Summer Bucket List

Well friends, tomorrow is officially the first day of summer! If you're like me, your summer pretty much begins in May...but to celebrate the official beginning of summer, I want to share my summer bucket list. This list consists of a few small things..a few big things..but all in all it is just a list of things I MUST do this summer. 

I am a total list person. Like an OCD list person. I make a "TO DO LIST" for things at home, things at school, I make grocery lists, I make a menu list for the week, and I make Chris's "TO DO LIST," just because I enjoy doing it.  I even get a rush when I am able to check things off. And I don't believe in scratching off like my mother some people, and making a huge, ugly mess..I draw little boxes beside each "TO DO" so I can neatly place a checkmark there. I know...OCD. 

So, I figured if I make a list of things that must get done on a day to day basis in the White home..why not make a list of things I want to do that I am going to really enjoy?! Now, some of the things on the bucket list have already been checked off...considering my summer technically started over a month ago. But here is it..SUMMER BUCKET LIST 2012:

-Make a chalkboard for my kitchen...check! (Found an old one at a flea market and revamped it!)

-Make a collection of healthy recipes to cook...

-Go to CMA Music Fest...check! Four days of country music concerts, total blast.

-Go to many Nashville Sounds Games...

-Plant potted flowers for my patio...

-Plant an herb garden...check! Thanks to my cousin's plant knowledge, I now have one!

-Go to California...that will be a check on July 12!

-Have a cookout with friends...

-Go to the lake and spend the day on a boat...

-Visit all antique malls and flea markets in Nashville...

-Go to a concert at the Ryman...

-Go to the beach..check! My sisters and I had a blast!

-Cook something new at least once a week...

-Have a picnic at the vineyard...

-Take a painting class..check! Now have a beautiful masterpiece!

-Go to a wine tasting...

-Make scrapbooks of all my wedding events and honeymoon...

-Go on a hike...

-Run a race...

-Make fresh salsa...

-Go to a museum...

-Go to a farmers market...

-Go to an Atlanta Braves Game (my husband is obsessed)...

That's the list..for now, anyways! I probably will be adding to it as the summer goes on. I start school on August 6th..so the countdown is on to complete my list!! In the meantime, hope you're enjoying your journey! Happy Summer!!

-Anna

Happy Father's Day!

I cannot let today pass without sharing a few words about my wonderful Father! First and foremost, he is a wonderful man of Christ and raised me and my sisters in a home filled with Christian love. You really can't ask more from your dad than that, right? Above all the other great things he gave me, that is what I appreciate most- a Christian home. If you know my dad, then you know what I mean when I say he is selfless, down to earth, positive, caring, and overall just a super happy guy. I cannot say enough great things about him. Him and my mother both sacrificed all they could to make sure us girls had what we needed and more, and on this Father's Day I want to say, I love you daddy!!

Beach Life

To kick off summertime, my sisters and I took a trip to the beach!! I include my cousin, Kati, when I say sisters...well, because she is practically a sister to us. So the four of us took off to Destin, Florida to celebrate the beginning of summer, a new beginning for my sis, Jen, (her family moved back home from Oxford), and graduation for Mallory and Kati. We had a FABULOUS time! Luckily, Jennifer's father-in-law has a condo at the Emerald Grand/Harbor Walk, and he graciously opened it up for us to stay there on our trip! Our trip consisted of lazy days on the beach with a cooler and some tunes, dinners consuming yummy seafood, and nights out dancing and visiting! But my most favorite part about the trip was definitely renting the pontoon boat and taking it to Crab Island (a shallow part of the ocean where everyone parks the boats to get out and have some fun in the water). My cousin, Kati, was the boat captain and we had too much fun cruising the waves!! Good times for sure.

First night out!

My blonde sister

Ready for our first day on the beach!

Sisters...Love them dearly

Enjoying the water!

Captain Kati

Boat day

Not sure..but we were having fun


 I am so blessed with wonderful sisters. We are all so close and have such a special relationship...love all of them to the moon and back. Happy Summer!!

God Bless,
Anna