BYSo summer is right around the corner–for some of us more than others (my kids are out this week!) Which means that for families, there’s more swimming, popsicles. sleeping in, later nights, grilling, fighting, declarations of “I’m soooooo boooooored!”, and kids asking every 15 minutes if they can have a snack. So while summer is magical and wonderful and it’s amazing to step away from the daily grind for a few months, sometimes you’ve gotta treat yo self. I’ve picked a handful of my favorite summer luxuries and not only am I sharing the things I love, but I’m giving away a box of all these things (plus a few little extra things I love!)
- Rodan + Fields Mineral Facial Sunscreen. Full disclosure: I’m not selling this. This isn’t an affiliate link, meaning if you buy it, I don’t get any kind of perk, money, product, anything. I just love it, which was never the plan because I am really not a fan of direct sales. That said, earlier this year, I had tried literally every type of product they make except for Accutane for acne (and I’m in my thirties…I don’t need adult acne in my life) and finally decided to give their Unblemish regimen a shot. It really helped, but I have very sensitive skin and I felt like washing it twice a day with Unblemish was a little too much for it, so I started using the Soothe regimen at night. Between the two of them, it’s slowly been solving my problems.
The Soothe regimen came with a mineral sunscreen, which I didn’t necessarily need because I already had sunscreen in the moisturizer I was using in the morning, but I really love using this during the day (and sunscreen for me is a must–fair skin + fair hair + a family history of skin cancer + a history of burning = no bueno). I hatehatehate just about every facial sunscreen because they feel oily and greasy and make me break out and they stink, but this is none of those things. It’s definitely spendy, but mineral sunscreens just are expensive and this doesn’t cost as much as others I’ve seen.
2. Contigo Insulated Stainless Steel Water Bottles. Hi, I’m Kate (“Hi, Kate!”) and I’m a water bottle junkie. I have so many, but Contigo water bottles are consistently my favorite, both for my kids and for me (the self-sealing bottles are a deal breaker.) I love these bottles because a) they keep my drink cold all day, even in the heat, b) they’re a manageable size, c) they’re spill-proof, d) they have a little part that snaps over where you drink so if you toss it in a bag or take it on a hike, it keeps the mouth part covered, e) you can drink with one hand, so it’s perfect for the gym or when you have your hands full, and f) it doesn’t make your water taste like metal (which is usually my problem with stainless steel bottles.) This two-pack is a fantastic deal, way cheaper than buying them individually.
3. Raffaelo Almond Coconut Truffles. So a few weeks ago, a friend of mine gave me a box of these and my life has been changed. I’d never had them before, and I’ve got them squirreled away in my cupboards and ration them out like there’s a shortage. The funny thing is that if I were to pick a treat, it probably wouldn’t be white chocolate or almonds or coconut, but the combination of them is a.maz.ing. You can probably find these cheaper in stores (although they can be kind of tricky to find–look with the premium chocolates like the Lindt Truffles)–check Walgreens and CVS (of all places). I’ve also seen them at Target, but at my Target, they’re only packaged in larger boxes with other truffles.
4. Dry shampoo is an essential during the hot summer months and finding the right dry shampoo can be kind of a challenge. I got a sample of Living Proof Dry Shampoo (trial size and full size) in my Ipsy box about a year ago and it quickly became my favorite. Most dry shampoos smell so strong and have kind of a baby powder smell to them, which I’m not super into. I also feel like a lot of times, they’re not doing a whole lot except making my hair smell kind of like a sweaty baby, which is nice on a baby but not so much for me. I love the herb-y smell of Living Proof and yeah, it is strong, but not as strong as others I’ve tried. I also feel like it actually makes my hair less gross. I bought a full-size can of it in November and just barely ran out, so a little goes a long way!
5. The Coco Shea line from Bath and Body Works this year is SO amazing! I’ve been loving Coco Shea Coconut Body Lotion (the cucumber is also fantastic) for my body. Sometimes coconut-scented products take on a weird smell after awhile, but these just smell amazing, start to finish, and aren’t too heavy or too light.
I’m super excited to give a box of my favorite summer treats away, so if you want a box of all these things, leave a comment telling me the thing you’re most looking forward to this summer! When you comment, make sure you use an email address you check frequently in the email address field (you don’t have to leave it in your comment). The giveaway ends Sunday, May 21st at 10:00 pm Central time and the winner will be announced in my post on Monday, May 22nd.
Fine print: This giveaway is NOT sponsored, meaning we pay for the cost of the prizes. All opinions are our own. There are some (but not all) affiliate links in this post. Winner must have a US mailing address.
I am most looking forward to my oldest being home from college–it has felt strange having a family member missing during the school year!
I’m most looking forward to time with my family, as my husband is a hs math teacher, summers are a precious time for us together. My kids are young and we are expecting our 4th early September, so just sweet time together at the beach and at home over good meals is what I am most excitied for!
Looking forward to our family vacation to Cancun!
I am looking forward to the grandkids coming for an extended visit.
This is my first summer as a stay at home mom so I am most excited about being able to spend some quality time with my girls!
Looking forward to a little more relaxed schedule during the summer months!
Looking forward to beach days and no homework!
Looking forward to taking my children to Europe to visit their cousins, who they miss dearly. Can’t wait to see my sister and catch up on missed time with family!
I am looking forward to family vacation in Puerto Rico!!
We just moved into a new house in December, so I’m looking forward to seeing my new home through the spring and summer and being surprised by all the different plants and flowers that spring up. The previous owner was into her flowers, so I’ve already had the fun surprise of EIGHT (yes eight) different colors/varieties of lilacs! I didn’t even know they made that many.
I amber looking forward to a break from driving my kids around everyday!
Wow. Autocorrect. I am looking forward to a break from all the driving!
This past year was my first year as a working mom. I get the summer off and can’t wait to just focus on my kiddos and husband.
Most looking forward to a road trip to visit my daughter.
I’m looking forward to having my baby….my third boy!!
I’m looking forward to being able to spend more time as a family!!
I’m looking forward to an amazing trip with family this year!
I’m most looking forward to a trip home to visit family!
I’m looking forward to the annual Bear Lake family reunion!
I’m looking forward to the warm weather and days out in the sun.
I am looking most forward to summer for the warm weather. Something about the weather changes your mood entirely. I want you go to the beach for sure and just relax!!! Enjoy your summer everyone!
All three of my boys will be home!!! This makes my heart so happy!
I can’t wait for slower mornings!! Our family all loves dinner from the grill and mommy loves less kitchen mess. ; )
Looking forward to summer fun with the kids!
Pool time with my kids!
Looking forward to the weather, camp, and much more relaxed work schedule!
Looking forward to spending time outdoors after work with my baby and family! Going to the park, taking a walk, playing with bubbles!
I’m a teacher of 21 first graders. ‘Nough said… haha but really, just having a little time to get things done and plan my daughter’s wedding in August will be events to look forward to!
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I am most looking forward to the in-ground pool we’re having installed this summer!!
beach time with the family! and no homework 🙂
Summer for me = fresh veggies & the farmer’s market. YUM. I guess I’m mostly always all about the food…..:)
Looking forward to a more relaxed schedule and a few pajama days! 🙂
I’m looking forward to having my kids around!
I am most excited for my baby to arrive in June!
I am most looking forward to lazy mornings! Not having to herd everyone through the getting-ready process in the morning…can’t wait!
Looking forward to sleeping in and having relaxed mornings.
Alllll the things, I LOVE summer! But most notably the break in kids’ activities and schedules AND a couple of fun trips!
I’m really looking forward to hiking and biking and being outside in general. It’s been a long winter here in Utah.
Eagerly awaiting a long overdue holiday with my brother..been years since we traveled together
I’m looking forward to family reunions and barbeques.
I’m looking forward decorating our family office. It’s our summer project.
Looking forward to relaxing at the pool with my kiddos. We live in Utah and it’s snowing today!!! Summer can’t come soon enough!!
I’m looking forward to fountain drinks. Been living out of the US and we are back and cold drinks are my very favorite thing.
We just moved, so I’m looking forward to exploring our new area with my kids!
No more making my kids to do homework. And my trip to New York City with my friends.
I’m most looking forward to a break from carpool craziness (“You’re doing it wrong!”) and not having to wake up my five week old to drop off/pick up kids.
I am looking forward to no schedule with my kids, but that is probably what will drive me nuts by July.
I’m looking forward to not worrying if I have lunch box friendly foods and letting my kids forage for food and fend for themselves in the kitchen this summer.
I’m most looking forward to not having to make school lunches every day. Yes, I realize I will still have to feed them in the summer…but by the end of May, I’m so done packing lunch boxes.
Sooooooo done, hahaha
My husband is in medical school and this summer he takes his step 2 and begins 4th y at. He made sure to plan easssssyyyyy (relatively speaking, ha!) rotations for summer so we can FINALLY play. I can’t wait ????
We are going to visit my sister in NY this summer; haven’t seen her in 2 years!
Not having to pack school lunches every day!!!!
Right now the thing I’m most looking forward to is not setting an alarm!!
Getting outside and being active with the kids. Hiking, biking, swimming, etc… I intend to make the most of this summer!!
I’m looking forward to my husband being home (he’s a school teacher) and doing some remodeling projects on our house!
I’m looking forward to sleeping in until 6 to get to the gym, trips to our family cabin and a trip to the Oregon coast, reading a few good books and chillin’ with my kiddos.
