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Nestle Family’s Best Summer Ever Wrap Up {Giveaway}

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Did I blink?  Is Summer really over?  Last week, my girls started back to school which officially wraps up the Summer fun for my family.  We are already knee deep in homework, after school activities and daily routines.  Looking back, we had a tremendous Summer!  We took two incredible vacations and spent lots of quality time together as a family.

Last month, Nestle Family alongside seven bloggers (including myself) challenged you to have to Best.Summer.Ever!  Did you rise to the occasion?  We came up with some great activities for you to share with your family and friends to ensure that you created memories to cherish for a lifetime.  Hopefully you found them helpful and have been entering the giveaways to add to the fun!  If not, you have one more week to join the party! While Summer is over for my family, I know some of you are not quite back to the grind.  Why not enjoy making Summertime Smores, taking a weekend Staycation or birdwatching in your own neighborhood?

The ninth (and final) week of the Nestle Family Best Summer Ever Challenge brings some fantastic prizes inlcuding a 30-day supply of OVALTINE®, 12 pack of NESTLE®JUICY JUICE®, Reading collection from RIF, Amazon Kindle, and an Amazon Gift certificate (ARV $350).  The contest ends August 29, 2011 at 11:59 pm PST.

And the best news?  You can win right here on Experimental Mommy, too!

GIVEAWAY

One reader will receive the following: Ice cream (NESTLÉ DRUMSTICK, EDY’S/DREYER’S) coupons, NESTLÉ Pure Life coupons and summer activities (jump rope, chalk, beach ball, hard and soft flyers, a ball and a Lambada catch ball and mitt set) and a $100 Visa gift card!

How to Enter:

1. Have you had the Best Summer Ever? Tell me about your family’s adventures!

Additional entries:

1. Blog about this giveaway and link to The Not-So-Blog and Nestle Family (10 extra entries).

2. Follow me (@BridgetteLA) on Twitter and Tweet this giveaway. Every time you tweet you get an additional entry! Limited to 10 a day, please. (You must have over 50 Twitter followers to qualify for unlimited entries!)

3. Subscribe to my blog.

4. Become a Fan of The Not-So-Blog and Nestle Family on Facebook.

5. Place my blog button on your sidebar.

Contest ends at 11:59pm CST on September 5th.  Prizes not claimed in 72 hours will be forfeited. Open to U.S. Residents only.

I am a Nestle Family Blogger.  While this post has been compensated, all opinions remain 100% mine.

1,462 thoughts on “Nestle Family’s Best Summer Ever Wrap Up {Giveaway}”

  1. Honestly, I think this was the most wonderful summer that we’ve had. We went to South Carolina for the first time for a few weeks. My Dad moved there a number of months ago and the whole family went for two weeks, then my kids and I stayed on for a couple more weeks. We returned in time to go on another small vacation to the Jersey Shore. My oldest son started dating for the first time and since he’s only 14, I’ve been driving them to “dates” along with my youngest son. I don’t think I’ve ever been so busy, we’ve seen a few movies, been bowling, been playing minature golf, have gone to local baseball games and gone swimming every nice day. It’s really been a wonderful summer and I’m sorry to see the kids head back to school.
    Thanks so much.
    rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com

  3. I’m a Fan of The Not-So-Blog and Nestle Family on Facebook. (Margaret E. Smith)
    Thanks so much.
    rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com

  5. This summer was pretty awesome! My daughter was a toddler this year so we got to do a lot more than we did last year. I really enjoyed taking her to carnivals and the beach. We had a ton of fun this summer and I bet next year will be even better.

  8. *Sigh* can we just start over? This summer was… far from the best, but it was also not the worst, so I guess all was not bad

  13. This was a pretty tame summer- I did hospital/Mexico trip/hospital so most of the rest of our plans flew out the window and we stayed local. Hopefully when we go to Hawaii I will be feeling better.

  17. We had a good summer. We went to Clearwater Beach Florida for 4 days then headed to visit with family on the East Coast. We enjoyed such things as beaches, amusement parks and museums with our kids.

  23. We haven’t had our adventure yet, but we are getting ready to do up to Door County for a weekend very soon!

    trippyjanet at gmail dot com

  27. We had one of our worst summers ever. I broke my ankle at our local fireworks display so we got to spend the summer at home. My girls got to spend it taking care of me and not out doing lots of fun things like I had planned. We did take my daughter and her friends to the amusement park for her birthday. They all had a blast so that’s one bright spot for the summer. Thanks for the giveaway!

