Summer is HERE

That means.......

Flip Flops. Cute Toes. Hair in a Scrunchie. Popsicles. Trips to the beach. Outings at the park. Nights on the porch. Bar-B-Q's. Playing in the hose. Sidewalk chalk. Laying by the pool. Cannon balls. Ice cold beers. Margaritas. Watermelon. Ice Cream. Blue Skies. Summer storms. Great Shades. Lemonaide. T-Shirts. Going to the lake. Lots of Birthdays. Tons of Summer Fun!

I miss Miami some summers. Miami was like summer all year long. I thought that those teenage years there were my best years, but then I stop and think, wow, these years are pretty banging too. Life is pretty good most of the time.

I have favorite songs that are classics and will always be my favorites, but then there are those that come in passing. Right now that song for me is All Summer Long by Kid Rock. I love that it is summer and this song puts me right in the summer time mood instantly. It takes me back to so many memories growing up on the beach. I also just love driving to this song blaring on the radio. Those were the days, but I can't wait to enjoy this summer with my family and many more summers ahead.

"All Summer Long"

It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long

Caught somewhere between a boy and man

She was seventeen and she was far from in-between

It was summertime in Northern Michigan

Ahh Ahh AhhAhh Ahh Ahh

Splashing through the sand bar

Talking by the campfire

It's the simple things in life, like when and where

We didn't have no internet

But man I never will forget

The way the moonlight shined upon her hair

[Chorus:]

And we were trying different things

We were smoking funny things

Making love out by the lake to our favorite song

Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking 'bout tomorrow

Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long

Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long

Catching Walleye from the dock

Watching the waves roll off the rocks

She'll forever hold a spot inside my soul

We'd blister in the sun

We couldn't wait for night to come

To hit that sand and play some rock and roll

[Chorus:]

Now nothing seems as strange as when the leaves began to change

Or how we thought those days would never end

Sometimes I'll hear that song and I'll start to sing along

And think man I'd love to see that girl again

[Repeat Chorus x2]

Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long

Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long

Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long

Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long