I am looking forward to spending more time outside with my family.
I’m looking forward to having a baby! So done being pregnant 🙂
I’m looking forward to my oldest daughter not having any more homework or school anxiety for the whole summer!
I’m looking forward to playing and reading with my kids. Also, not packing lunches for school every morning!
Family reunions!
My family and extended family are biking the Hiawatha trail in northern Idaho. I won’t be biking (had a baby last week) but am looking forward to the road trip from AZ to ID and all the stops planned on the way! My kids are so excited!
I am feeling particularly jazzed about spending long afternoons at our local pond, letting the kids play and being with friends. Having zero schedule and coming and going as we please.
Summer vacation to my parents house!
I’m most looking forward to my husband coming home from Afghanistan for the last year and being back together again with my family! It’s been a hard year, but we are almost done! And being able to just sit around a little and not go go go with the craziness of the school year.
I’m looking forward to not getting my kids out the door in the morning!
I’m looking forward to having this baby! Number 5 for us and it’s so so much more exhausting than the first one.
I’m most looking forward to a summer at the ball park. So excited my boys decided to play this year! I can’t wait!
I’m looking forward to some SUN (It’s snowing out my window right now!) Also, my baby goes to kindergarten this year, so I will be relishing all the quiet and slow summer moments before life gets crazy-town again!!
I am most looking forward to the slower pace of life! Getting to sleep in and not having to have people out the door at a specific time!
Swimming! It gets a million degrees in Vegas so inside or in water is often the only option. 🙂
No last minute scramble on Sunday night to get the kids ready for the week.
I’m looking forward to a few months without homework and morning alarms!
We have a weeklong camping trip planned in McCall and I can’t wait. Going to the mountains soothes my soul! I love taking long walks, gardening and seeing more of my kids in the summer.
Is it too geeky to say I’m going to the American Library Association annual conference in June and I am stoked? Five nights away from “real life” and America’s Test Kitchen is going to be there!
I am most looking forward to all the “lazy days” of summer! ???. Yeah right, no lazy days here………our daughter is getting married in July!
I’m looking forward to introducing my baby to all the things I love! Swimming, biking, hiking, riding horses, and just being outside in the sun!
Looking forward to a much more relaxed schedule and being with my kids more! And homemade ice cream and BBQ’s….etc. ?
I love not having a routine for a few months! Get up when we want, do whatever we want each day.
I’m looking forward to lazy summer days with no homework!
I’m looking forward to having baby #6 out of my body and in my arms!
I’m excited to decorate my new house!
I’m most looking forward to sending my kids to play in the backyard. We bought our first house in December and I have been waiting for SO long to get full use out of our yard. Also, birthday parties, BBQ’s, family reunions and camping!
P.S. I literally swear by the Living Proof dry shampoo. Unfortunately it’s really expensive (for me, at least) and I have the thickest hair EVER and it doesn’t last me very long so I only buy it to “treat myself” on special occasions like my birthday.
Sleeping in! It will be so nice not to have to rush off to school every single day.
I’m looking forward to adding 2 babies to our family! One is being adopted and the other is due in 10 days!!
I’m most looking forward to having a new baby and not being pregnant. Also, really excited about the no homework!
Sunshine, sleeping in and family vacations!!
Looking forward to sleeping in and not making lunches! So I guess you could say I’m lazy ?
We live in a cold, blustery part of the country, but although they are short, we do have the most amazing summers. I just love being outside!
I’m most looking forward to no schedule with my kids. Just playing when we want for however long we want!
I have heard such good things about Rodan products but the direct sales thing has always made me not want to bother. I would love to try this sunscreen as a pale person myself!
Fun giveaway! Looking forward to lazy summer mornings where do don’t have to rush out the door all ready for the day.
I am looking forward to our annual Oregon trip!
I’m looking forward to the time spent with my children and grandchildren. We will be camping, picnicking, fairy and mustache parties, etc. I’m ready to make a summer of memories.
I need everything summer! Picnics at the park, hikes in the mountains, camping with the family, 4th of July, no school, no lessons, no homework. Bring on summer. I am SO ready!
I am looking forward to camping with our 5 kids and a few road trips!
Looking forward to fireflies at dusk, sun during the day, time with kids and a 20th wedding anniversary trip to Switzerland with just my husband!
I’m looking forward to working less and spending time with my boys. And sleeping in. Oh how I love sleeping in.
I’m looking forward to not stressing out about the my son’s online high school classes. It’s been the worst!!
I’m look omg forward to my first summer alone with my husband of 33 plus years. We are now empty nesters except for occasional grandchildren over nights. I hope to try more creative cooking for my husband especially with your wonderful recipes!!
I’m excited to have warm weather. It was a tough winter here in Idaho.
I was going to say “no lunchbox packing” but then remembered my daughters are going to day camp. No weekly reading logs is the second best thing.
My little girl just turned two, so I am looking forward to enjoying the pool and the great outdoors with her this summer. She will really be able to appreciate it more this year than last and I can’t wait to see what she loves and doesn’t.
I’m most looking forward to the long warm days! (It snowed this morning where I live)
Also, I have adult acne as well and spironolactone has been amazing for me with literally zero other side effects.
I’m excited to go on a couple of getaway trips with my hubby this summer. Just the of us reconnecting-a much needed thing!
Lots of family time but mostly, to be honest, no alarm clock!
I’m looking forward to watermelon season!!
I can’t wait for my sisters baby to come! She is due in July.
Summer is the best! Looking forward to hiking & lots of swimming with the one son I have left at home. We are gonna party!
I am most looking forward to the end of all this crazy friend drama with the end of the school year.
i forgot to add to my comment about girl-drama at middle school…..SOOOOO done!!
I’m looking forward to picnics with my family.
I’m looking forward to my kids being out of school and not always being in a rush to be somewhere.
Baby #7 arriving in June and having all my kids home to enjoy that all to short newborn stage with me.
My daughter will be graduating from college in a few weeks and my son is getting married next month. Been looking forward to these two occasions for awhile.
I’m looking forward to fun, family vacations and a more relaxed schedule.
I’m most looking forward to a break from remembering all of the school stuff — concert dates, field trips, spirit week, forms, folders, etc.!
I’m so excited to get out of the daily grind of the school year!! And, I’m over the moon that I NEVER have to go through 7th grade again (four times–once for me and three boys!)!!! ?
I am hopefully looking forward to sun and time outside with my kids! I has been a long cold winter here and not much warm weather yet!
Going to the pool and enjoying the sunshine in general. Summer is my favorite season!
This will be a new kind of summer for us as our oldest graduated from college and won’t be coming home for the summer. She will be living three hours away so we’re hoping for some fun weekends. Our youngest who is a freshman in college will be home though…yea! This empty nest thing takes some getting used to!
I’m looking forward to lazy mornings where we can sleep in, and Lake days at Lake Tahoe!
I’m excited to vacation with my family in Bear Lake and soak up the summer sun! ?
Looking forward to the warmth of the sun, evenings with that heavenly summer breeze and some time away with family!
I’m SO looking forward to experience summer through my daughter’s eyes!! She’s finally old enough to start getting excited about and participate in things! I can’t wait to watch her see fireworks for the first time, go swimming, run through the sprinklers, eat shave ice, go camping, etc. Having kids makes everything fun, exciting, and new again!!
I am looking forward to our huge cross country road trip!
Looking forward to no-stress mornings! No prying kids out of bed! No packing lunches! No hustling out the door to catch the bus!
This summer I am looking forward to warmer weather, first off; the winter has been so long I’m also excited about laid back evenings just being able to hang out and enjoy time with family and friends. Perfection!
I’m excited to take my kids on hikes during the days.
Looking forward to warm weather, the pool, and family vacations. And not having to bundle up my 2 year old ?
I’m looking forward to not having to make sack lunches every morning!
I’m looking forward to going to Alaska to see family!
I can’t wait for days at the pool with my kids and girlfriends without the pressure of having to get home to finish up homework.
I need all those things in my life! Especially the truffles! ?
The thing I’m looking forward to the most this summer is our family vacation to the beach! A whole week away with nothing but sand and sun! ☀️
I’m excited for hot dogs and s’mores with the kids this summer. We love campfires!
I’m looking forward to getting all moved in to our new house and the 4th of July. I love fireworks and all the festivities.
I am most looking forward to, so many things! Especially sitting in my backyard, enjoying some shaved ice (half tigers blood, half mango with heavy cream drizzled on top?) with my kids and watching them play.
Looking forward to going on our vacation to Disneyland the day after my kids get out of school.
I am looking forward to fresh garden produce and time outside!
Looking forward to our trip to Island Park/Yellowstone. We love going every year!
I’m most looking forward to happy hour! We make a batch of frappes and a batch of koolaid and all our friends and their kids come hang out by the kiddie pool. We do it during witching hour so that when it’s over, everyone goes home to the help of their spouse!
No schedule!!! And tan legs. If you can’t tone it…tan it!
Looking forward to swim days at the community pool, shaved ice, late nights playing night games, sleepovers on the tramp and having my best babysitters home!
Our massive 4th of July party! Swimming, BBQ, fireworks!
I am going to the Pacific Northwest for the first time this summer! Yay!
I’m looking forward to family day trips! We have a couple of longer vacations planned, but I love taking little mini trips with my family to fun random places. We just moved to Colorado, so we are excited to explore!
I can’t wait to get out there on my bike and go camping with my family!