  49. This was a great summer althought my husband got laid off for a month- it actually gave us alot of time- to take the kids to the beach and parks and the pools- we had a blast
    tcogbill at live dot com

  50. I wouldn’t say we had the best summer ever but the girls and I had lots of fun shopping at farmer’s markets and cooking up a storm! We even planted our own veggie garden!

  55. We have a had a great summer, so far we spent a 3 night weekend at the lake. Fishing, swimming and site seeing and camping. Did so much stuff its hard to remeber it all. And later this month we are going to Holiday world the kids are excited
    stanleybilly(at)bellsouth(dot)net

  57. yes. This has been the best summer ever. My first child just turned 1 and he is a blast. This summer has been packed with things for me and my little family to do. This is the first summer where I have had fun things going on every weekend. Gotta show off my little dude of course. 🙂

  58. The hubby’s hours got cut because of cutbacks and I’m a teacher so I don’t get paid in the summer, so all our “adventure” plans got put on hold. We are trying to have fun around the house (hard to do) and have taken a few trips to my parents house on the lake in Conn. The kids just love that, so it hasn’t been too bad. Hopefully next year we can do more.

  62. One of the most important things that will ever happen to me happened this summer; I got to meet and spend time with my first grandson! He’s a happy, loving baby and I love him *this much!*

  69. Our adventures have taken us to library summer reading events where my son has held a legless lizard. We have also traveled around the world with the Passport to fun program at Michaels. Parks, cherry picking, and other fun day trips were all done while trying to stay cool. Thanks for the fun.

  75. I spent time with my sister, who lives 800 miles away-we had the best time!

    dwellenstein at cox dot net

  79. We had a very relaxing summer with a 8 day trip to Idaho to go camping on the lake and get married 🙂

  84. I’m not sure I’d call this the best summer ever (we had a few family crises and didn’t get to take much time of work as a result), but all in all it’s been pretty good. We managed to squeeze in a few family road trips to Michigan and Lake Erie, and we had a lot of fun with family and friends staying close to home, swimming, biking, and camping. Thanks!

    gkaufmanss at yahoo dot com

  98. Not much vacationing this year. I have a daughter starting her Senior year of high school and a son starting his 4th year of medical school. Next summer, when each of them graduate, we will have a huge family reunion. My son is going to school in Galveston, Texas, so I’m planning on having the wing ding on the beach.

  102. I haven’t had the best summer ever yet. I’m waiting to find miss right first then we’ll make it the best summer

  103. Not ever but definitely a top 10 🙂 I was off from work for 7 weeks (medical leave, but woohoo no work!!), we went to the beach for a week, and I’ve lost over 50# since summer started, so yeah it’s been pretty good 🙂

  105. Probably not the best summer ever since our plans had to drastically change due to some medical issues for my daughter, but we had a pretty great summer. A few day trips to the river and springs, 2 weekend camping trips and lots of laid back, fun days in the sun playing games and just hanging out. Still managed to have wonderful and fun times with my kids (and I am so sad they are off to school again!).

  109. One of my best summers was last year when I was able to spend time with my grandson. This summer has pretty much been uneventful so far…

  111. This summer was one of our families best summers ever usually hubby and I are working and kids go to camps and grandparents for summer but this year we were able to take some time off and we all went to Carowinds for some family fun it was a great time and one we will always remember .
    flanagan@mebtel.net

  112. I had a really great summer 🙂 We went to the finger lakes twice and to the poconos a couple of times and we’re heading to yellowstone next week.

  114. We had a great summer! Just another “lazy” on on the farm. We spent our days picking veggies and fruit, taking walks, playing outside and running through the sprinkler. It was great.
    andrea.kruse at gmail dot com

  127. We had a great summer because we just stayed home this year. We enjoyed time together swimming in our pool, as well as get togethers with our friends!

  135. Enjoyed the summer with our daughter home from college. We drove 7 hours up north to Navarre FL to visit our daughter and her husband with 3 of our grandkids and spent some time with them. And, living in Lakeland FL, we are just 55 minutes from the Gulf of Mexico so we try to have a beach day once a week.

