Summer Bucket List

It’s been a while! I’m hoping to make this a more consistent practice, so we’ll see. It may be more family related right now, but that’s ok. Summer is 2 weeks away and we are so excited! I’m trying to think of how to make the most of summer. The boys are getting older, which makes me so sad, so I’m trying really hard to be intentional about what we do. My sweet friend does a bucket list each season, so I want to try it. Present over perfect, right? Here goes...

1. Have a picnic
2. See fireworks
3. Eat fancy ice cream
4. Have pictures taken with Oakley
5. Go to the beach
6. Go swimming
7. Begin a new book series
8. Go to a water park
9. Go to the park
10. Go for a walk downtown

Some of these seem so simple, but I need a plan, so I better write it down.

Fall Bucket List #1

CROSSING OFF FALL BUCKET LIST ITEM 1!

       While decorating for fall, I was looking through pictures and I realized how quickly these little fellas of mine grow up.  I want to create meaningful, purposeful ways to celebrate the seasons.  A friend of mine is great at doing this and so I am following her lead with bucket list items.  I am shooting for 5 per season.  I guess, I am setting the bar low- AND CHEAP - but that's ok. 

      Yesterday we were able to go and visit a pumpkin patch at Tate Farms in Meridianville, AL.  We had been 1 other time before with my sister and brother-in-law last year and we loved it!  It is far away from the N. GA area, but since family lives about 40 minutes from there, we get to stop by and caravan over with them-4 car loads!  $12 for admission per person, but everything is included in that 12 dollars: huge trampoline pillows, cart racing, tractor rides, hay rides, hay maze, corn pit, mega slides, etc.  Beautiful backdrops and great photo opps.  The grand parents, aunts, uncles, and 7 cousin went all across the 150 acres for about 5 hours.  We finished up with a stop at 50 Taters in Scottsboro, AL for super.  We love eating there!  Below are some fun memories and pictures from our day.  Here is the link if you would like to check it out.  https://www.tatefarmsal.com/

A few favorites...Spending time with my family!

A Few of my Favorite Things.....Spending Time with my family! 

Many ways this is simple things such as watching movies together, catching up on chores from the week, going to restaurants and movies, shopping (clothes for me - anything but clothes for the boys), watching SEC football - going to see the Tide play!, going to Lake Guntersville, watching the boys with their sporting events, playing family games, going on vacations which of course include  my favorite place ever - Disney!  Since this is the first time I have blogged in a while, I figured I would go with something simple and to the point.  I am not really sure what direction I want this blog to go in.  Once I start sharing about things I am interested in or care about, then I can see if it's more for the public or just me as a reflection tool.  Maybe it would be something neat to share with the boys one day.  I have a blogger friend and when I read her blogs, I just love how she has a journal of
everything starting with memories from when they were born moving forward.  Wow, I wish I had done that, because my memory is horrible!  However, I am positive by nature, so I will just think to myself, better late than never.  Below are pictures of some of our favorite ways to spend time together.  Enjoy!