Looking forward to traveling a lot with the family
Looking forward to sleeping in and hanging out at the pool.
We are moving in 3 weeks so I am looking forward to living it up in our new house!
I’m looking forward to eating the veggies out of my first garden and beach days!
I’m looking forward to swimming with my toddler every day!
I can’t wait to not have to set my alarm every morning!! All of us want more sleep!!
I’m looking forward to eating fresh vegetables from my garden, relaxing days with time to read, and time spent at the lake.
This summer I am looking forward to not packing school lunches and not doing homework! We love riding bikes together and working outside in the garden growing things. Happy Summer everyone!!
Looking forward to softball, baseball, my parents visiting and not having to wake my kids every morning at a God-awful hour for school!!!
Looking forward to having the summer off of work!
I’m looking forward to mornings at the pool and long afternoon naps with my littles.
I’m looking forward to my oldest getting a job, having reading marathon days, and hanging out in the hammock.
I’m excited for my daughter and grandkids to come for a visit from Japan, where they have been living for the past year!!!
I’m looking forward to an easier work schedule and less rain! (I live in the PNW)
NO homework, my kiddos’ birthdays (daughter turns 13! and son turning 9), half-day off on Fridays, sun/warmth, pool, etc. I love summer!!
Late nights and sleeping in! Actually I’ll probably do neither since I’m currently pregnant, but I love the idea of that and lazy summer days.
I can’t wait to sit by the pool and catch up on my reading!
I am looking forward to swimming a lot! It’s so hot in AZ that really we don’t do much else, but we love swimming!!
I’m looking forward to turning off the alarms and lots of family time!
I am most looking forward to early morning lessons for my kids. I know that sounds odd but I despise having afternoon or evening appointments. My brain feels like it’s on hold all day waiting for the commitment to be concluded and then after they ar checked off it can return to normal functioning levels. Commitments completed first thing in the morning means I’ve done the “musts” and the rest of the day is FRRRRRRREEEEE!
I’m looking forward to a relaxed schedule with no commitments. And lots of pool time!
Anniversary get away with my husband (and grandparents to keep all the kids!)
I’m most excited about not having to wake up super early to get the kids to school! Also, since my oldest can read now I’m going to make it a point to take her to the library every week. Excited to share my favorite pastime with her!
We homeschool, so I’m looking forward to a break from planning lessons. I can’t wait for more spontaneous trips and relaxing days spent outdoors just reading, playing, and exploring with my kiddos, as well!
No schedules!!! And, having my kids home…at least until they start fighting and bickering and well…
Looking forward to lots of camping and hiking with my little family!
I am looking forward to no homework and sleeping in!!
I am looking forward to our new house being completed! We have been living in a 1000 square foot house with ONLY ONE BATHROOM for the last 21 years! So yes, I am looking forward to 3 toilets, a GARAGE, a pantry, and just overall room to roam!
I’m looking forward to BBQs, swimming, and experiencing all things summer with my twins who are turning 1 June 26th!
My family and I are taking our first road trip alllllllllll the way to Connecticut to visit family and spend a week on the beach.
Going to Germany for 2 weeks with my husband!!
I’m looking forward to not having to drive my kids to school every day!
I’m looking forward to school being out and spending afternoons at the pool!
Looking forward to picnics and hiking with my family!
I’m looking forward to bringing my son home from the NICU and bonding as a family.
I love the heat of the summer. I love the time with my kiddos. I love the sun! I am a sun junkie–but don’t forget the sunscreen
Summer evenings with my family. Best time of the day.
My parents have been out of the country for 3 years and they’re coming home this summer! I can’t wait to see them and to have my whole family in town.
I’m looking forward to grandkid sleepovers, lazy days and welcoming a new puppy!
I’m really looking forward to spending some time visiting my parents in my hometown. It’s always peaceful, enjoyable and nostalgic. My summer wouldn’t be complete without it!
I reallyreallyreally hate direct sales, too. But gosh dangit, R+F almost has me convinced I need it in my life. It’s like I’m holding out on principle!
Okay, I live outside of Portland, Oregon, so I realize that predisposes me to rain but this year has been SO BAD and unseasonably cold and I don’t want 90 degree weather but what I’m most looking forward to is the perfect summer stretch of 80-85 degrees when nights don’t go below 70 and all is right in my world (and my power bill). = )
Hanging out in the sun with my family.
So looking forward to bbq’s and reading some good books! Anticipate spending quality time with my kids as they are growing much too quickly for me to comprehend that someday soon they will be moving away to college.
What a great giveaway! I would love to try some of these things! Thanks!
I’m looking forward to the relaxed summer schedule after a crazy busy spring sports season.
Family reunion in Yellowstone!
So looking forward to not packing lunches in the morning for my kids! And just excited freedom from schedules. Summer is the best!!
Looking forward to sleeping in, no schedules, lots of coke zero and lots of pool time!!
I’m looking forward to NO schedules and lots of fun with my kids!
I’m looking forward to not having to get up super early and letting the kids play as late as they want at night. They think it’s so unfair to have to go to bed when it’s still light outside.
I am looking forward to not waking my kids up at 7am and having a *little* more of a relaxed morning. However, now that they don’t HAVE to get up at 7am, they will most likely get up at that time on their own. You know, like they do on Saturdays and Sundays right now…even though I am DRAGGING them out at that same time Mon-Fri :/
I am looking forward to having my daughter home from college for the summer!
I’m most looking forward the more relaxed schedule! If I don’t get dinner done until 7:30, no big deal?
I’m looking forward to time by my pool and under my patio cover relaxing and enjoying life.
I’m looking forward to everything non-school related. No getting ready, no signing paperwork, not paying for school lunches, not this after school activity or that.
I’m most looking forward to lots of family time since my husband is a teacher and has the summer off!!!
I am so excited to play and swim with my kids… and I’m not gonna lie… sleeping in sounds mighty fine to me too!!!!!
I’m looking forward to camping! I love being outside. It is how I recharge.
Swimming and riding bikes!
BBQs, watermelon, and sunshine!!
Sunshine and pool time!
So many things I am looking forward to – My oldest being home from college for 2 whole months, girls trip to Destin next week, spending weekends with family and friends in our pool, and using my new OBB meal plans!!
The beach!!!! We go to Destin, FL every summer and it’s amazing!
My favorite thing in summer is watching the fireflies. I also love making strawberry ice cream.
I’m looking forward to not having a schedule and spending time with family.
I’m most looking forward to a break from the morning rush of getting my kids ready and off to school.
We had a pool put in over the winter, so I’m excited to swim every day with my kids!
Oh and to not have to pack lunches! ?
Looking forward to BBQ’s, lake days and fireworks!
I’m looking forward to a more relaxed schedule. Just going with the flow.
I am looking forward to going to Paraguay to get my son who is finishing his LDS mission!
Looking forward to days at the beach and pool with my girls
Camping with my family !
The sunshine!! This winter season was a hard one emotionally so I’m just ready for the sunshine!
I am soooo looking forward to not nagging my middle and high schoolers about homework 😉 and having them home to help with the 1 year old! Also excited for my 20th anniversary trip to Quebec with my husband!
Most looking forward to SUNSHINE!!!
I am most looking forward to getting some sun and seeing our garden grow!
I tend my granddaughters but in a few days their dad will be done with another semester of collage and have a month off school so I’m looking forward to just being a fun grandma and not the one in charge?
Big cross-country move this summer!! Woo hoo!
I am looking forward to spending time with my kiddos, visiting family, sleeping in, and warm summer days at the pool!
Looking forward to sunshine and a break from kids homework ?
This is our first year with a pool pass, so I’m looking forward to lots of days at the pool!
I’m excited to spend some quality time with family this summer. We have road trips planned to see both sets of grandparents. 🙂
I’m looking forward to having backyard barbeques once again and making s’mores in our fire pit.
No homework, no schedule, no early mornings. Time! Time for my kids to unwind, fill up on love and creativity and family and to fill up spiritually. And sleep. Sleep is a big one.
most looking forward to seeing how many trips/adventures we can find.
My husband and I just purchased our first home, so I’m looking forward to backyard BBQs with friends, reading a book out on the deck, and SUNLIGHT!
I’m most looking forward to a week long vacation to see my mom in Montana!! Pick me!
I am so looking forward to reading in the sun on my back porch with a dirty Diet Coke and lots of sunscreen!
I am looking forward to not making school lunches this summer, and I’m looking forward to playing board games with my family every night after dinner! Thanks for sharing your faves, Kate!
I’m looking forward to hiking the national parks, RZR riding, a sprint tri, and and family reunions!! I love the plastic contigo water bottles, I’ll have to try these next!!
Our family looks forward to a change in pace! I cant wait for no mountains of school papers floating around!
Looking forward to cabin time with hubby and family?
I’m looking forward to having my kids home (no school!!! Yay!) and enjoying summer activities together!
I’m looking forward to all the yummy food and family barbecues!
I’m most looking forward to sunshine and NO SNOW! Here in Utah, it snowed overnight and I’m so done with the cold. Oh, and I’m super excited to go to Scotland for a week with just my hubby!
I’m looking forward to sleeping in and my 10 3/4 year anniversary trip to Hawaii with my husband!
I am looking forward to NO homework or missing school assignments! ;-}
I am most looking forward to no school taxi-ing every week day! 😉 But seriously, I love the relaxed schedule of summer and doing fun things with my boys, too!
