July 9, 2025

Summer, Laughter and Chaos: Summer Moments That Make Life Sweet

Summer, Laughter and Chaos: Summer Moments That Make Life Sweet

In this lively and hilarious episode of We Are The Hansons, the family dives headfirst into the whirlwind of summer fun. From spontaneous backyard adventures and water fights to burnt hotdogs and sibling meltdowns, nothing is off-limits in this real and raw celebration of family chaos. Tune in as the Hansons share the beauty, struggle, and nonstop laughter that comes with making memories in the summer sun.

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Hey everyone, it's Maya from We Are the hans Ends.

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Today's episode is all about those perfectly imperfect summer moments, sunshine, laughter,

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and yes, a whole lot of chaos. If your summer

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days are filled with sticky popsicles, what swimsuits on the floor,

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and loud backyard laughter, then welcome. You're in the right place.

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Mornings in a big family during summer are either magical

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or wild. Kids sleeping in cereal spilled across the table,

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and plans that change five times before ten am.

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That's how that goes.

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Whether it's the community pool, a backyard kiddie pool, or

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a water hose. Water brings that joy, kids laughing, Dad's

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trying to cannonball like they're fifteen again, and Mom's watching

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from the shade with wet hair and sunglasses, getting that

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nice suntan. And you know, I'm going to give you

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a few tips. And for this tip, you can freeze

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yogurt tubes or fruit slices for mess free cold treats

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on pool.

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Days and they are delicious.

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Trying to get sunscreen on all your kids, it should

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be an Olympic event. Enough said, meal times in summer

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feel like you're constantly feeding a pack of wild animals.

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It's all hot dogs, watermelon slices, and someone always steals

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the last popsicle. That is why we have two freezers

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and guess what, they both have popsicles, so when we

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run out of popsicles in one, we got the other one.

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So here's a summer tip for that.

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Have a snack bin and a cooler of cold drinks

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ready outside. It keeps them from running in and out

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a hundred times. That's how it works at our house.

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We try and keep our cooler with drinks so that

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the kids aren't in and out, in and out constant

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throughout the day. Because if you know us, you know

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that our house is a community house and all our

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kids as friends. Practically the whole neighborhood is always at

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our house. You like the grill, you invite your people

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and boom, someone brings fireworks, the dog eats a burger

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or a hot dog, and the kids are playing barefoot

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tag at dark. That's summer magic. We play tag, We

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play ghosts in the graveyard. We play all kinds of games, freeze, tag,

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you name it, we play it. Whether it's a two

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hour drive or twelve someone always has to pee five

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minutes after you hit the highway. But those car songs

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and fast food pit stops, core memories and a tip

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for that, because that's like, you know, our road trip

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and rush shenanigans. Create a road trip box with coloring books, snacks, headphones,

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and white bees.

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We have that.

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We always have a road trip sack. We don't necessarily

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have a box, but it is a sack, so we

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can call it that. Camping, or at least trying to camping.

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It always sounds great until we have a leaky tent,

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someone forgets the bug spray, or a raccoon steals the marshmallows.

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It's still worth it, totally.

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Fireflies and late bedtimes are a thing in our household.

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Summer bedtime. What's that?

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The sun's still up? The kids are running barefoot catching

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lightning bugs, like time doesn't even exist. When I tell

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them at nine point thirty that it's time to come in,

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they're pretty crushed because sometimes it doesn't feel like it's

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nine thirty. Sometimes it feels like seven. At nine point thirty,

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it's time to come.

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In, relax, watch a.

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One show or you know whatever, get your teeth, brush,

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take a shower, do whatever, you gotta do so you

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can get up in the morning and do it all

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over again, or do whatever our plans are. Thunderstorms and togetherness,

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because you know, we've had a ton of bad storms

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here the last few weeks, actually the last month, I

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should say, we've been hit with really bad winds. And

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the first storm they said it was a tornado that

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came through. The second storm, it looked worse than the

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first storm.

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To me.

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We had trees down all over, more trees down this

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time than the first time, and we went without power

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both times for over twenty seven hours. So that was

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a treat because the kids were going absolutely crazy. Because

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you know, bedtime we always watch a movie or we

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listen to music, read a book, whatever it may be,

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and so sometimes the chaos pauses with a summer storm.

