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Summer Bucket List





Ya’ll, we just wrapped up our fourth week of Summer Vacation, and I am just now posting our annual Bucket List.  Worry not, we have already started scratching activities off left and right.  I really want to get most of this checked off before we go back to school on August 11th.  There may be a few items that we carry over into the first part of the school year, but I just want to be really intentional about making the most of our traditional summer break.

With that being said, this list isn’t our attempt to have a “perfect summer” cause that’s just silly.  These are just some fun things that we would like to do as a family while our days are long and lazy.  It helps me to be accountable too by reminding me to be intentional with my time.

Here’s to a great summer whether we accomplish two or twenty of these activities…


1.     Visit Marion
2.     Visit Lexington
3.     Visit Disney World
4.     Visit Friends (Adkins Family and the Pates)
5.     Watch Fireworks
6.     Drive-In Movie
7.     Ice Cream & A Moovie
8.      Family Ice Cream Date
9.     Summer Slushy
10. Get Milkshake from Flavor Isle
11. Enjoy Snow Cone
12. Watermelon
13. Catch Fireflies
14. Lots and Lots of Swimming
15. Hot Rods Game
16. Splash Park
17. Play in the Sprinkler
18. Family Water Fight
19. Outdoor Movie

20. Birthday Party

Comments

  1. So I fully expect to join you in a bunch of these!!!!
    - we have hot rods tickets so let us know when you want to go for free!

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  2. I really want to go to the drive in also... And swim... And ice cream and a mooovie

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