I’m looking forward to more free time with my kids so we can actually go and do fun things.
No Homework!!! It’s just as much work for me as my kids 🙂
We ate buying our first (close in one week! Ahhh!) so I’m looking forward to getting settled and making it ours.
I’m excited to try ALL of these things, but especially the B&BW coconut lotion. When the new summer line came out I got all tingly excited, so I’m happy to hear that it actually works!!
I’m looking forward to lots of outdoor summer activities and warm summer nights!
I’m looking forward to our trip to Europe with our oldest. She graduates from high school in two weeks and this is our big congratulations to her. Oh, and I’m looking forward to no homework for the younger kids and sunshine and swimming and fresh food from our garden!
I’m most looking forward to getting through the morning sickness phase and having the energy to get my disaster of a house ready! But summer-wise, my husband and I are taking a little vacay to Paris for a friend’s destination wedding. Definitely excited about that!
Looking forward to putting the alarm clock in the drawer for 3 months!!
I love summer! My husband just started a new job and won’t be able to take vacation days this summer, so I’m planning on a lot of lazy days in the sun with my kids. The park, the pool, and lots of snow cones!
Everything about summer is amazing. Camping, cookouts, festivals, parades, 4th of July, pool, summer concerts….the list goes on. We love summer!
Fresh produce from my garden! I love walking out the back door and picking things off the plants for dinner. Yum!
Looking forward to warm days spent at the pool!
I’m most looking forward to 2 vacations….one with my kids (4 & 2) and one without!!! for the first time we’re going away without them across the country. It’s for a wedding, but we’re taking a few extra days. We need the time for just us!
I’m looking forward to a less-scheduled, less-hectic lifestyle once my teens are only doing summer school and work, rather than 10 million other school clubs and activities on top of school. Hooray for lazier days!
I’m looking forward to finally building the deck on our little cabin at the lake. We love spending time at the lake, but because the cabin is small, the deck makes for extra room.
I’m most looking forward to lots of time with my kids :).
I’m just looking forward to the nice sunny weather!
I’m definitely looking forward to time at the beach! I am dreading sending my oldest to middle school at the end of summer though?
Lazier mornings with the kiddos 🙂
No packing lunches, no waking baby to pick up older siblings, and lots of swimming and beach time!
I’m a substitute so I’m looking forward to having time off and being able to sleep in!
Definitely looking forward to our month long trip to Utah to visit and play with family!!!
We’re headed to Utah for 10 days and I can eat Cafe Rio!!!!!! Oh, and see family we haven’t seen in 2 years. While eating cafe rio.
No homework!!! Or getting up early for school!
Having more time with family and being able to travel.
I’m looking forward to no schedule!!!
Really looking forward to the last summer my son will be home! He graduates and is headed out on a two year mission after summer is over….so I really want to soak up tons of memories.
Hi, I’m Lynette and I am also a water bottle junkie. The contigo water bottles excite me. I have a camel back one that’s insulated and like it, but the mouth piece has bothered me ever since I got it. I also love that the one you showed can keep the mouth piece covered! How nice!
I’m looking forward to s’mores and fireworks. And just enjoying one last summer with my kiddos before I send my oldest to kindergarten and our life changes forever! 🙂
I am looking forward to NOT having to wake up cranky teens for school!
I am COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS to welcome home my missionary in July then we’re going to party like its 1999 (which will mostly involve me sloppy kissing his face until he drowns) before I have to drop him off at college at the end of August. I miss my best little friend!
Family! Family! And more Family!
This summer, I want to hike! We’re finally not road-tripping far away from our PDX home, and I can’t wait to soak up the PNW’s best season at the coast, in the Gorge, and up the mountains. Those water bottles will get lots of use….
I’m most looking forward to not having to be up and out the door by 7:30.
The thing I am looking most forward to is the fresh garden produce! The strawberries, raspberries, tomatoes, snap peas, etc. Yum!
I am definitely looking forward to sleeping in the most…no 5 am alarms going off!
I’m so looking forward to not having to pack lunches after lunches after lunches!!!
I’m looking forward to warmer temps and spending time with my kids!
I’m looking forward to letting my kids sleep in!
I am looking forward to a more relaxed schedule, pool days, and the return of flip flop tan lines!
Sleeping in… that’s all I want to do is to sleep past 7am!
The best thing about summer is not having to pack school lunches for my kids every night!
I am looking forward to amazing summer food.
I am most looking forward to vacationing with my family and not having to make lunches or help with homework!
I am most looking forward to going to our lake house in Minnesota!
I am looking forward to our family vacation up on Northern MN — it’s crazy with around 35 people there, but so fun to hang out together and watch my kids enjoy their cousins!!
I’m most looking forward to (and terrified of!!!) the birth of my twins.
I am looking forward to relaxing by the pool and cookout with friends!
I’m looking forward to seeing family this summer. We live in NY and they live in CA, so visits are few and far between. I think we may also see some national parks we haven’t been to yet (which is a favorite family pastime).
Long warm summer nights.
A new baby to enjoy and no school drop off/pickup! Other then that, this summer could potentially get crazy with a move coming up, just waiting to hear when our official leave date is.
Some sleeping in, hopefully!!!
Looking forward to no homework!!
I’m looking forward to fun activities with my kids, and also not having to fight with them about homework.
I’m looking forward to no more projects from school!! And fireflies. I love fireflies.
Im a fellow fair-skin, but I love sunshine! So I just put on the hat and lather up with sunscreen! I haven’t made it to bath and body works yet (none close by) but have been wanting to try this line, I’m a sucker for cocoa butter!
I am most looking forward to a less busy schedule!
I can’t wait til my kids can play outside all day. They will mostly stop using ALL the toys in the toy box and my room will stay clean-ish 80% of the summer. Hopefully that also means my three year old won’t dump out a whole box of toys all over the floor every.single.day ?
I am so looking forward to a break from making cold lunches for school!!!!
I’m looking forward to sleeping in (although the truth is I probably won’t but there’s something about not HAVING to get up) and not needing to nag my kids to do their homework or make their lunches.
I’m looking forward to visiting family!
I am looking forward to lots of new adventures with my 4 boys this Summer. It will be a Summer of exploring in our own backyard, checking out all of the amazing sights. We will also be dropping our eldest off to BYU this Summer. Makes me sad and excited at the same time. Looking forward to our Summer!
Our summer is going to be a little crazy, but even in the craziness I won’t have to wake up so early every day and I won’t have to drive my kids to school! We will go to the beach and spend time at the pool, see friends & family we don’t get to see often, and I get to go to YW camp with my 2 oldest girls. 23 days and counting!
Swimming, early morning walks with good friends, picking raspberries and blackberries fresh from the garden, shelling peas and talking with the kiddos, hiking, camping with grandma/pa, 4th of July parade …. there won’t be enough time to do it all. Love summer!
My sissy is moving 15 mins away from me and I am so excited to spend time with her and our littles at the pool.
Summer!! Looking forward to days at the pool with my kids soaking in some sun. And no more packing lunches and fighting with my kids about doing homework will be real nice ??!
I’m getting married this summer!!!!!
I can’t wait to let my kids and myself sleep in. It has been a LONG school year and we all need the break.
Roger Waters concert in July!
I love spending time with my baby at the lake. Swimming, BBQ’s with Family. Can’t wait!
Looking forward to having my family all together the end of July. It will be crazy chaos but so amazing too.
I am loving all these favorites. I, too, am a water bottle junkie. I also hate direct sales things but have secretly been wanting to try rodan and fields (IF I suddenly have $300 to spare…sheesh!). But I am almost 30 and still struggle with my acne, too. Plus I’m pregnant, so add some extra hormonal skin issues on top of that. No bueno. Anyway, I would love to try your favs box!
OH, and I forgot to say what I’m most excited about this summer! I’m a teacher, so HELLO, being OUT of school and getting to spend it with my babies instead. Yay!
I know, that was my big thing!! The cost is crazy!! And then I sat down and calculated what I’ve spent on everything I’ve tried in the last year–doctor’s visits and medications and products and everything and realized it wasn’t awful, haha, especially since they last closer to 4 months than 2. But it was a tough leap to take!!
I’m looking forward to our vacation- a couple days at Disneyland and then a couple days at the beach!
I am most looking forward to warm weather! It’s snowing at my house today. 🙁
I’m looking forward to less structured days and more family fun!
Looking forward to summer vacation for school kids
I am so excited for outdoor movies in the park and lots and lots of swimming!
Having my kids home!
No early morning seminary!!!! Today was the last day and I think I want to dance a jig! ????
A new baby!!
A new baby!!
Kind of dreading the summer heat since I’m pregnant over here, but I’m looking forward to summer parades, festivals, BBQs, and swimming.
Last summer I was in school full time so I’m looking forward to summer with my kids again. And I’m working very part time so hopefully it will take longer for everyone to drive each other crazy
I look forward to BBQ! ? I love being outside and eating with friends and family!
Lazy mornings!
Hi! I’m really looking forward to having our yard done this summer (…fingers crossed that it IS summer when that happens and not almost next winter …). And summer activities like swimming and bbqs and family reunions!
I’m looking forward to our annual beach trip with our family!
I’m looking forward to going on a little trip with my husbands and daughters! It’s our first with just our little family and not grandparents/aunts/uncles/cousins along, too!
And, I’m not going to lie, I’m looking forward to my daughters going to a park program M/W/F mornings at which point I’ll go to the gym and run errands alone!
