My Summer Bucket List

Heeeyyyyyy!

I have missed you.  Terribly.  

But to be honest...I may not be round these here parts this summer. 

{I will get to the Summer Bucket List but I have some things to say...}

You see, I have made a decision.

I want to be more intentional in spending time with my family.  To stop staring at this glowing rectangle while my kids giggle in the background or my adorable husband reads a book when I could be snuggling with him.

I want to be the woman God has called me to be for this particular season of my life.

Not a blogger.

Not a marathon crafter.

Not a writer.

Not a pinterest stalker.

Not a facebook lurker.

I am a Christ follower, a wife and a mother...FIRST.

No worries.  I am not ending it all on the blog.  But I have finally decided that my blog is my own. 

Funny, huh?

As if it somehow ceased to be mine.  But I found myself wanting to appeal to others instead of staying true to my own voice, my own style, my own way of doing things.

I worried over silly things like...
Posting a kid craft and that might turn people away.

My love of packaging posts would grow wearisome to those who come to see other crafts.

I would disappoint those who like my party planning when I'm not doing a party this year.

 {Oh,  I guess the cat is out of the bag on that one.}

I would fight the rising jealousy in me over another crafter's success or growth.
{That ones grieves my heart}

I felt REQUIRED to have a linky party, sponsors, or do posts that would draw more readers.
{not anymore}

I would feel failure over reduced stats or followers leaving.

It's all rubbish.

(Such a fun word...we just got back from a Disney vacation and I heard a family from England say that and it just sounds much more dignified then words like garbage or crap. I completely intend to use this word often and with a slight British lilt).

Now I do have fun things in the works this summer.  One of my favorite crafting holidays is the 4th of July and I hope...HOPE...to pull off a series like last year.  I also have a fun photo shoot project with a friend who is a photographer. I make...she shoots. See? Good stuff.
But I don't want to commit to a certain amount of days per week of crafting, posting, etc.

OK.  You got my long winded "Summer Disclaimer."

Now on to my simple bucket list.

All I did was wrap washi tape around the tops of some coffee stirrers and wrote our summer ideas on the bottom part.  Pretty simple. We wrote them down as a family at dinner and the girls were amazing at coming up some really good ideas.

Last summer, I kind of winged it each day.  And without a plan, I got a little frustrated.  I have no intention of jamming our days with a ton of places to go and things to do. The girls and I will embrace the ideal of a "lazy summer." But we want to have fun and make loads of memories too.

Here is my list in full. I have no doubt we will add to it but I started with 50.  Maybe you have seen a lot of these ideas already and some do cater to where we live or the ages of my kids. 

But maybe it will inspire you a bit too. 

Until next time my sweet and precious friends!
Lots of love and hugs!
♥
xoxo