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Summer's most magical moments happen around the campfire by Jay and Heather Harrington

of Life and Wim.com, and I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Mariam.

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Summer's most magical moments happen around the campfire by Jay and Heather Harrington

of Life and Wim.com.

Heather and I took the kids camping this past weekend.

We didn't travel far just over to a campground on the eastern edge of Sleeping Bear

dunes outside of Empire.

We're starting to develop rhythms and rituals on our family camping trips.

Most are of the traditional variety, and certainly one of our favorites is the evening campfire.

First we gather, dry leaves, pine needles, and small sticks for Kenley.

Then it smores with the girls and conversation recounting the day's adventures.

There are few distractions outside of that crackling fire, and so the kids often get restless.

This quiet time is a bit of a shock to their systems, and so downtime is easily mistaken

for boredom.

But soon they begin to explore the edges of our campsite, gathering rocks, finding bugs,

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