We’re going to be empty-nesters! Woohoo!
Looking forward to sleeping in and trying new adventures! Our goal is a new place every week even if it is a part for a picnic!
Having a bit more flexibility in our daily schedule, which hopefully means more outside playtime and FUN!!
I’m looking forward to relaxed mornings!
I’m excited to move it to our new house and start remodeling!! ?
Looking forward to a family reunion in July!
Staying in pjs til 11!
I am most looking forward to hanging out with my oldest son before he heads off to college.
I’m looking forward to plenty of time with my husband, watching the sunset from our little back porch!
moving to TEXAS!!
I’m looking forward to our RV trip to Glacier National Park!! And of course fun days at any source of water with my kids!!
Heading to an inclusive in Costa Rica with hubby and our 12 year old daughter for my bday in July! Could def use some of these items for our trip.
Today snow is falling at my house. I’m feeling most excited about the prospect of long, hot summer days, delicious fruit, and being reunited with family!
I can’t wait for my son to come home from college and to celebrate his birthday with him for the first time in three years.
Looking forward to lazy days by the pool…
I am looking forward to a trip with my kids to California to see family that we don’t get to see often being we live on the east coast. And of course not packing lunches!
I’m looking forward to moving closer to family after a decade away! And popsicles and pools 😉
I’m looking forward to vacationing with my family in Hawaii!
Warm weather!! It has been such a cold winter and we are still only in the 50’s here in Meridian! Bring on the heat, swimming pools and snow cones!
No homework!! And that is enough.
I am looking forward to a successful vegetable garden so I can learn how to pickle & can everything I’m growing!
I am so excited for this summer! I’m excited for warm sunny days and going on adventures with my kids!
I’m looking forward to summer reading, sparklers, camp fires, more relaxed attitudes and my son possibly buying his first house.
I’m looking forward to NOT fighting kids to do homework, and NOT being a Taxi, and sleeping in for an extra hour!!!!! It’s all about the little things.
I’m definitely looking forward to my kids being out of school and going on a family vacation!!
I am looking forward to sleeping in!
I am most looking forward to spending a lot of time on our lake this summer! Great summer giveaway!!!
Camping! We love our camper and go most weekends during the summer. This year we are taking a two week trip, so new water bottles, sunscreen, and dry shampoo would come in handy!
I’m looking forward to no homework for kids. Sleeping in a little. Five weeks of paternity leave for my husband and a family reunion. Not quite sure what we’ll do in July!
I’m looking forward to full time play time with my kiddos!! And grilling every day! Xo
I’m most looking forward to our family reunion at Bear Lake! Thank you for the giveaway! 🙂
Splash pads finally turning on and BBQ’s. Ahh, they make summer so much more fun (and bearable).
I am looking forward to taking my kids home to New England, where they were born and where I’m from. I can’t wait!
I am looking forward to enjoying a summer off and spending time with my youngest before he heads off to college and reading a few good books!! Thanks for the opportunity to win some great prizes!
I am most looking forward to a more relaxed schedule, no homework or lunch making in the mornings, and time with the family at the beach.
I live in Seattle, and I just want the rainy, cold weather to stop! I’m looking forward to packing away all my jackets. (Sitting on the playground right now in a jacket appropriate for the 55° weather. )
This is the first time in almost two years that I get to see my family since we moved 1500 + miles away from them. I’m looking forward to spending time with them most this summer and reconnecting.
Sunshine and warm weather. It’s been so rainy this year, even by Pacific Northwest standards.
I’m looking forward to just getting some sunshine and park dates with my boys! Just had my second baby in February so it will be nice to get out and get some vitamin D. 🙂
I’m most looking forward to sleeping in. I ? Sleep. And camping with the family. But mostly sleep.
Tomatoes! Vine ripened tomatoes!
Sleeping in!
I am so looking forward to sunshine and playing outside with the grandbabies!
I’m looking forward to visiting my parents.
I am looking forward to less rigid schedules, more play time with the kids, and pool time.
I teach school during the school year so I am anxious to hang out with my kids during the day and I’m anxious to be able to do activities. I am also excited because I’m no longer going to college(I graduated with my masters) so we will have a summer without me having to study.
I am looking forward to bringing my kids to the beach.
I’m looking forward to some summer grilling! And relaxed schedules will be nice as well.
I’m looking forward to spending time and playing with me kids and, not packing school lunches!
I can’t wait for summer to lounge in/around the pool enjoying home made ice cream!
I am most looking forward to sleeping in! We also recently bought an inflatable water slide and I’m looking forward to watching my kiddos play on it
I get to go to the first concert for someone I choose this summer! Jack Johnson is going to have a terrific show. (The only other concert I’ve ever been to is a Barry Manilow show my mom won tickets to. It was still fun, even at 15 years old.)
I’m looking forward to quality time with my kids!
I am most looking forward to going to the beach with my family!
We live in Dallas and my only grandson is in Herriman, Ut. My husband has recently lost his eyesight so it is up to me to drive us to SLC. So many new responsibilities and challenges, but the reward at the end of 24 hours in the car will be soooo worth it!!!!!!
I’m looking forward to going to the beach with family and to the mountains with girlfriends. Thanks.
I am looking forward to trying as hard as I can to love where I live. Last year I moved to Phoenix and then was pregnant and horrendously sick all summer so to be fair to the state I need to try not to abhor it.
Summer days at the lake with my whole family!!
I’m most looking forward to no homework or schedules and the chance to just play with my kids and take them to see extended family!!
Wow, great stuff! Those coconut truffles do look amahzing. The thing I’m looking forward to most is…the end of summer. I hate summer with an undying focus and intensity.
I’m excited for our nearby reservoir to open up–it’s like a mini beach!
I am looking forward to spending more time with my kids and also using my grill more to cook meals. It’s too hot in AZ to use the oven!
I’m looking forward to (and kind of nervous about) our family’s first cross-country road trip, and for my four kids to see different parts of the country!
Family Reunions!
I can’t wait to sleep in and for warmer weather!
I’m looking forward to spending a week with my whole family together- even my grown-up-out-of-the-house kids! It’s like heaven on earth.
My friends’ wedding in wine country!!!
I’m looking forward to sleeping in and having a relaxed schedule!!!!
I’m looking forward to warmer weather, swimming, and family time!
I am looking forward to my vacations!
They have the Raffaelo boxes at the neighborhood Walmarts on Jackson Street and 28 East. I saw them before Valentine’s day and bought them for my husband to give to me. I brought one each in for 3 people that work for me — they are now addicted! I do have to ration them out to myself or I could eat the whole box… they are so darn good!
I’m looking forward to a break from school schedules and the opportunity to spend time with my kids that’s not the run-around-stressed-after-school kind of time, but the quality time… reading, learning stuff together, playing games, pool time, working out together, etc…
I am most looking forward to swimming with my family at the community pool. Also, the “sweaty baby” comment made me laugh out loud!
This summer will bring trips back and forth to VA to visit my sweet granddaughter (19 months) Cora. She is our first grandchild and blesses us with so many new firsts.
I am really looking forward to relaxing and not having a crazy schedule of getting kids everywhere! A pool time, vacation family fun sounds good too!!
I’m looking forward to looking forward to sending my kids back to school……………………………
I am looking forward ot NO Homework, No lunches to pack, flipflops, sunshine and exhausted kids
Looking forward to a break from packing lunches!
I am most looking forward to having no schedule!
I am so excited to be going to Myrtle beach this summer with my family. All of my family lives out in Utah and we are the only ones who live out east. I finally convinced my family to do a vacation out here so we wouldn’t have to pay for yet another $3000 on airfare. Yuck. Can’t wait for summer… bring it on.
Let’s see…time with kids home, dinners outside, pool time, vacations to the lake, slow warm days, etc. love me some summer!
I’m looking forward to warmer, longer days and walks in the woods.
Looks like a fun list! I’m most looking forward to sleeping in… or at least not having to be up and going with my 5 kiddos quite so early.
I’m really looking forward to this summer! Lunch at the park, swimming lessons for my littles, and a vacay with my hubby while the kids spend time with grandparents!
SLEEPING IN! (ya know, past 7 am :))
Being able to sleep in…..my kiddo has to be at school @ 7 am!! Great giveaway!!
Kids outside, playing night games, summer BBQ’s, going to the beach, camping. I just can’t get enough summer.
I am most looking forward to running my first Marathon with 2 dear friends!! Ok maybe a little nervous too, but mostly excited for the experience!!
I am looking forward to our new baby arriving this summer!!!!!
No early morning rush to school!
I’m pretty much looking forward to all of it! Sleeping in, popsicles, outdoor cooking, camping and nights around the fire pit!
No homework or busy after school schedule, lots of time in the yard playing with the kids, swimming, site-seeing around our state and fruit season!
I am looking forward to my veggie garden, and I love the monsoons..
I am most looking forward to the arrival of our new baby girl!
I am looking forward to a little slower pace, and sitting on the deck with my husband, in the evenings!!
Utah just got hit with snow today, so I’m looking forward to warm weather that sticks around! And being outside all day
Looking forward to a more relaxed schedule so we can have fun with the kids: no “hurry-up-and-do-homework-so-we-can-do-dinner-and-still-get-piano-practice-in-before-going-to-church-for-Scouts-and-then-get-through-the-shower-and-to-bed-at-a-decent-time-for-early-morning-seminary!”