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You know, the power might flicker, but we always have

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candles and grab blankets and just be together for a moment.

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Sibling fights in the sunshine is another one. Summer doesn't

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stop sibling drama if anything.

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Turns it up.

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But for every mom they took my toy, there's a

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moment where they're building a fort or giggling on the

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bunk bed or on the couch, there's always that chill moment,

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and even though they fight in bicker, ten minutes later

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they're probably playing barbies or dancing to music on Alexa

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or whatever. Maybe they're playing a game something. They're always

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buddies later on. But if you get a friend over

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here and that friend is mean to one of the girls,

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the other girls always are like, don't you be mean

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to my sister? I love that spontaneous adventures for us,

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last minute late days, surprise visits to grandma's, late night

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drives for ice cream. The unplanned days are often and

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the ones that become our favorites.

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Here's a summer tip for that.

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Keep a go bag in the car with towels, swimsuits

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and changes of clothes makes it way less stressful. The

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summer sleepover takeover. You know it's summer when your house

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is full of extra kids, pizza boxes and sleeping bags.

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It's way noisy, overcrowded.

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It's awesome.

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Birthdays and anniversaries and backyard celebrations.

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At our house.

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We celebrate everything from birthdays to we survived the week

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party in our backyard. Paper plates, music and sparklers make

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anything feel special. Mom moments in the middle of the madness.

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Sometimes you just need five minutes on the porch with

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a nice cold drink.

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That's okay.

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Taking a breath in the chaos is how us as

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moms keep going, and I'm sure dads too. Most of

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the time, the kids come to mom with the drama

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with their friends, or when they get hurt, or just

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the chaos.

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In fact, I had to.

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Deal with a little boy who was picking on my

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girls and calling them names. And I went and spoke

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to the mom today, and I felt like I was

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talking to the kid. She pretty much told me she

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did not care what her kid did, and that my

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kids were to stay in my yard, even though the

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sidewalk is where they ride their bikes and it's a

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public sidewalk. My kids aren't to go by her kid.

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They're just right here in front of our house, and

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her kids come to my kids. So I guess it

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didn't go that great. She told me that he was grounded,

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but we'll see. He'll probably be back out tomorrow. A

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summer tip the mom moments, schedule your own fun. Moms

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need joy too, whether it's a solo target trip or

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a sunset walk.

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I love walking. I love it.

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Teaching our kids what matters. We want our kids to

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remember more than just pool floats and s'mores. We want

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them to remember connection, family, gratitude, simplicity, that summer is

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a feeling, not just a season. Summer is so fun

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in our house because we just load up the kids

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and go. We have tons of places to go where

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we can enjoy. We got the big parks, we got

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the water parks, we got.

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The community pool. We got the ice cream shops and

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lots of them. We got cold Stone and Andy's. We

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got a ton of them. Yum.

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My favorite, I think is Andy's, but there's a few

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the kids love. So whether your summer's been peaceful, hectic,

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beautiful or messy, every moment has a meaning.

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These are the days.

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They'll remember, These are the stories we'll tell. This is

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the sweet spot between sunshine and chaos. And we have

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a lot more chaos, I think, because there's a lot

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more kids. Plus we have all the neighbor kids, and

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every night they're either coming over for dinner, they're coming

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over to spend the night. So our house is never peaceful.

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But that's okay. We can deal with that. I enjoy

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all the neighbor kids. Coming here. I enjoy the friends.

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Sometimes we have one of the kids friends and they'll

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come for a week. Sometimes they'll come for a night,

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sometimes they'll come for three nights.

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We just never know.

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They always love coming to our house and I'm okay

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with that. I love having them. We love kids. We

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enjoy our summers. We do enjoy some winter because you know,

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building snowman and stuff, but summer is definitely our thing

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in the hands and house. The kids just love it.

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Sometimes it does get way too hot, but that's all right.

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We got water to cool us down.

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The kids are always playing the sprinkler, always at the neighbors,

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in their little pool or.

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In our stuff.

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We always have popsicles, So summer is joyful for us.

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This has been We Are the Hansens, and I hope

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your summer is full of laughter, love, and maybe a

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little bit of chaos. Two, because that's what makes it real.

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If this episode made you smile, share it with someone

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who needs a little sunshine. Until next time, keep soaking

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in the moments.