Friday, May 28, 2010

Summer Bucket List

Things we want to do before summer kicks the bucket:
~MOVE TO THE FARM! (But first sell our house!)
~Learn two new card games
~Buy a new board game
~Play at the water park
~Trip to the beach
~Get the trolley tour of down town
~Climb a nearby mountain
~Read 150 books (total for all 4 readers in our family)
~Play in the water fountains downtown
~See an outdoor movie at the park
~Go to a free summer morning movie in the theatre
~Camp out in the back yard (or the family room if the mosquitoes are awful)
~Take 2 friends to VBS
~Visit the local nursing home a couple of times each month with home-made gifts
~Ride bikes together
~Have friends over to swim in our pool
~Catch fish in the creek at the farm
~Continue our morning prayer/devotion routine. Every day at His feet!!
~Race dunebuggies at the farm
~Subscribe to Netflix Instant Streaming
~Earn our green belt in karate (boys)
~Catch fireflies and use them for night lights
~Have a slumber party
~Play mini golf
~Have a picnic by the water
~Buy a new Wii game
~Go to Wednesday nights at the park (Live music)
~Make rootbeer floats
~Pick blueberries at the local farm with friends
~Continue with our garden
~Jaybird and Mommy hope to have a special trip here to celebrate J's birthday in July.
~Visit grandparents
~Ballet camp for Lydie
~Use the canoe at the lake
~Spend every Tuesday night with friends (that's for Mommy!)
~Take that sewing class Andy bought me for Christmas
~Date each other (kids & parents) on Fridays
~Finish reading our last 8 history stories
~Write to grandparents
~Celebrate the end of the history book with dinner at Medieval Times restaurant
~Buy a telescope and look at the stars at the farm
~Giving GLORY to God together!
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I am SO excited about this new season! This is a fun list and really none of it is a must. These are all just wishes. Frankly, we need free time to learn and play at our leisure SO badly! Yay SUMMER! Praise God for His wonderful design.

2 comments:

Tiff said...

Come visit us!

Jennifer said...

Love this idea! What a fun summer you have ahead of you. Enjoy!