SUMMER BUCKET LIST // 2017

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S U M M E R  B U C K E T  L I S T // 2 0 1 7

YAY!! SUMMER is HERE!! I can't tell you guys how excited I am. Summer is by far my favorite season and it seems like it took extra long to get here this year. ;) But today it's finally 90 degrees and sunny here in Texas and I couldn't be happier. :)

To kick off this wonderful season I decided to post my summer 2017 bucket list. I always have so much fun creating bucket list that I tend to make one every season. Sometimes I'll challenge friends to see who can complete the list first and it's always a blast!

How I'm gonna take on this bucket list

Every time I do something on this list I have to take a picture related to the activity and write a caption for that picture. At the end of the summer I'll compile all the pictures I've taken + the captions and hopefully create a blog post out of them!

Here's the list -

• Have a legit picnic
• Sleep outside/camp
• Rope swing into water
• Tie dye something
• Photo-shoot
• Make popsicles 
• Have a water fight
• Stargaze
• Read 10+ books
• Have a bonfire
• Go to a library
• Make root-beer floats
• Play four-square
• Make homemade ice cream
• Go kayaking
• Play in the sprinklers
• 100 days of summer photography challenge
• Go fishing
• Make + blow bubbles
• Make lemonade
• Make handmade cards + snail mail them to friends
• Learn a new hairstyle
• Grow something
• Make a summer playlist
• Build a blanket fort 

This was a little edit I made for my bucket list, I LOVE the ice cream cone background! So summer-y!

I've got a ton of questions for ya...

Are you out of school yet?

Whats on your summer bucket list?

What kind of summer posts would you like to see me do?

I'd love to hear!

I'm in my very last week of school, only four days left!! 🎊
♥Katie

March Recap + April Goals

I'm writing this in the last few hours of March- trying to finish this post before the end of the month. So I'm sure I'll forget some of the things I wanted to add...just a warning. ;)

Another month has whizzed by and I'm not even surprised any more. There's no way we can slow time down so lets just enjoy it, okay? Here we are entering April 2017. I'm actually very excited to do this! Lots of things are happening in April so it'll be a fun and busy month! Also, spring is totally here. Everything is SO green and the temperature is perfect. *can't wait till summer*

March // What Went Down

I LOVE how green everything is here!!

Goals

+ Photography Challenge - This was going great- until the 17th. On that fateful day, I was putting my SD card into the card-reader, when I felt the card break. Apparently I pushed it too hard and it cracked. Thankfully, I was able to press the card into my card-reader at just the right angle and save the pictures to my computer. Phew! I had over a thousand pictures on the card!! I'm crossing this off because I did all I could to complete this goal. And I'm still planning on posting a recap next week.

+ Learn a new hymn on the piano Check! I learned 'Jesus, Lover Of My Soul'. I also started learning the Charlie Brown theme song 'Linus and Lucy'! (Do you watch charlie brown?!)

+ Five Blog Posts This post makes the fifth this month! Yay!

+ Make 20 bracelets Only ten bracelets finished this month... Next month I'm going to try to make fifteen more though. Consistency is key! :)

+ Finish four modules in science Nope. Not even close. I failed to remember spring break when choosing this goal and there was no way I was going to do science during spring break. ;) Even then I should have gotten three modules done. But I only got two, which is what I do every month without doing extra...

Blurry picture because it was taken with a phone. Let's just pretend it's supposed to be that way...

A Few Other Things That Happened

+ Books I Read 

• Flight Path A biography of Frank Barker, a fighter pilot and pastor. 
• Of Moose And Men A HILARIOUS book written by Tory Martin. (If you listen to Adventures In Odyssey- He's the writer that created Wooton!)  
• Flags Of Our Fathers A book about the lives of the six flag-raisers on Iwa Jima, written by one of the flag raisers sons.

It had been so long since I'd read anything besides my Bible and school books, I really enjoyed reading these.

+ Found out I'm gonna have a lil' nephew in August!!
+ Got to wear bunker gear (firefighters gear)- that stuff's heavy! :P
+ Went strawberry picking for the first time.

*Can't think of anything else because my brain doesn't function at 10:20 p.m.* :P

MORE green.

April Goals

 I've got a lot of them this month...

+ 7:00 Rise and shine Lets just say I've gotten a little slack on wake up time... My ultimate goal is around six, but for this month seven will be a good start. ;)

+ Teach Jessica to ride her bike (My little sister) Oh boy- let's see if we can do it!! (I know we can *winks*)

+ Fifteen Bracelets I made nine this month, next month we're shooting for fifteen!

+ Finish learning 'Linus And Lucy' (The Peanuts song) I already have 4 of 8 pages down so I'm half way!

+ Memorize a Psalm I'm not sure which one, yet. But I have a few I'm going to pick from... Ok, maybe a few isn't the write word- 150 is more like it. :D

+ Read Four Books After reading three this month, I realized how much I enjoyed reading and how much I learn by doing it. Hopefully this means a few trips to the library too! ;)

 "When life gets blurry, adjust your focus" 

This was a quote I heard this month and just loved, so I though I'd share it with y'all. :)

Sharing my goals on my blog has really motivated me to work harder on them. Thanks for taking the time to read! :)

So tell me- what are your goals for April? 

Also, April fools day is tomorrow... got any plans? *mischievous grin* I've got a few things planned my brother... *winks*

♥Katie 

March 2017 // Goals

Hey there!! Well, in my last post, I said I was hoping to get my next post up in one week. Here I am two weeks later with nothing posted- but a bunch of great excuses!!  Rather than bore you with the details, I've chosen to start now and change this terrible schedule of posting-- starting off with a post about my March goals!

