Summer.

     I love summer. It's that simple. I love the warm sun beaming on my face, the gentle breeze that cools you down every once and awhile, the amount of time I get to spend with my friends and family, and no school.
     Many people claim that summer is their favorite season, but they really don't mean it. They just don't like school. I don't think that saying you like summer because school is out should count as a reason for liking the summer. If you like the summer, spend it right. By this I mean use the extra time you have away from school doing something fun and create lasting memories. My favorite memories from the summer usually have to do with the fourth of July. I always see my family for at least a week during July. When this happens it's a HUGE get together.
     Last year my family all met in Indiana at my uncle Jeff's house. I love going there because he lives by farms, so he has an absurd amount of land just to hang out on. People play volleyball, ride go-carts, jump on the trampoline, go swimming, play corn hole (if you don't know what that is, you are missing out!), play football, and eat food. I had to include eating because when my family gets together there is no break from cooking. Last summer my family made enough food to fill out half of my uncle's barn! Sadly, I wasn't pleased because people devoured the mac & cheese, which was basically the only food there I liked. Well, I liked the desserts, but my mom limited me on them... Most of the food was the food listed on the dislike list in my FOOD FIGHT post. One more thing I forgot to mention when I listed things my family does at my uncle Jeff's house, is light fireworks. My family may spend a little too much money on fireworks. Last year we went to "Mark's Fireworks Factory Outlets". It's my favorite place to go for fireworks only because around the fourth of July they give out free T-shirts. Anyways, we went there and got over $400 worth of firework, but we only paid $300 dollars. The people who worked there were nice enough to give us around $100 of fireworks free.
     If you can't tell by now, my uncle  Jeff's house if pure fun. Another cool thing I like about visiting my family is that I usually always stay with my aunt Debbie. She works at Purdue University and knows that I want to attend college there. She is sure to load me up on Purdue merch. before I leave. My aunt always brings up the idea of going to the water park while we are there. It's usually my mom, dad, aunt Debbie, grandma, grandpa, brother,  cousins Madison, Kaitlin, and Laura, and me. I usually spend most of my time on the lazy river and going down the water slide. It's loads of fun and my cousins usually spend our time chasing each other around the lazy river. We're strange, I know.
     That is all packed into one week at the beginning of July. The rest of the summer I am home with friends. We ride our bikes to Dairy Queen occasionally, have bonfires, and multiple sleepovers. I go swimming in my neighbors pool and run through the sprinklers. I read on the hammock in my backyard and take pictures of the insane amount of flowers my mom plants every year. To say the least, I love the summer.