010-07-12 10:42
so far the highlight of my summer is all the time we have spent in the pool. This is the first summer since my boys were born that we could actually spend alot of time in the water!!
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# Krystyn 2010-07-12 10:49
So far, it's been the unplanned things; a weekend trip to the pool or an afternoon at the jumpy place.
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# Emily 2010-07-12 10:59
When I was a kid we spent the majority of our summer weekends at a lake in NC. Loved it as a kid and love it even more as a mom seeing my kids try all the things I did when I was little. My older two (7 & 6 yrs) learned how to knee-board last week and gave water skiing a try too!
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# Sheila Hickmon 2010-07-12 11:11
My favorite summer memory so far is our camping trip a few weeks ago. My son hated it lol, but after he went to sleep each night, we had a ton of fun! He did love swimming in the lake. My daughter had a blast. I liked taking her fishing, it was just her and I and we got some nice "girl time" in.
Thanks!
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# Cita Online 2010-07-12 11:27
My favorite summer memory was watching España win the world cup yesterday with good friends at a local park. Beautiful day, delicious food, great friends, and WE WON!!
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# Jill L 2010-07-12 11:30
I would say our best summer memory was last summer. The whole summer was fantastic. We had just moved to a new area and there was so much to explore. I don't think my house ever got a good cleaning because every day we were busy having fun. It was so great and made a lot of life long friends.
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# Cindy 2010-07-12 11:40
I grew up on no-bank water front here in the Puget Sound. My favorite memory of summer is waking up to the morning sun shinning on the water, making it look like diamonds. I'd play on the beach all day long.
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# Kristi 2010-07-12 12:20
My favorite summer memory so far is a pool party/bbq with family. :)
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# Sarah M 2010-07-12 12:34
our family rented a pontoon boat, complete w/ sliding board a few weeks ago at Green River. The highlight of my summer so far was spending time together, watching my kids play w/ their cousins :)
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# MarciK 2010-07-12 15:33
My favorite summer memory thus far was our trip to San Diego. It was beautiful!!
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# Jackie 2010-07-12 15:34
One of my favorite summer memories was going to the premier of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in LA a couple of years ago with my daughter (she won a contest). What an experience! Thanks for the giveaway!
jackievillano at gmail dot com
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# amy 2010-07-12 15:35
With my children the best summer memory besides when they were born(both July girls) was last summer when we went to Seattle to visit family. We hiked up to Denny Creek and slid down a natural water slide and had a blast with the older cousins.
For me growing up in summer was hanging out at the family pool and listening to the radio with my sisters or going to the public pool with my friends.
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# Stephanie 2010-07-12 15:45
My favorite memory so far this summer was taking my train obsessed preschooler on an Amtrack trip across the country. The first morning, after waking up and realizing he was still on a train he shouted "Amen! Amen! Amen!" If that is not a grateful heart, I don't know what is.
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# Kelly C 2010-07-12 16:11
My favorite summer memory so far this year has been taking my boys to Naples for some fun in the sun!! The beach is like heaven there! The water is crystal clear, the waves are calm and inviting, and the sunset is spectacular!!!!
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# Sarah L 2010-07-12 16:31
My favorite memory so far is the great BBQ at my friends house with fireworks after. Thanks for the contest.
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# barbara wright 2010-07-12 19:17
Wow - this has been a horrible summer - I guess I'll have to figure out which was the least worst! OK - my best memory this summer is FINALLY replacing the delightful avocado tile in our master bath that we haven't been able to use for the last 3 years because it leaked. That sounds like a good memory, right? Just don't ask how long it took compared to how long they SAID it would take. Or WHY it took so long. And don't get me started on the worker who told me in total seriousness that our country is in a big financial crisis right now because of..... are you ready for this?..... legalized abortions! Aren't you glad you didn't ask what the WORST thing we've been through this summer is? LOL
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# clarkinfestedwaters 2010-07-12 19:22
My best summer memory was a trip to my grandmother's house as a child. We would stay for weeks on end, bake cookies, feed all the farm animals, and sit on the front porch swing and chat for hours in the afternoon watching the cars pass on the highway.

Time didn't seem to exist then. :)
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# Christine 2010-07-12 22:03
Best summer memory: Disney world with the family after my elementary school graduation. Still remember it so vividly all these years later.
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# Linda Kish 2010-07-12 23:47
Summers as a teen hanging out in Malibu.

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# Queen of the Click 2010-07-13 01:21
My favorite summer memory is eating lemon ice with my grandmother. She used to freeze sweet pink lemonade in a plastic cup with a spoon. When it was frozen, she would run water over the outside of the cup and pull up on the frozen over spoon. Then she would hand me one and she would take hers out. We would eat ice together on the hot front stoop and watch the kids on the block run through the sprinkler made from the hydrants.
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# Daniella 2010-07-13 11:06
Great giveaway - thanks :) My favorite summer memories are the times we spend on our boat. When we untie the lines and head out to the Gulf, no matter our destination, our little family is together and it gives me great peace. Happy summer to you and your family.
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# Managed Chaos 2010-07-13 12:07
Favorite "summertime" memory is our recent family trip to Maui...ok, it wasn't technically summertime yet, but it still rawked.

Seeing my children tackle their swim tests with perseverance and the pride that followed was also a big highlight for me this summer.
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# Lisa G. 2010-07-13 19:20
My favorite summer memory was 3 years ago when we took our children to the ocean for the first time. The sheer joy and excitement at seeing it for the first time was so amazing and it will always be one of my favorite memories.
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com
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# Jennifer 2010-07-13 21:02
My family is taking a vacation in August, but I went to the lake with some friends and family for the 4th of July and it was a blast! I haven't had a family vacation with all 4 of my kids yet, so I'm sure that will be my most memorable time when it comes!
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# Rachel Crisman 2010-07-13 21:23
My best memory of a summer was the summer my sweet old bear of a grandfather too k us to the lake for a while and we fished,grilled out and stayed outdoors all day and night.After we left the lake,he took us too the beach for a few days too. he raised us kids and he was the best!
:)
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# Kelly D. 2010-07-13 23:24
My favorite summer memory is camping with the entire family. We have so much fun when we're all together.
Kelly D. - secrets_girl23(at)yahoo(dot)com (aka) dkad23(at)gmail(dot)com
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# Jessie C. 2010-07-13 23:45
My most favorite summer memory we spent the whole summer in Japan with in-laws, participated traditional festivals and learned Japan cuisine, that was fabulously fun!
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# Natalie Vandenberghe 2010-07-14 00:50
I am a new, first-time, grandmother. Every moment I spend with my three-month-old grandson is another memory in the making. I most recently saw Orion (the baby) at my 12yo son's baseball game. I had so much fun holding the baby while cheering on my son (who hit the only home-run during the game).
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# Shawn 2010-07-14 06:14
It would have to be going to New Hampshire to see our daughter graduate from college.

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# Anne 2010-07-14 08:42
My favorite moment so far this summer is when we found a small waterfall in the Adirondack mts. and went swimming at the base of the falls.
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# Katherine 2010-07-14 13:56
My daughters graduation party and hosting the family reunion! What fun!
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# Amanda 2010-07-16 21:54
My favorite summer memories are when I was a teen and every year (sometimes twice) during the summer I got to fly from Idaho to Seattle to visit my aunt, cousin, uncle, and grandma. My grandma and grandpa on the other side of the family paid for me to fly by myself each year to go visit the family. One year my aunt even took me to a concert. I was 14 and it was Hanson. Mmmbop! :)
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