This summer I am most looking forward to spending 3 days (my birthday) at a bed & breakfast in San Luis Obispo.
My 5 sisters are coming to visit me for a long weekend!!! I am so excited!!
I love the sound of lawn mowers on a Saturday morning, cicadas singing in the evenings, and neighborhood kids playing night games. For me…those sounds scream summer — and after a long winter they are music to my ears! I love every single second of summer. Living in snow country (after being raised in AZ) has made me appreciate the absolute renewal of summer even more.
I’m looking forward to a vacation with my husband!!
Not having to fight the kids to get up for school, but mostly NOT MAKING LUNCHES! It kills me a little every day.
NEWPORT BEACH!!! And having my oldest home to babysit:)
As a Homeschooling mom of 5 – I’m so looking forward to SUMMER!!!! Pool Time, Gulf Beach Time and Sno Balls!!! Nothing better in the New Orleans are than this! This would be great!
I am most looking forward to a roommate reunion week we have planned in July!
I am most looking forward to spending quality time with the kids. We love spending our weekends with family, and at the soccer field. We don’t get out of school until June 27, so we have very little time to get bored.
I’m most looking forward to hiking in the mountains and enjoying nature with my family!
Soaking up the sun and time with my kids. Hopefully with a tub of Raffaello truffles!
Looking forward to not having to get up at 6:15 in the morning and deal with cranky kids!
Going to the beach with my daughter and her in laws
I’m looking forward to spending more time with my boys and less time making lunches and rushing in the morning.
I am looking forward to our families vacation to Hawaii! It is our first time going and we cannot wait!
I’m looking forward to sun and warmth, and NOT having to wear coat, gloves and boots. I don’t have to wear “real” shoes for a few months!
No more snow!!
I am most looking forward to BBQ-ing!!!
I’m looking forward to our annual family reunion week in Nags Head!
Quite simply, I’m most excited for the SUN this summer! I live in WA and this winter has been brutal. Between having a newborn, and being stuck inside with little kids and constant gray skies, I just need some sunshine in my life for once!!
I’m looking forward to summer traveling adventures!
I’m looking forward to spending more time with my kids reading, swimming, watching movies and going on vacation together.
Spending carefree time with my kids and volunteering my time in the woods doing trail maintenance. I enjoy the serenity in the woods as much as turning on my Kitchen Aid mixer!
I am so looking forward to lazy days in the yard! Puttering in my garden and reading in the hammock – when I’m not running around after kids! 🙂
Swimming in the pool and reading fun summer chick lit books!
Its a tie between my son getting married and me and my husband getting away for our 30th anniversary. . . a spendy but memorable summer for our family!
I’m looking forward to the weather! I love love love sunshine and warmth
I’m looking forward to having my fifth and last baby!
I am so looking forward to moving into a home this summer. My husband graduated one year ago and we have been renting ever since he went back to school. With 4 kids, it’s finally time to settle down and find a home to call ours!!
Getting married! 🙂
I would love to try EVERY one of those products!! Thank you! BTW- your video on how to curl your hair was life changing for me!! Yay!!
I can’t wait for family campouts (camping food), snow cones, and sleeping in.
I am looking forward to WARMTH! Nothing like a snow storm on the 17th of May. #CacheCountyChristmas
I’m looking forward to sunshine and beautiful flowers!
I live in Easter Washington and it has been a ROUGH, long and wet winter. I’m just looking forward to lots of sunshine and days at the lake.
Definitely looking forward to not having to get up as early! Also, we are moving and I’m looking forward to the new location!!!! Although, I’m not looking forward to the humidity…..
I am so looking to vacation and that means downtime with family
Looking forward to a slower pace, pool time, snow cones and fun trips.
I’m looking forward to swimming outside – it was a long winter!
So excited to not wake up for school. My oldest started kinder this year and it almost killed us all to be up so early! Yay for sleeping in!
I’m so excited to have a flexible schedule and time to hang out with my kids. And let’s be honest, a break from packing school lunches isn’t so bad either!
Looking forward to relaxing and having some fun with my family.
I’m so excited to have a flexible schedule and time to hang out with my kids. And let’s be honest, a break from packing school lunches isn’t so bad either!
I’m looking forward to warmer weather, and all the fresh veggies.
The best thing about summers are camping with my family!
I am looking forward to a week alone with my oldest child while the other two are at camp. She leaves for college in Iowa in August so I am trying to get as much time with her as I can.
Lots of reading time by the pool!
Looking forward to warmer weather, playing in the dirt with my kiddos and Harry Potter themed family reunion.
Summer! I love the warm sunny days and the fact that it doesn’t get dark until later at night!
Looking forward to spending time with my awesome family and great friends!
I’m looking forward to spending time playing outside with my children. We’re ready for some sunshine and fun! I also finally buying a sewing machine and learning to quilt!
Baby #5 and hopefully a job for my husband!
I’m looking forward to more time with my boys, and warmer weather! It was a long winter.
I’m most looking forward to our family vacation to Hilton Head Island!
4th of July week at the Cabin.
I’m excited for cool summer evenings, kayaking on the lake, hammocking in the park, NOT getting kids up for school, and my parents coming home after being out of the country for 3 years!!!
Relaxing–I am a teacher and am looking forward to sleeping in and running everyday!
Hopefully…..sleeping in!!!!
Watermelon and Ranier cherries!!! Mixed with mint from my yard and a little lime and drizzle of honey.
Looking forward to the summer evenings outside with the family. ??
What I’m most looking forward to this summer is going to the lake with family. We swim, wakeboard, tube, fish, and eat all kinds of good food. And we order Dippin’ Dots and have to eat it all before all the dry ice evaporates 🙂 Good times!
We have some trips planned and I’m really looking forward to traveling.
im looking forward to go to the water park yippeee
Oh my goodness I love summer!! Swimming and smores and grilling and hiking – seriously so much fun!!
Definitely the beach!!
The thing I am looking forward to the most is a family reunion where I will see aunts and uncles and cousins that I haven’t seen for a very long time. This will be with my dads family. Because he passed away almost 15 years ago, I am so excited to see my uncles who remind me of my dad. I look forward to making memories and talking about the good ole days.
Looking forward to hanging out with a lot of family that I haven’t seen in a while.
My summer is family time. I am looking forward to evenings playing games and watching the fire turn to glowing embers while the grandkids snuggle close. I am looking forward to a not so scheduled time and picking fresh flowers and shelling peas and NO SNOW!
I’m most excited to see my garden grow (I hope!) It’s our first time owning a property to grow on.
I work at a high school, so I am super looking forward to having some time off in the summer!
I’m looking forward to going to my in-laws house in Northern Minnesota for a week. I’ve never been, and I’ve heard it’s going to be gorgeous…with awesome family too!
I’m looking forward to fresh tomatoes from the garden, warmed by the sun!
I’m looking forward to a slower, less hectic schedule with my three kids.
I’m excited to spend a week with my 11 year old niece and then a few weeks later to spend a week with my family playing at bear lake.
Sitting by the pool
I’m so excited for long summer nights and a family vacation. And not making lunches!
I cannot wait for ripe, juicy berries. Simple but true!
I’m looking forward to a relaxing summer with my kids and no homework….does that make me a slacker mom 😉 ???
I’m looking forward to spending time teaching my college age sons to cook wholesome meals so they will quit going to Taco Bell
My husband retired and will be spending the summer watching the kids. After 10 years of flip flop schedules I can’t wait to have the whole family in one place on a regular basis.
Looking forward to my garden and camping.
I’m taking my three kids on a road trip from central CA to WA–14 hours and I’m the only driver!
I am super excited to have 7 of my 8 grand kids for two weeks this summer, thanks for an awesome giveaway !
All the water time — pool, lake, bring it on!
I’m most looking forward to moving into our new home & having my family back together after living between two states for months!
I’m looking forward to summer when I can sit outside without freezing to death.
Sleeping in. Hooray!
I’m looking forward to no alarm clock (well, my kids will still wake me up too early, but I like them better than my alarm. Most of the time anyway). Also excited to see family for an extended visit, and a family vacation to San Diego!
I’m looking forward to many things, including…grilling out, late nights and sleep-in mornings, no schedule, more time spent with my girls, finding all the best ice cream stands, my girls getting to try new things, walking on the lake-front, patio get-togethers, seeing my neighbors again, no homework, traveling…
My oldest starts Kindergarten next year and I’m so sad to have my little sidekick leave me. I feel like I need to soak up every minute with her this summer. Kindergarten starts at 7:40am! Here in TX, so I will definitely be using a lot of dry shampoo.
I am most looking forward to sleeping in this summer- that is, if I can get my kids off their early school schedule!
I am looking forward to going camping with my husband and three young children. We did not have success last summer as my baby was too young but this summer we are going to make it work!!
Mike and I are going to Iceland this summer!!! So excited about that!!
This summer I’m most looking forward to finishing some home improvement projects. I’m tired of “being in the process” and am so ready to enjoy the finished product.
Family time and no alarm clock.
My family –kids and grandkids–will be together for a whole glorious week this August. Can’t wait!
I’m looking forward to a mostly staycation!!
I am looking forward to lazy mornings, late nights, and otter pops!
I’m looking forward to a break from homeschool!
I am looking forward going on a cruise to Alaska with my family!
What I am most looking forward to this summer is our family reunion. We have them every two years and since the last one, we have lost some of the older aunts and uncles. As they say, you never appreciate people until they are not there and I really want to spend some time with the ones we love who are still with us. .
