Summer Bucket List!

Summer Bucket List 2012!!!!

I decided that it would be fun to make a bucket list of things to do this summer. I came up with a list of 70 things to do. I am keeping a journal (both on paper and on this blog), taking a picture of each thing and writing about each adventure. Hopefully by the end of the summer I will have a journal filled with pictures, stories and memories to last a lifetime! Sound cheesy? Maybe. But I'm excited. :) 

So here's THE list:

1.             Take a jumping picture on a trampoline.

2.             Watch fireworks at Navy Pier.

3.             Go on a daddy-daughter dog walk. 

4.             Buy lemonade from a lemonade stand.

5.             Make a fort in the living room.

6.             Get a mani/pedi.  

7.             Go swimming!

8.             Have a water balloon fight.

9.             Tie dye something.

10.                  Make a Pinterest craft (maybe 2 or 3…)

11.                  Go to a drive-in movie.

12.                  Dress up and go out to dinner. 

13.                  Write letters to far away friends.

14.                  Go to SONIC!

15.                  Make homemade crayons

16.                  Find true love?

17.                  Fly a kite

18.                  Go on a picnic

19.                  Stargaze

20.                  Go on a road trip

21.                  Go on a vacation

22.                  Go to the farmers market

23.                  Make chocolate chip cookies

24.                  Family movie & game night

25.                  Go mini golfing

26.                  Eat popsicles.

27.                  Go to the beach

28.                  Make homemade pizza

29.                  Have an Un-Birthday party

30.                  See an IMAX/3D movie

31.                  Do sidewalk chalk art

32.                  Roast marshmallows

33.                  Celebrate 4^th of July

34.                  Have a sleepover

35.                  Go garage saleing with Bapa

36.                  Play in the sprinkler

37.                  Hand wash the car

38.                  Visit the Bean in Chicago

39.                  Ride my bike

40.                  Have a costume party

41.                  Go bowling

42.                  Go backyard camping.

43.                  Dance in the rain

44.                  Have a bon fire

45.                  Go to a concert

46.                  Bake something for someone

47.                  Make a new friend

48.                  Test drive a car.

49.                  Visit the zoo!

50.                  Take the train somewhere

51.                  Rearrange my room

52.                  Hike around Waterfall Glen

53.                  Go fishing

54.                  Go to IKEA!

55.                  Eat breakfast for dinner.

56.                  Play with the puppies at the pet store

57.                  VOLUNTEER!

58.                  Take Nana & Bapa on an adventure.

59.                  Grow in my faith.

60.                  Fry an egg outside.

61.                  Go to the county fair

62.                  See the sun set and rise.

63.                  Go to a baseball game.

64.                  Have a BBQ with friends.

65.                  Make ‘Dirt in a Cup’.

66.                  Go on a photo-shoot with friends

67.                  Make chalk paint

68.                  Go to a museum

69.                  Cook dinner for my parents

70.                  Hold an end of summer party

Do you have a summer bucket list? I would love to hear about it! If you don't have one, make one! It doesn't have to have a ton of things, just make a few that you would like to accomplish! 

{Peace&Love} Jenny 

Dear Mother Nature, We are friends off...

Today is Thursday. The temperature was out of this world, and that is totally not cool. Ha! So what do I do in this heat filled day? I GO TO CAMP! It seems like the obvious thing to do. My mom is in charge of the archery program at our local Girl Scout camp. I was privileged to go out to camp today and hang out with her and all the core staff! While I had a ton of fun, it was just so dang hot! It was one of those days where you just don't stop sweating no matter what... Yeah...

One story I would like to share was about a conversation I had with a Brownie, who was going into 2nd grade. She was shy at first, but after I started talking with her and asking her some questions, she didn't stop talking! I guess her extended family was coming in from out of town, so she told me about each of her 40 or 50 something relatives that were coming in. She came in late this morning, so I was helping her to find where her unit was. We went to their campsite, but there were no where to be found. I told the little girl that her counselors and other friends turned invisible and were hiding from us! We then made it our mission to put on "invisible-seeing glasses" and find her friends! It was quite an adventure! Oh to be 7 again! We then started talking about flying cars. How we got on this subject, I'm still not quite sure. She said that her dad told her that when she's older and has kids there will prolly be flying cars. She then said that she will tell her kids that, 'When I was your age, cars had 4 wheels!!' It was so funny to hear this 7 year old talk about the future and what she will tell her future kids!

So Thursday was very adventurous. I am exhausted now from the heat and I'm heading off to bed! Goodnight world! Sleep well and don't let the bed bugs bite!

{Peace&Love} Jenny