Summertime Mean (revise)

What is your favorite part about summer? Is it going swimming, traveling, warm weather, or not having to go to school? Of course I enjoy all of those things but some of my fondest memories from when I was younger was sitting outside and enjoying, well, summer. Sometimes all of the neighborhood kids would come over and we would gobble up melting popsicles and jump on the trampoline until it was dark. And other times we would roast marshmallows around the camp fire in our back yard. However, being with my family was the most important to me and favorite part about summer was getting the whole family together to enjoy a wonderful dinner.

One particular summer evening was a memory when my family and I were truly happy. We had just built a patio in our back yard so we could enjoy the outdoors a little bit more in our own privacy. One afternoon we had planned to make a huge dinner because the whole family was home for once. Since we rarely get to have steak, my brother and I suggested that's what we should have. Steak, potatoes, and fresh vegetables was what everyone decided on, and I'm really glad we did because it somehow turned into a summer tradition.

My mom ran to the store and picked up some flavorsome steak to enjoy with fresh vegetables from our garden. While she was gone I started to make the salad. Spinach, lettuce, bell peppers, carrots, sweet peas, cucumbers, and some dried raspberries to top it off. My favorite kind of salad dressing is Red Wine Vinaigrette. It has a sweet and kind of sour taste to it, but I think it tastes really good to dip the steak in it because it adds flavor. We also cooked baked potatoes and cut up fresh fruit and put them on kabobs for dessert.

After preparation was done it was time to gather everyone up and enjoy our beautiful meal. It tasted so wonderful, I can still remember how juicy the steak was and how fresh the salad smelled. For some strange reason, when my brother and I were younger, at six o'clock on the dot every night we would get so hyper and laugh about everything even if it wasn't funny. So during dinner it turned six and everything became hilarious. My mom and step dad even joined in on the laughter. And to make matters worse it was time for dessert. We probably shouldn't of added even more sugar to our craziness, however, it made for a good memory.

Now that I am older and my family has gone our separate ways, it is just my mom and I. At least a few times every summer we will steak, baked potatoes and salad for dinner and sit outside at the patio remembering the happy times we used to have. Now our garden has become gigantic and in the summer all we eat is fresh vegetables. Honestly this evening will be one of the memories that sticks with me forever. And steak will always be a summer tradition even if it is just my mom and I appreciating it.