I am most loooking forward to the slower pace of summer…sleeping in, swimming, the beach. I savor this time with my family – my kids are teenagers now and I realize that I need to appreciate every moment!
I am looking forward to not wearing a jacket anymore. It snowed today – May 17! I know you live in Louisiana and probably look at days like this like a complete relief from heat and humidity but I would like just a titch warmer than snow and jackets. By the way – those Raffaello candies are the most delicious thing I have ever had! I tried all the chocolates you could buy in Europe and of all these were my favorites! I’m glad you like them too!
The thing I am most looking forward to this summer is a family vacation in Hawaii. My husband and I just celebrated 20 years of marriage and we have 6 kiddos! We’re currently living in India, but it’s been really hard on me and some of the kids, so the kids and I are actually moving back to the States this summer (Yes, I have a US mailing address too ;). I dread living apart from my hubby for a year, but we think it’s what best for our family. Hopefully, our memories from Hawaii will sustain us when we’re really missing each other!
Definitely looking forward to a break from homework, Kindergarten drop off/pick up and such a busy schedule! I LOVE those water bottles too, my fave as well!
Going home to Idaho!
I am looking forward to fresh fruits and vegetables!!
I am most looking forward to spending some one-on-one time with my only “child” before she heads into her Sophomore year of college. Blessed to get this time with her and will cherish every single minute!
I’m looking forward to a few weekend trips to my families cabin- no cell or Internet and I love being able to”unplug”!
Last summer was so hectic having our 3rd baby/ packing up our entire house during maternity leave: and moving all before heading back to work. So I am so excited to enjoy our first summer at our new house with the kids playing in our awesome new back yard…. and there’s a creek! So exciting!
I’m most excited to move from Texas to Idaho! After four years of living 24 hours away from all our family, we will finally be close! This packet looks amazing- I want it all!!
I’m looking forward to a more relaxed schedule and sunshine.
I’m most looking forward to visiting my son at the base he’s at while he’s in tech school for the Air Force!! ??
I just moved to the beach this past weekend! Oh was it a job! Moving is just terrible. I am most excited about going to the beach though! The move was well worth it!
I’m looking forward to the splash pad opening and spending many evenings there while my husband is on call. It’s so hot in the summer so it will be wonderful
Excited to visit family and having a more relaxed schedule fir a few months.
Going to the beach!
I am looking forward to camping with the family this summer- there’s nothing like food and s’mores cooked over a fire!
Being embraced by warmth and sunshine, easier meals, evening fires, lightening bugs, long days, reading/napping in the hammock, flowers, neighbors being outdoors, . . .
I am most looking forward to going back to the States and bingeing on Americana. We get to see family, friends and regroup before heading overseas again early August.
I’m looking forward to a couple of months of not sitting in the carpool line pickup at school and lots of sunshine!
As a mom, I think I look forward to school summer break more than my daughter! No homework, nothing to sign, no packing lunches, no school activities to keep up with, no car line…everything is more relaxed.
I’m most looking forward to vacations!! We’re going to visit family and I’m excited for my kids to have cousin time!
I’m most looking forward to relaxing and regrouping after my first year of teaching kindergarten.
I’m most looking forward to having my husband home for the summer. He is a teacher and a coach and spends a lot of time away from the family.
I’m looking forward to a girls-only college graduation trip with my daughter!
I am looking forward forward to spending the days at the pool with my kiddos!!
I look forward to spending the days at the pool
I’m looking forward to getting our pool up so I can go swimming daily!
I’m looking forward to vacation time with family. ❤
I’m looking forward to spending time with my two twin grandbabies
We’ve got a move coming up and a family reunion in California!
Looking forward to a summer wedding for my oldest!
What I am looking forward to this summer is spending some good quality time with my family. Making as many memories as we possibly can! Thank you!
Looking forward to sleeping in and not packing lunches every day! And looking forward to finding local adventures with the kids!!
I’m looking forward to sleeping in and less structure.
I am looking to spending some time on the beach with my husband. I’m down 65 lbs from last summer and ready to rock a swimsuit!
I am looking forward to spending evenings and weekends in the pool and playing in the yard with my three girls since we don’t have to get up for school!!
I am a high school teacher, and I am most looking forward to a bit of relaxation this summer!!! Last summer brought a house move and a new job, so I missed the relaxation part!
I’m looking forward to gardening with my kids. Also not having homework to do because the last 4 weeks of homework time have been a nightmare.
I am happy to have my oldest home from college for a few months, my youngest to get his license, and, most of all, not having to get up quite as early!
I’m also a water bottle junkie!
Pool and sun time are at the top of my list! Also, not having to nag my 12 year old son to get his homework done!!!
I am looking forward to having another baby. My husband and I lost our daughter last summer during delivery. We are feeling so blessed to be having another baby girl!
I’m looking forward to lots of unstructured time with my kids!
Summertime is magical! We love not having such a stringent schedule and being able to play more outside, read, and have more fun outings.
Looking forward to finally being back in my own house! We had a house fire in Dec. 2014 and have been fighting with our insurance company but decided to go ahead and rebuild. So sick of living in someone else’ house!
I’m most looking forward to longer days and more time to spend playing with my kids! They grow up too fast!
My husband is home from a year long deployment, so I am looking forward to spending time as a family the most. To reconnecting and enjoying each other. Thank you for this opportunity, these products sounds awesome!
I’m so looking forward to the break from early morning Seminary (my son) and to lots of family time!
I am the most excited to go to Alabama and Louisana to see my brother.
this is a CRAZY summer for our family as we are selling our home and moving across the country for a new job! Before we go I’m most excited about hitting all our favorite places here one last time, bucket list style! After we arrive at our new home, I’m really looking forward to getting settled (and unpacked!!!!) and exploring our new location with the kids!!!!
I’m looking forward to the weather perhaps finally changing! Tired of cold and wet… ready for hot and dry! 🙂
I’m most looking forward to surprising my kids (7, 5, 3, 9 months) with special getaways, making this summer magical. Our summers with them are finite, and it is always our goal to make as many wonderful memories with them as possible. S’more nights, camping trips, beach time, swim lessons, summer reading, star gazing…we want make time every day for awe.
I’m looking forward to spending it WITH my husband around because last summer he was deployed! I don’t even care that we go anywhere, just get to be with him. 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win!
I am looking forward to a more relaxed schedule and time with the kiddos!
I am looking forward to taking my girls swimmimg, going to Tennessee for vacation and making a lot of fun memories!
Lazy days, read-a-thons with the kids, and running around outside. I love summer!
I am looking forward to GRILLING!!! :D:D:D
I’ll looking forward to my mom and sister’s family coming to visit!
I’m looking forward to an empty calendar! I can’t wait to wake up when I want (okay, sort of, I do have kids after all), and decide what we want to do that day without any deadlines or previously scheduled activities.
I am getting a hip replacement surgery in July. I have had 22 years of chronic hip pain due to hip dysplagia and degenerative arthritis and it is finally getting fixed. So, I am equal parts excited and terrified… but it will mean that I can walk my kindergartener to school next year and camp next summer and all the things so, I guess that’s what I am most looking forward to. 🙂
One of the things I am looking forward to (besides spending more time with my children) is not having to be on my “a-game” first thing in the morning. Breakfast, lunches, get dressed, hair done, teeth brushed, homework in backpacks, permission slips in backpacks, etc….all before I really wake up for the day! Yay for slower mornings!
I am so excited for things to slow down a little bit, so I can ENJOY my kids and husband, instead of rushing them everywhere all. The. Time.
All of these items look amazing. Thanks Kate!
(I’m a water bottle junkie too.)
I can’t wait to sit by the town pool with my 3 kids. They are getting closer to that age when they don’t really want to hang with me as much so I’ll take all the quality time I can get!
I’m looking forward to teaching my kids some stuff, like cooking and sewing, etc. I feel like there is no time during the school year to teach them what I feel is important.
I live in VIrginia and I’m most excited to take my kids back to my hometown to visit family for a month!
I’m looking forward to my sister’s wedding!
I’m looking forward to going to Bear Lake this summer! And I’ve just discovered the Living Proof dry shampoo and love it!
Looking forward to a break from the school morning rush
Watermelon!! Not store-bought, but yummy farmer’s market watermelon.
I’m looking forward to road-tripping with my family! Going to see lots of family and friends!
baseball!
I’m really looking forward to a new phase of life…empty nester. My youngest child leaves on his mission in June so my husband and I have some fun outdoor activities planned.
Being done with first year of medical school! Last Summer ever and ready to relax!
I’m looking forward to less of a rigid schedule. I like routine but I have to say summer is a nice break from the daily school routines.
I am so looking forward to living at our pool! My kiddo gets so worn out when we swim so she sleeps way better and it’s nice to be in the water when it’s unbearably hot outside
I just can’t wait for all of us to be on the same schedule together.
Most looking forward to visiting with my family that I have not seen in over a year.
No morning schedule!! I love starting the day when we feel like it, not rushing everyone out the door at 7:30!
Pool days!! Can’t wait! ?☀️
I’m looking forward to family bike rides. This is the first year that we all have bikes and now I can make bike trip memories with my kids, just like my parents did with me.
I teach third grade. I LOVE my job, but I am really looking forward to a vacation so I can stay up later than 8:30 and sleep in. Oh, and swim in the pool, all day long.
