Wednesday, June 5, 2013

My Summer Bucket List



After the winter we had this year, I couldn't be happier to welcome summer weather.  I am a Florida girl at heart, and since we moved back up north, I crave the summer more than ever.  Not only did the cold weather last longer than usual this winter, but my 4 year old son Brayden was diagnosed with a rare bleeding disorder called ITP in early November, and we had a long winter indoors as his immune system began to recover from this disease.

So, when I saw all the summer bucket list ideas on pinterest, I decided that might be exactly what I needed and what our family needed this year.  It has been hard for me to look forward to or plan anything, because I never know how Brayden will be feeling.  I decided that it might be good for me to write down all the ideas of things I would love to do, not limiting myself to the activities that I think Brayden can handle, but allowing myself to really dream. 


When I came up with my list, I decided in order for this to work, it has to be all about fun and not a "to-do" list. And, realistically more than half the things on my list won't happen this year, and I am totally ok with that. In fact, I expect that. It was such an exercise in optimism for me, and maybe for the first time in months, I allowed myself to dream again for our family. 


I found a fun system by Ziggle Designs that I purchased to document my summer, and its a super simple and fun way to scrapbook my bucket list.  I am using the printable versions of Ziggle Designs "The List" collection (from scraporchard.com), and I will be using all instagram pictures to document my summer.  The album I purchased is by Simple Stories which has these amazing 4x4 pocket pages.  I will continue to add pictures throughout the summer and look forward to all the adventures ahead!

4 comments:

  1. Welcome (back) to the blogging world! We made a list last year-a lot of low-key things that we would have probably done anyway. No list yet this summer...we'll see if we get to it. Have fun!

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    1. Thanks, Bethany! I'm looking forward to lots of blogging and a fun summer, too!

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  2. What a fun idea - I need to do this too! I wasn't sure if you would get an email reply when you asked me about that Instagram pocket page on my blog - but I got it at Michael's and it's from WRMK :)

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    1. Thanks, Emily! I will definitely check those out at Michael's, too!

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