Fall Bucket List

I don't usually do a bucket list.  I always felt like it tied me in to things I 'had' to do.

But this fall is different.  Very different.  And exhilarating.  And heart warming.  And challenging.  And growing.  And wonderful.  And so much rolled into one.

We have strong seasonal traditions, and when something is a tradition I never felt the need to put it on a poster and advertise to my family the things we were doing that season.  But this year I wanted to 'make sure' that the favorite things we love happened.

So one evening at dinner I asked each person to secretly write down one thing that was very important to them during the fall season.  So they each wrote one thing that if fall ended it just wouldn't be the same without that one thing.

Then I took all four of our ideas (along with the traditions we always do) and wrote down a bucket list.



It's in our mud room, right outside our kitchen door.



It's the first thing we see when we walk in from the garage anytime we're coming home and that makes me happy!





And this weekend we were able to cross off two things on that happy fall list!

And THAT made me even happier.



Scott ~        go for a hike in a new place
Anna ~       make yummy candy apples
Abigail~    roast marshmallows
Tara ~        go for a leaf peeping drive