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I love making new years resolutions/goals. In fact I made several this year. Now, it's time for me to take action and get to work on those goals. Something that helps me is to take a few minutes at the beginning of every month to sit down and write down my monthly goals. Today I'm going to share a few of my goals for March 2017. (I'm not even going to go into how crazy it is that we're in already in the third month of 2017. Like, whaaa....??)

Next month I'm hoping to do a 'March Recap + April Goals' post. I'm super excited to start this (-for a lack of better word) tradition!! Now, here are a few of my goals for March 2017!

March Goals

+ Photography challenge I'm super interested in working on my photography + learning how to use my camera this year. My goal for this month is to take at least one picture every day that I absolutely love. Who knows, maybe at the end of the month I'll do a post with all the pictures I took? ( If you think I should, please tell me! *winks*)

+ Learn a new hymn on the piano I love playing the piano! But recently I've found myself slacking off in practice. I love sitting down at the bench, taking out my hymnal and just choosing a song to learn! I just have to take the time to actually do it. This month- I'm totally doing it. :)

+ Five blog posts *guilty grin* I know, I know. This shouldn't be a "goal". I really enjoy blogging and I don't think of it as a chore at all! But this is one of my "goals" so....

+ Make 20 Bracelets I posted a few months ago about a project one of my friends is doing- 100 dolls for 100 girls! You can find out about it here- anyways I volunteered to donate 100 handmade bracelets. This month my goal is to finish 20. I'm sharing this goal on my blog because I want to get the word out about this project. You really should check it out! :)

+ Finish four modules in science I'm desperately trying to finish my science book by the end of this semester. I finished my last science book in one semester, so I started this one in January and- gaaah! I REALLY don't want to have to stop half way through, forget it all over summer break, then have to re-read it all next school year! So ANYWAYS knocking out four modules this month would be super awesome!

There you have it! These are a few of the goals I've decided to try to tackle this month!

So, a picture every day this month? What do you think?
What are some of your goals for March?

100 Things I'd Rather Hold {Than A Phone}

One of my new years resolutions this year, is to spend less time looking at a screen and more time outside, or doing other "non tech" activities. :) Last week I read Grace Anne's, blog post '100 Things I'd Rather Hold {Instead of My Phone}'. I thought it was such a neat idea! So today I'm writing my own list of 100 things I'd rather hold than a phone.

Thank you Grace, for letting me use this idea! You can find her post here.

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100 Things I'd Rather Hold {Than A Phone}

1. My Bible
2. My prayer journal
3. My planner
4. My favorite erasable pen 
5. Photo albums
6. My favorite mug full of hot chocolate
7. Washi-tape
8. A music book to play on the piano
9. Yarn and a crochet hook
10. A package of colored pens or markers
11. A chocolate chip cookie
12. A bottle of nail polish
13. A letter from a friend
14. A bowl of frozen yogurt
15. Erasable highlighters
16. My rainbow loom
17. My breath as I swim underwater :D
18. A stack of good books
19. My niece 
20. My other niece :)
21. An icing bag as I decorate cupcakes
22.  A volleyball
23. Card supplies
24. A new sticker set for my planner
25. Handle bars while I go an a bike ride
26. A container of tacks to hang things on my cork board
27. A Rubik's cube
28. Colored pencils as a color an adult coloring book
29. A snowball
30. My Bible Bee verse cards 
31. A foam brush as I paint something with acrylic paint
32. Dutch Blitz cards
33. A glass of sweet tea 
34. My favorite notebook
35. A lighter as I light my candle
36. A ping pong paddle 
37. An awesome mystery book
38. A cupcake
39. A stick with a marshmallow, roasting over a fire
40. String lights
41. A camera
42. A paddle as I kayak down the river
43. A bowl of popcorn
44. A good history book 
45. My fuzzy zebra blanket
46. A popsicle
47. A rope as I swing into the water
48. Play Dough
49. A wooden spoon as I make dessert
50. Old pictures
51. A fishing pole
52. A new pad of colorful card-stock 
53. A basketball 
54. A pair of sunglasses at an airshow
55. A water balloon
56. My binder full of sheet music
57. A vase of flowers
58. An Adventures in Odyssey album
59. A Reese's peanut butter bar
60. A stack of sticky notes
61. A distress ink stamp pad
62. My hair as I attempt to learn a new hair style
63. The throw pillows in my room
64. A stack of blankets as a make a cave with my sister
65. Cookie cutters
66. A flashlight as I play German Spot Light with friends
67. A water bottle as I'm hiking
68. My nose as I jump into the water
69. A tennis racket
70. My violin
71. A handful of darts as I attempt to beat my brothers :)
72. A pencil as I play running-pictionary  
73. A rolling pen 
74. Our home phone (:D) as I talk to a friend that lives hundred of miles away 
75. China dishes as I set the table for a holiday
76. Christmas ornaments as I decorate the tree
77. A paint brush
78. A piece of paper and pen as I write a letter to my friend
79. A kite
80. My flip-flops as I run across the beach
81. A needle and thread as I embroider
82. My watercolor set 
83. A hiking map
84. My rip-stick
85. A baseball bat
86. A deck of cards
87. Tent poles as we set up camp
88. A new music book
89. My tennis-shoes
90. A bottle of sprinkles
91. New yards of fabric
92. A beach ball 
93. A brownie
94. A baseball cap 
95. Paint chips 
96. A rodeo ticket ;)
97. Pineapple
98. My favorite hoodie
99. A bouquet of flowers 
100. Lastly- lets go with pizza!

Whew! That was 100! I really enjoyed making this list! I'll definitely be coming back to it throughout the year, to see what small things I treasure and should treasure more!

So tell me- What would you rather hold? 

I'd love to hear some of the things you would rather hold! Comment below!
♥Katie