  141. My summer has been swimming and cook outs this year. Like on FB and thanks for the great sweep. Hope to win 🙂

  144. I took my grandkids to the zoo, the aquarium, and the academy of sciences. We took hikes in the woods and collected bird feathers. It was a lot of fun, but now they’r back in in school….. Oh well, there’s always next smmer.

  147. Since I don’t work and don’t have kids at home, my summers are no different than the rest of the year. I take my daily two mile walks, play on the computer, read books, go out to eat, watch TV and play with the dogs. What else do I need to do?

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

  149. Best summer ever was when the oldest learned to swim.. it took a lot of courage to get his feet wet. Now we can’t get him out of the water, now he is helping with teaching the younger kiddo’s swim.

  155. I haven’t had the best summer ever, but I have had a lot of good things happen. Usually my sisters were in town, but this past March they moved. They came home for about a week which was fantastic. My husband and I have been struggling financially, so the real emotional breaks I got this summer was when my brother and sisters came to visit.

  159. I had a great summer! we went to concerts, fairs, fireworks, camping, had family cookouts, bike rides and soon going to an Amusement park

  187. My family had a great summer. We went to New York and we went to the beach. It was fun to be together and spent time together

    shopgurl101 at gmail dot com

  198. We had a great summer this year.All 5 kids were here and we enjoyed swimming,bouncing in the bounce house,Chucky Cheese,parties,family get-togethers,movies,playing outdoors,playing at the park and more.

  203. We had the best summer yet because my daughter moved close to me and now I can spend time with my grandkids and we have spent a lot of the summer in the pool.
    lyndaclark81(at)yahoo(dot)com

  204. I am your fan on Facebook as Lynda Clark and I also Liked Nestle Family on Facebook
    lyndaclark81(at)yahoo(dot)com

  219. We visited the mountains and went camping. We had the best time floating the little creek on tubes and just enjoying some campfire family time.

  226. we went to fun fore al in pittsburgh on our trip to michigan to visit the grandparents. it was a blast, literally.

  230. This was an average summer for us. We took day trips when it wasn’t so blasted hot outside! Most of the time was spent going to the local pool to try and keep cool. Now that the weather is cooler, we will be able to engage in more outdoor activities. And we have a large family picnic coming up that everyone is looking forward to. Thanks.

  233. We just had a basic summer at home. I watched the grandkids ride their bikes across the street on the bike trail. My son-in-law made some wonderful BBQ’s. I had the best summer just being with my family.

  249. My summer was filled with FUN!!! and ADVENTURE!!! with three growing grand-daughters in their teens life is an adventure. My youngest son got married and is moving to Fl from NM. The wedding was GREAT!!! and having a new daughter-in-law is AWESOME!!!

  281. We don’t have adventures until the heat and tourists are gone! 🙂 We like going to Disney World and Universal.

  295. This summer has been terrible – either it was too too too hot or way too rainy !!! Weather did not cooperate at all for any of our usual day trips / hikes or camping !!!

  305. There hasn’t been one “Best Summer Ever” but we have had some great moments: Jumping into waves in Maine; “painting” pictures on the sidewalk with water; keeping a balloon off the ground.

    You can’t force the moments you remember. You can only enjoy them as they happen!

  306. The best part of our summer was our weekend away for the 4th. We rented a cabin in my favorite town in Maine, on a lake. Kids swam all day, we went fishing & looking for moose. The town had a huge celebration with a parade & childrens games. Fireworks at night. My last baby’s first 4th & it was amazing!

  335. This summer was really bittersweet because it was our son’s last summer at home before starting college – 5 hours from home! No big adventures, but lots of time spent together.

  340. This has been kinda dull summer. We did only stay-cations. We enjoyed the pool and having ice cream treats after swimming to refuel everyone. 🙂

  389. This summer my hubby got to take a one month sabbatical! It was fantastic! We went away for a week without the kids, we also did lots of day trips around our area with the kids.

  405. This summer was okay, we are going to wrap it up with a visit to two theme parks though. One tomorrow and one next week.

  417. This was a pretty good summer! The kids went to some camps to keep them busy, and we ended the summer by going to Daytona Beach for a week! That was fun!

