Fall Bucket List

Fall is here! Yay fall! I am always so happy when things start to cool down. Too be totally honest I think that is why fall ranks up there with my top seasons. I am not a hot person. I am a cool/cold person! I love fall activities. I love fall food. I love the pumpkin spice and everything nice! So to celebrate fall a little bit better the family came up with a little fall bucket list. We went overboard with our summer one. We had waaay to many things to accomplish on that one so we kept fall to a minimum. We want to accomplish as many as possible over the next two months! Here it is:

*go to a pumpkin patch or two!

*check out the witches at Gardner Village

*go booing

*decorate! I know I am lame that October is half over and I haven't put up decorations yet.

*play in the leaves

*go to a drive-in

*make hand print turkeys

*Aunt Emily's pie night

*get some family photos done

*picnic up a canyon

*go to a corn maze

That is all we are putting on there. Who knows what will get done. We are keeping things loose. No restrictions! Basically no pressure for mommy to get it all done!

A kids dream summer activity and only a buck a kid!!

Shaving Cream WAR!!

Are you looking for something super fun to do this summer that won't break the bank? Why not a shaving cream war?? At only a dollar a can (we just do one per kid) it doesn't get much less expensive than that. We have been doing this since the summer of 2005 and only let the kids do it once a year to welcome in the summer. For good reason too it does a number on the hair but....they love it so its totally worth it!! 

I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking....:)

BEFORE

AFTER

What do you do for inexpensive family fun??

Comment and let us know! 

We love to hear from nice people!

You are invited to Free Summer Movies in The Park or should I say Parks?

We are really excited to finally be able to give the wonderful phenomenon of 

Free Movies in the Park 

a try this summer! 

Where and when you ask???

 Here is a Google Calendar Link with all the dates times and places for your viewing pleasure!! 

(this is for our readers in the great state of Utah but I am betting those of you from other locations in our country will be able to find something similar where you live)

Click here to view the calendar
(if you click on the desired movie link it will bring up the address and he my hubs even included a map. Yes. Yes. He really loves me!!)

There are tons of dates all summer long and a plethora of places and different movie titles my friends. 
Some even include free popcorn while supplies last! 
Go create memories and make the most of these summer nights!!
I know we will be!!!

PS a big thanks go to the dear sweet hubby for using his master charting talents and desires for compiling and creating the calendar.  He Com.pleats.Me. Sniff. :) love you babe!

Our Summer "Bucket List"

We are SO excited for the summer to finally be here! If there is anything that makes me happy it is spending time with my family! I am lucky enough to have a full range of ages and stages in my house too.  My oldest Alexis is 21 and married to her great husband James, then I have 19 year old Lindsay and 16 year old Christian (hes got 2 older sisters, 2 younger sisters, and is the only boy. Woah. He definitely is learning how to be a mighty woman whisperer)next is my 13 year old Gabby and 6 year old Sarah. Last night we sat down with Dad and decided on a bucket list for the summer.  It was fun to hear what they were hoping to get out of the summer. Obviously there's a good chance we will not be able to cross all of these off the list in one summer but they are posted on the fridge ready for us to start giving it our best shot. WOOT! Here we go...

1. visit a farmers market

2. go for a hike

3. go to Lagoon (amusement park)

4. the museum of curiosity

5. try a drive in movie

6. play laser tag

7. go cart racing

8. bowling

9. pizza party and movie night

10. blow bubbles

11. have a shaving cream fight

12. make a water blob

13. eat smores

14. go camping

15. have a picnic

16. Geocacheing adventure

17. gun shooting (daddy's dept)

18. visit a trampoline place

19. build our firepit up

20. sidewalk art day with chalk and paints etc

21. play with a slip and slide

22. go to raging waters

23. Have a sleepover at the ranch

24. Visit our condo

25. see the Manti pageant

26. grow a garden

27. go to the alpine slide

28. go fishing

29. fireworks

30. visit the aquarium

31. ride a Ferris wheel 

32. make homemade ice-cream or Popsicles

33. build a fort 

34. visit antelope island

35. read a chapter book together

36. eat snow cones

37. go to Taylorsville Dayzz (a local fair)

38. have a scavenger hunt

39. sleep out on the trampoline

40. Sleeping in??? PLEASE! :)

  So there you have it...Our list!

Wish us luck!

 What do you do for your summer fun? 

I'd love to hear!

LOVES!!

Emily