The Young and the Restless

Summer Bucket List

Visit a new splash pad

Do a science experiement

Fry an egg outside

Bake cookies on the dashboard

Go to Bahama Bucks

Water Balloon fight

Movie on the projector

Build a fort and have a read-a-thon

Go camping at the lake

Make s'mores on the grill

Try a new swimming pool

Go stargazing on the tramp

Make homemade snow cones

Light sparklers

Make fresh squeezed lemonade

Painted crayon rocks

Make strawberry freezer jam

Have a movie night and concession stand

Have a game day

Do an art project

Freeze homemade popsicles

Learn a new origami creation

Create your own book

Build recycled robots

Go on a hike

Make a flower crown

Play in river

Explore someplace new

Make homemade rootbeer

Have a sunrise picnic

Play in the rain

Get ice cream at the Water & Ice store

Make fresh berry milkshakes

Watch Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Have ice cream sundaes

Go to the Basha Pool

Family night swim with glow sticks

Sprinklers on the tramp

Meet Dad for lunch

Go through a car wash

Have a watermelon seed spitting contest

We loved having a holiday bucket list over Christmas and decided to do an official bucket list for the summer as well. We did pretty good to get almost all of the activities checked off and it was a fun way to fill our summer. Kylie and Jayden have outgrown most of these things, and I'll be sad when I no longer have little ones at home that get excited about making homemade jam and playing in the rain. I know first hand that these days are fleeting and I'm holding tight to the few years I have left with them! 

We went to the Mesa Riverview Park to check off "visit a new splash pad". I forget that in the heat of summer it is possible to even be too hot to go to a splash pad. I didn't have my swimsuit on, but every few minutes I went in the water in my clothes to cool off and I swear I was going to pass out from heat exhaustion just walking to the car. Thankfully Bass Pro shop was nearby so we went inside to cool off and play at the shooting range. We tried Joe's Italian Ice afterwards, the boys wanted plain ice cream, but that Strawberries & Cream Italian ice was so dreamy and totally hit the spot!

But all the locals know that the best ice cream is found at the Water & Ice store!

And we ended our last night of summer with a family water fight. The tradition spontaneously started last year and it was a fun way to say good bye to another fabulous summer. However, the water fight reached a dangerous level and it is still a mystery whether Jayden used pee water or yellow food coloring water during the fight. I hope we never find out. See you later summer, you were a good one!