  430. Became a Fan of The Not-So-Blog and Nestle Family on Facebook – Gina Ferrell

    ginaferrell3 at yahoo dot com

  470. I think the best summer ever is yet to come, but we’ve had some good adventures, the kind that sound mundane to adults but light up a child’s eyes! (Making a new friend, splashing our feet in a pool, sitting inside a helicopter…)

  525. We’ve had a great summer. We took several small road trips and as the grand finale we spent last week at the beach. It was my 4 year old’s first time seeing the ocean and she LOVED it. Thanks for the chance to win!
    mrsmchappell at gmail dot com

  582. We went to Disney, went swimming, visited the aquarium and two zoos. We had lots of good quality family time!

  649. We had a great time this summer – went to the lake for a couple days, swimming fishing & relaxing!
    Thank you.

  660. I have had such a great summer.. Had the summer off of College and got to spend it with my niece and nephews being a kid again!

  663. When I was a kid we went to Cedar Point and Conneaut Lake plus camping a few times, and that to me, was the best summer ever!

    pricousins at aol dot com

  672. I had better summers, but my daughter had a good summer – she got a scholarship to attend college this summer (she’s going to be a high school senior this year) and got her first job and loves it (and the paychecks!)!

  728. Our best summer was a trip to Disneyworld when my son was 8. He was so excited!

    nblexp ( at ) gmail (dot) com

  960. We have had a good summer. I think our most fun adventure was a week at the lake camping, biking, hiking and swimming.

  969. Yes! Yes I have had the best summer ever! We took the Grandparents to the mountains and spent our time walking, talking, eating and making lots of memories!

  980. We haven’t had the funds to do much this summer, but we did go to the Tennessee Aquarium and Chattanooga Zoo
    brittneydejajason at gmail dot com

  1041. I got to go on a road trip with just the hubby for our anniversary and then to a lake cabin for a week with my daughter, too. It was the best!

  1043. We had a great summer! We went to the beach three times, including a trip to Ocean City and Atlantic City, thanks for the chance

  1058. My grandson had the experience of his first day camp while I was “fortunate” enough to start working overnight (not fun). Although I’m not fond of working overnight it does give me the opportunity to indulge in my favorite autumn fun – football watching.

  1082. It truly was the best summer ever. Full of fun, quality time with loved ones we don’t get to see that often and a lot of tubing down the river.

  1097. Not the best summer ever, a little too hot for comfort, money tight, but still, summer is always great with family.

    chrisdeglen(at)gmail(dot)com

  1122. My summer has actually been pretty quiet, but my daughter and grandson did have fun on the Boy Scout trip to Myrtle Beach.

  1146. Alas! We had a teerible summer so far-family splits, illnesses and deaths, earthquake, hurricane, car breaking down. Matbe this last month will be better and we can actually enjoy it.

  1162. We spent a week at the beach, two weeks at the lake and several days out of state visiting family and friends.
    It has been a full but wonderful summer.

    jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com

  1192. Our second child arrived early this summer so it;s been filled with joyful chaos and love from family and friends.
    jtmagmom73(at)gmail(dot)com

  1193. I’m a facebook fan of The Not-So Blog and Nestle under username Jennie Tilson.
    jtmagmom73(at)gmail(dot)com

  1198. It has been a pretty good summer. We have traveled to families a couple of times and also spent time together working on our home.

  1215. We had the best summer ever by taking a road trip from Florida to New Mexico and spending the rest of the time at the beach.

  1218. hasn’t been the BEST ever but a pretty good one noneless – my husband got laid off, so we’ve spent a lot of family time!

    autumn398 @ yahoo.com

  1222. we didn’t do much this summer. went up to Duluth mn and rode a boat around lake superior
    jmajor4870(at)aol(dot)com

  1229. I DID have the best summer EVER because I got to see first grandchild for the very first time!

    Dara Nix
    kitty32504 at cox dot net

  1241. I had the best summer! I have a 3 year old daughter that just turned 3 at the end of August. All she ever talks about is going to the zoo. She had never been before but saw commercials about it. Well we decided to surprise her and drive out to San Diego and take her for her birthday. The look on her face that morning was priceless and we had a lot of fun =-)

  1243. Our summer was okay. We took a lot of trips, so that was fun. But our weather has been extreme…from lots of over 100 degree days, an earthquake, and a hurricane!

