By Chiara Sottile, Weekend TODAY

This week, many of you tweeted and uploaded photos of your families and friends at play. Maybe all this winter weather has brought on some nostalgia for the days of outdoor merrymaking when hats and gloves weren't required! Thank you for sharing your sports games, fishing trips, and mud fights with us. If you have not yet submitted a photo to TODAY's Life Illustrated series, check out how you can get your most memorable moments on the show.

So that's why they call them "overalls!"

"My husband was watching the kids while I went shopping. This is what I found when I got home:  the two having a blast playing in the mud with their new clothes on." - Holly Johnson

Catching some air

"Joy! Christmas Day at Balboa Beach, California." - Karen Hamberger

Brad and Captain

"Hiking with the big dog!" - Cindy Wallace

This is the life.

"Contentment is found in a fishing pole, a summer's day, and a blanket of grass. Thumb is optional." - Steve Maanum

Hugging Coach

"This is my husband and my daughter demonstrating one of the perks of being the coach's kid." - Chris Rose

Another life lesson learned

"Big brother teaching his sister how to eat bubbles out of the bubble machine." - Creasa Rhodes

Chiara Sottile is a news associate at Weekend TODAY and a multimedia journalist.