I’m looking forward to no work (I cross guard) and lazy days 🙂
I am so excited to go to Nags Head for a beach vacation. We go every year with family and it is always a blast. It is fun that so many families can get together for a whole week.
I’m looking forward to an Alaskan cruise!
I’m MOST excited for my kids to be home sans their crazy schedules! I think I’m more giddy for school to end than they are, just so the runaround slows down a bit! ?
I’m looking forward to swimming, camping, relaxing, and exploring with my kids. My youngest goes to kindergarten this fall so we want to make the most of our summer.
I’m looking forward to camping with friends and lots of family time.
The water park!! My kids love it. I love it. It’s just the best.
Last summer I was huge and pregnant and wearing thigh high compression socks. ? so this year I’m just looking forward to not being pregnant and letting my legs see the sun!
Playing tennis when it finally ever gets warm and stops raining or heaven forbid, snowing!
I am so excited for beach days with my kiddos! We live in rural Utah, which comes with its challenges, but we live minutes away from a beautiful sandy beach on the bank of the Green River, and I’m ready to run my kids ragged, so they sleep HARD. 🙂
I am looking forward to the break from school, fun in the water and sun and family visits. ❤
Sleeping in!! ??
I’m looking forward to long Utah summer nights spent with family and friends. Seriously can’t beat Utah summer nights!! Oh and LAKE POWELL! If you’ve never been you must go now!!
I didn’t sign my son up for a lot of activities this summer because it seemed like we were always so busy last summer. I’m looking forward to being beach and pool bums, taking it easy and spending more quality time together.
I’m looking forward to family reunions
I am most looking forward to beautiful weather perfect for golfing with friends.
I am most looking forward to no homework!! Also fun in the sun…
I’m most looking forward to pool time!!
Going to the pool.
I’m excited to… I don’t know!! I work full time, so I’ll be doing that, and I will be taking days off to do fun things like the zoo, aquarium, etc, with my 2 boys. I hope I get to do some kind of vacation-ish-something too.
I am looking forward to campfires and smores in the backyard while relaxing on a breezy evening.
Sleeping in and my daughter being home from school.
I’m excited to try some new recipes on the grill!! And lots of watermelon!! ???
I’m most looking forward to camping with my son’s and spending lots of time outdoors.
I’m am so excited to be done with my kids homework for a few months- I loathe homework! And also no mad rush to make the bus! And warm weather! And family trips! But the bickering and fighting- I’m not excited for that inevitably happening every.single.day. Yeah.
Relaxing poolside!
I’m looking forward to no more school projects or homework. And just being together this summer.
I’m so excited about my annual trip home ! I live 1000 miles from most of my family but every summer we make the drive home! I get to see my sister’s and patents and my kids get to be crazy goofy kids with their cousins!
Love beach camping, late nights and bon fires!!!
Family time!
i love swim season! Swimming is so enjoyable for me and makes my kids tired, double bonus!
Seriously looking forward mostly to sleeping in. I had a baby 2 months ago, and I’m a little tired of waking up, getting kids breakfast, making sure my 2nd grader is on time, etc. while functioning on less than a full night’s sleep. So over it!
This summer is going to be a rough one with work schedules and traveling (not to fun places!), but I am looking forward to Independence Day. I love parades and fireworks!
Going to the beach!
I look forward to going to San Diego
Swim team! I love working the meets and my kids love time in the pool with their friends.
I am looking forward to our yearly trip to visit my two siblings and other extended family members. We go to the Salt Lake area at least once a year. I really like escaping from our hot and humid summers in the Midwest. I do much better with the dry heat. So that’s what I look forward to is escaping our muggy weather. Besides I can use all the help I can get to look good. Can’t hardly keep makeup on. I don’t have a Contigo water bottle. I recently bought a Bubba mug and they are great for keeping drinks cold all day at work.
After a cancelled IVF cycle last month, my husband and I are looking forward to {hopefully} a successful one in July!
I’m looking forward to sleeping in!
Long runs in the cool of morning and late dinners on the patio by the grill.
I’m looking forward to all things coconut!
I’m so excited to not have to get kids ready for school in the morning!
Looking forward to not running the kids all over the county for school and activities! We are keeping it simple for the Summer and we’re all thrilled about it!!
No schedules or homework during the week (just baseball, but that’s okay since I love it)!
Pool days with my kids!
I’m looking forward to actually having nice weather and getting outside with my kids!
I’m looking forward to spending a lot of time outside as a family!
No routine, no schedule…freedom.
Meeting my baby girl around he end of June, beginning of July!
Sleeping in and lazy days by the pool. ?
I’m excited about a family vacation this year. I’m also excited about not having to fight with the 11-year-old about homework…
I am most looking forward to a break from Chauffeuring kids to lessons and practices, etc.
Soccer camps trips and road trip to take my oldest to college (sniffle).
Definitely looking forward not to going to work (SpEd teacher), but more looking forward to quality time with my children. Love having a flexible schedule and the ability to do as much or as little as we want.
SUNSHINE and the late evenings outside by the fire or cruisin’ on the 4-wheelers!
I look forward to seeing my brother. We only get to see him during the summer.
What I am most looking forward to about the summer is, sun, swim, kids out of school, no morning alarm…! There’s lots! ☀️
I’m a teacher so I love being home with my kids.
I am actually most looking forward to the end of summer because I will finally be moving into the new home my husband and I purchased last month, and he will be returning to the US after working overseas for a year. Hurry up August!!!
My kids and grandson are coming to visit! Being a grandma is the so fun!
I look forward to the day Vacation Bible School is done!? I’m the director. I also love our annual trip to CO.
Love all of these favorite things! I’m so excited to try them. I’m so excited for bike rides! And our big family vacation to Jackson Hole.
I’m looking forward to using our fire pit and making a ridiculous amount of s’mores! 🙂
I’m looking forward to spending time with my kids, and taking a family vacation!
My kids are in school until the end of June so Summer still seems far away, but I am looking forward to not having to make school lunches and not having to drive to and from school everyday. And trips to the beach!
My favorite part of summer is not having to pack lunches for my kids!
Looking forward to not packing school lunches and carefree days at the lake!!!
I’m looking forward to lots of beach days!!
I’m most looking forward to Wednesday Beach days. We have a huge groups of friends from church that go to Santa Moinica beach every Wednesday. It’s the best day of the week. In the Summer.
All the good things summer brings. Fresh corn, watermelon, tomatoes and fun.
Looking forward to not feeling guilty about pulling my kiddos out of school every time I want to go out of town!
I am looking forward to sleeping in and not making 5 lunches every morning!
Looking forward to lazy days in western North Carolina’s lush green mountains, spending time with friends I haven’t seen for a long time.
Visiting family! Can’t wait to see my parents!
I am looking forward to spending time with my kids. School and teaching take lots of our time. No after school activities, just time to chill.
I’m looking forward to spending time in the mountains!
I am looking forward to hiking, camping, and spending as much time outdoors as possible!
Spending time with the kids!
Not spending so much time in the car, driving my kids back and forth to school and activities!
Looking forward to our upcoming move.
I’m looking forward to finishing our wood fired backyard pizza oven! Let the pizza parties begin!
I am looking forward to time at the pool.
I’m looking forward to everything! Last summer I was recovering from double knee replacement surgery and now, because of that, i can enjoy hiking, swimming, gardening, etc. the list goes on and on! I look forward to traveling, barbecues, lazy days reading a book at the beach, laying on the trampoline watching the stars. Oh, and Fireworks. And Lemonade. Flavored lemonade.
I am most excited to spend more time with my family. The longer days mean more trips to the beach, more evening walks and no homework crammed between dinner and bedtime!
I am looking forward to weekends at the lake- our happy place!!
Paddle boarding at the lake and coconut smelling stuff on my body!
After a 7 year teaching career, I am making the move to stay home with my 2 boys! I am most excited about spending the summer with my family and knowing our time will not be interrupted in August! I will now be able to give 100% of me.
My husband graduating!! Yay!!
I’m looking forward to family time, visiting my parents & swimming in our new pool!
Looking forward to some time at the pool!!! And some summer concerts 🙂
Looking forward to so many thing! One of them, not having to check my kids math homework.
I can’t wait for a slower paced schedule and just having fun with the kids!
I can’t wait to go to the local reservoir with my children. We have a lot of fun there, going 2-3 times a week all summer. I’m also super excited about going to various small town celebrations and cultural festivals and stuff all over Utah.
I’m excited about our family vacation/road trip to Glacier National Park and then up to Banff in Canada!
Looking forward to pool time with my new baby!
I’m looking forward to a more relaxed schedule!
I am really looking forward to having my oldest home from school. It’s been a long year and I’m ready to have some fun with all my kids this summer!
I’m looking forward to finishing my cancer treatment and getting life back to normal; fun days playing in the sun nights camping at the beach, picnics in the park, flying kites on he coast and snuggling my babies to sleep at night.
I am looking forward to day trips to local parks and our local theme park!
I’m so looking forward to visiting family and swimming every day!
One last visit to my childhood home, to show my kids, before my parents move. They have lived in that house almost 30 years but are moving in August!
I’m looking forward to the easiness of Summer! No homework, grilling, laxer bedtimes, less footwear…. I love it all! Sweet giveaway!
Lazy days by the pool!
I’m excited to explore the trails near our new house. We moved in just before winter, so we finally get to check everything out once the snow melts and it warms up a bit! The dogs are anxious to go on new adventures!