Conejo Valley Guide Facebook Followers Recall Their Favorite Childhood Memories
/Since July 22nd, we’ve been raising funds from Conejo Valley Guide Facebook Page followers and using these funds to purchase gift cards at local Conejo Valley eateries. Each day since then, we’ve run a drawing to give away a gift card, Through November 6th, we’ve given away over $5,000 worth of gift cards at 111 local eateries!
One of these drawings asked folks to recall their favorite childhood memories. Let’s share some of them here.
Spending time with sisters
Summer trips to…Michigan
Summer campouts with the family
Going to….Disneyland
Skateboarding in the streets with friends
Beach house in…Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Catalina
Going to the drive-in theater in Newbury Park
Playing dress-up and pretending to play double dare at a slumber party
Visiting relatives in…San Francisco
When it snowed in Thousand Oaks
Grandparents surprising the kids at Christmas
Riding down a big hill on my bike
Dad taking me to see Led Zeppelin in 1977
Playing with the neighborhood kids
Dad winning a stuffed animal for me at the county fair
Conejo Valley Days parade down Thousand Oaks Boulevard
Cruise to the Mexican Riviera with family
Fishing with dad
Learning to ride a bike in Agoura
Beach days at Zuma
Special birthday dinners with family
Going on family road trips in the “big blue van”
Summer trips to Big Bear
Christmas morning brunch at my grandparents’ house
Tent camping with the family
Dodger baseball games
Playing tag outside with my sisters in the yard
Riding bikes all over the neighborhood for hours on end
Ice cream trucks
Drive-in movies with the family
Boating on the lake
Building treehouses
Making mud pies
Going to the Ventura County Fair
Raking leaves with grandpa
Staying up late on Christmas Eve on Santa lookout
Sunday mass, followed by family breakfast
Summer camp
Riding my Big Wheel down the sidewalk and spinning out into my driveway
Piling into the station wagon and driving to Ventura Beach
Yosemite, Sequoia
Barbecues in our backyard and roller skating down our driveway
Getting ice cream cones at the local Thrifty Drug Store
Going to Farrell’s with the family
Family ski trips
Swimming in the pool all summer long
Getting my first puppy at Christmas
Friday night dinners out with the family
Dairy Queen after church
Drive-in movies in the back of a truck with dad getting everyone KFC
Roller skating around the neighborhood