A bucket list for my favorite season.

Sunny mornings. 
Avenues roses.
Street festivals.
Parades.
Long bike rides. 
Fireworks.
Weekends in Idaho.
Swimming.
Sprinkler running.
Hiking.
Warm evenings.
Outdoor concerts.
Farmers markets.
Flip flops.
Roof top picnics.

Oh, yes. It's summer.
I love summer.
I REALLY love summer. 

This is the second year that Riley and I have made a "Summer Bucket List" to help us be intentional about how we spend our time during the best season of the year.  Last year, we found our Bucket List to be a great way to help us squeeze every last drop out of summer by helping us focus on the all the fun things around us, and we were both excited to write one again this year.  Riley chimed in with more requests this year (hence, Lagoon) but was not happy to hear that hiking was on the list again  (it's not her favorite activity, but I am determine to make encourage this girl to love the outdoors.)   We've already begun checking off a few of our items and I'm looking forward to living it up this season! 

Check.

Over the weekend, we spent a fantastic day with good friends, enjoying perfect weather and great company.  And as a bonus, Riley got to check off the first item on our summer bucket list. 

We went for a little hike up Toll Canyon - close to Park City.  The scenery was beautiful, the trail easy and accomodating, but the kiddos found the river to be the highlight of the hike. 

 

Well, I know Riley did, anyway.  The Girl's a water-baby, for sure. 

 

 Thanks, Brenna, Jeff, Luke and Arlo!  It was such a great day!

What we'll be doing this summer

Summer Bucket List

Wow!  Tomorrow is June 1st!  JUNE!  I honestly cannot figure out where May went.  I knew it would be a very busy month, with tons of work and personal commitments (hence, little blogging), but it was even busier than I imagined. I'm happy to be able to take a breathe now that the chaos is getting under control and really think about how I want to spend the summer.

Because my life is so full of "have to do's", I have begun to be really intentional about where I spend my (very limited) free time. I want to spend it doing things I enjoy, with people I love, rather than just letting it pass by.

Summer is my favorite season - I love the more relaxed pace, the chance to be outdoors, the many festivals and events, and the general spirit of play and adventure.  I want to make the most of this summer, the last summer before my Girl enters school (Kindergarten this year - I KNOW, Right?!) and make sure we are focusing our time on the things we really want to do.  So- we talked about it and came up with our "Summer 2012 Bucket List." 

Brainstorming this list with Riley was a lot of fun.  She surprised me with some of the items she added to the list, especially "watch a baseball game."  She hasn't shown much interest in this before, but....ok!  Let's do it.  She also added "Red Butte Gardens" to the list - she loves the walking trails and the flowers there and I am more than happy to spend time with her outdoors.  The items I am the most excited about - "Go see Aunt Becky" and "Farmer's Market Photos" (with one of my favorite people - Alisha.) 

I'm excited about our bucket list and VERY excited about the upcoming summer.
So what about you? What will you be doing this summer?