  1272. Summers are always great around this house we have tons of birthdays during the summer including both of the kids and each birthday is a great excuse to thrown a party and BBQ.
    cheap4kids at yahoo dot com

  1282. This summer, we had a family reunion – and we took a road trip up up to Oregon to visit family. We rented a nice vacation home and had a really great time. We had family come in from all over the USA – Southern and mid Calif, Nevada, Florida, etc. It was great to see everyone. 10 years is way to long!
    justduckie69@hotmail.com

  1286. We did have our best summer ever this year. We bought a above ground pool and some shade structures for our home. We also had people come visit us often this summer so lots of playmates for the kids. It was a wonderful family summer. We even had a small getaway half way through. reejen at comcast dot net

  1288. I actually did not have the best summer. It’s been so hot with no AC in the car, we barely go somewhere unless we need to. We’ve also had one of our inside ACs break on us this summer, so we’ve been really hot. I can’t say it was all bad because I’ve spent a lot of time with my sister and her children as well as my grandma.

  1299. I had the best summer ever because my brother and I took a trip to Las Vegas (first time for both of us) and had a bunch of fun there!

  1310. This summer we spent a week in Gulf Shores, AL. We went to the state park several times to swim and fish. We had a huge grillout with family and friends for July 4.

  1333. Unfortunately our summer has been consumed with family illnesses; my father was extremely ill, a very dear friend awaiting a heart transplant needed a care giver…so I was overwhelmed and absent for most of the summer…taking care of those who needed care.
    Thank you for a super giveaway. 🙂

  1335. we went to the beach in NC. spent the whole week there..last summer with my grandfather so that makes it even more special

  1339. Actually, this hasn’t been the best summer ever. Both kids had jobs and we never had enough cars. We sat down every Sunday night and tried to figure out who could have which car when. And as if that wasn’t enough, my elderly parents decided to move 2 miles away. I’m setting my sights on NEXT year!

  1344. This has actually been a pretty chill summer, no vacations, just the daily family spending time together. We did go to a few Royals games but as you know that’s not something to cheer about right now.
    hendymartin1 at yahoo dot com

  1355. This summer has been okay. Don’t have as much money as I wish we did but we’ve made the best out of it. We went to the zoo, a water park and a whole bunch of parks. The one place we didn’t go, that I am really sad about is camping .

    Lyndsey.Rullman at hotmail dot com

  1356. We did more just hanging out at home, swimming in the pool, watching movies on tv together, etc. Not as much money this year to go places, but we still had fun!

  1363. My best summer was when we spent a month touring the state of Colorado, visiting all the national parks in the area.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

  1371. Went to Utah and stayed with my sister, who lives in an old house on the banks of Millcreek. There were lots of family parties and drives into the canyon, and resting and chatting by the banks of the Millcreek. On the way home, we explored Zion’s National Park and Brigham Young’s winter home.

  1372. well I had my daughter aug 4th,so our summer was pretty hectic,we could not really do to much because i was so far along.but we did get to the zoo and the beach
    ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com

  1377. We didn’t go far this summer. I was a co-director for a daycamp and planning that took up the first month of our summer vacation. We did just take a weekend trip out of town this weekend and went outlet shopping, which was fun.

  1381. We had the best summer ever and spent 4 wonderful days visiting San Francisco and all it’s wonderful sights. Nice weather, nice people, good food…with my family-I could not ask for more!

  1382. Dunno about the best summer ever but it was fun. Did a lot of playing/picnics in the park & swimming at our local pool!

  1391. This summer was the first summer with our new addition to the family. We took in my cousins 8 year old daughter as our new daughter. At the same time I took a new job losing $26,000 a year! We have been to the beach twice (she is from Las Vegas so it is new to her), saw Disney on Ice, Circus, Monster Truck Jam, and went to Carawinds Amusement Park. Wouldnt change anything!

  1427. This summer we visited six flags in Georgia. Everyone had a swell time and want to do it again soon.

    brich22 at earthlink dot net

  1452. Well we weren’t able to go anywhere this summer. I have been working 48-56 hrs each week so we have stayed home and the weeks have run together. We did get to celebrate a friend’s wedding with them and that was special for us.

  1458. We didn’t go far this year, but we had a gas camping in the backyard, cooking out over a campfire pit we made and fishing at our parks pond!
    Great giveaway, thanks!

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