Friday, April 17, 2015

[life] Spring & Summer Bucket List 2015



We have been enjoying beautiful weather in Texas so far this spring. A few scattered storms, here and there, but the temperatures have been lovely! Upper 60s in the morning to mid-80s by the afternoon. We Texans relish in this time, because before we know it, it'll be summer and the temps will be in the 100s!

I compiled together a list of the 10 things I want to do more of during the beautiful spring and summer months. They are in no particular order, but I think you'll notice #10 is my favoriteee. Read on!

As Texans, we enjoy a variety of scenery. My favorite? The beach. No, they aren't the Bahamian beaches I have come to know and love, but they are beaches nonetheless. The closest is a little over two hours away from us, which would be perfect for a day trip.

We have an amazing group of core friends here where we live. We have the best times getting together, talking, and of course- EATING. Recently, we have had everyone bring over their meat of choice and we have a big ol' cookout: each couple brings a side or dessert. It is the best!

There are some fabulous local venues that have live music events on the weekend. Nothing on a major scale, but low key: acoustic, small crowd, fabulous views at the different venues. There's nothing like enjoying a cool beverage with some live music playing in the background. Nate will actually be singing/playing at a winery this summer, so I'll definitely dedicate a blog post to that when it happens.

Remember that group of friends who loves to cook-out? The girls are BIG into crafting and I love it! Hopefully we can get some more crafts worked into our schedule this spring/summer.

Y'ALL. Last week, I learned how to make HOMEMADE JELLY. It is divine! One of our friend's mom's has a jelly/jam machine and we made apple jelly. It was so fun, we vowed to do it again and again this spring/summer. Yum!

One of the local wineries near us shows movies every Saturday evening during the summer. You can bring a picnic, chairs/blankets and of course they serve their beverages too. It makes for a fun evening with friends... just bring bug spray!

Nate and I are blessed to live in an area of Texas with lots of little "treasure" towns nearby. We can take day trips in a variety of directions and explore cute/quaint towns that we have never visited before. We hope to add a few new stops this summer!

As our church's ministry assistant (and also the pastor's wife), a lot of event planning falls on my shoulders, such as Vacation Bible School (pictured above: our dear friends who helped volunteer during the week). Lots of fun events are on the calendar this spring/summer, including after church luncheons, a church water day at the local water park, baseball games, small group events, concerts, youth camp, and of course VBS. Whew!

Usually our spring/summer is full of wedding activity. We currently have two, possibly three on the calendar this year. My cousin is marrying a gorgeous gal that we have already basically had in our family since they started dating in high school (10 years ago)! Another wedding is a cute couple from my home church, and Nate is actually conducting the ceremony. My mom is close friend's with the bride's mom, so it will be an extra-sweet ceremony.
 

Of COURSE this will be on our spring/summer schedule! TEXAS RANGER BASEBALLLL. Unfortunately, we missed Opening Day last Friday (sadness... I don't EVEN want to talk about it), but we already have 3+ games geared up between now and July. Can't wait to cheer them on! We are actually watching them on TV right now! #devoted

What are your go-to events for spring/summer? Of course, I could add and add on forever, but 10 seemed like a good starting point. There will be some snow-cone and ice cream consumption as well!

Happy weekend!



10 comments :

  1. Love all of these! I am so glad it's finally baseball season!

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  2. I can't wait to cook outs and how fun for outdoor movies!! and i'm definitely a fan of craft days! wish we could do that one together!

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  3. I want to go to a baseball game too. I think Cam would love it! Emerson won't care, but that's okay. We have a wedding this spring, but I'm most excited about my sister's high school graduation in June!!

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  4. Great list! I definitely want to add some live music to our summer bucket list too :)

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  5. This is my first spring living in the south. I'm not sure what my go-tos are going to be here. I'm hoping lots of outside time and possibly going to see the Gulf!

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  6. Awesome list! I'll have to make something like this so my family and I can enjoy our time wisely.

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  7. everything about you summer sounds great! Except the rangers of course, we live in VA lol

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  8. Craft days and VBS sound like a ton of fun! I was just hearing from my Mom that our church in my hometown is planning a VBS in the fall (because in my country, school break is November-December), and they are already planning on me lending a helping hand when I move back. I can't wait!

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  9. What a fun list! Well, as we have kids our lists (mental lists) change quite a bit and is more focused around the kids! Things like the zoo, certain parks, museums and the like...lol! I love your list!!

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  10. I love this list! BBQ's are one of my favorites for Summer too! Thanks for linking up on our #SummerBucketList linkup! http://velsworld.com/2015/05/our-summer-bucket-list/

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