The Bucket List

In the first post, I talked about why we are changing the way we live our lives; how we are going to start living our lives to the fullest.

We are on a huge kick right now and already have 3 things crossed off of the list in the last week! I will do a single post for each item we cross off, but it would obviously be way better to make a list to actually cross off.

The list is below, but it will never stay the same. We are going to add to it as we think/see/hear of awesome adventures that we have to try!

Most of the items on the list are something we both want to try, but some things might be something that only one of us is interested in, so I will just put our names in parentheses after it. Although most things we are going to do together, one of my bucket list items is to get a couples massage with my mom. See how that might be a little weird if my husband also joined? HA!

We want to live a life we look forward to every day. By continuously adding to it (and crossing things off as they're accomplished), that gives us room to be creative and to make sure that we are always challenged to keep living an epic life!

We would seriously appreciate if anyone has any recommendations to add to the list, that you type them in the comments below. (Almost) nothing is too big or too small to add! - the "Almost" is there because, while we do want to be super adventurous, we don't want to spend our entire lives' savings on a yacht (although owning a yacht would be BOMB!).

I will number everything on the list and name each of the posts after them so each crossed-off item can be easily found with the story and pictures behind it!

Thank you for taking this journey with us! Without further ado, here is the Bucket List:

1. Start a blog - here is the first blog post, talking about why we are changing our lives!
2. Go skinny dipping
3. Go paint balling
4. See the Grand Canyon
5. Be in my best friend's wedding
6. Have a sleepover in a blanket fort
7. Send a present to a soldier
8. Get six pack abs
9. Start a cheer during a professional sports game
10. Go on the Skydeck in Chicago
11. Shoot a gun
12. Learn the dance from the movie Something Borrowed
13. Stand in 4 states at once
14. Visit Mount Rushmore
15. Learn how to surf
16. Watch the ball drop in Times Square
17. Go on a picnic
18. Hike the Appalachian Trail
19. Play some messy Twister
20. Post a video on YouTube
21. Ride a tandem bike
22. Ride a Segway
23. Milk a cow
24. Walk through the Tunnel of Lights in Ireland
25. Go on an Alaskan cruise
26. Learn The Parent Trap handshake
27. Learn how to tie a tie
28. Spend $0 on food for a whole month
29. Have a mud fight
30. Do the Tough Mudder
31. Be an extra in a movie
32. Experience zero gravity
33. Walk behind a waterfall
34. Backpack through Europe
35. Visit all 50 US states
36. Jump in a pool fully clothed
37. Have a Nerf war
38. Get in a taxi and yell, "Follow that car!"
39. Crash a wedding
40. Play laser tag
41. Go dog sledding
42. Start our own business
43. Dye our hair a crazy color (neither of us has EVER dyed our hair!)
44. Go to Comic Con
45. Write a letter to ourselves and open it in 10 years
46. Plant a tree
47. Drive Route 66  - Done! This was a big one so I broke it into 3 parts: Part 1, Parts 2 & 3 coming
48. Cliff Jump (I'm terrified of this one)
49. Witness a total solar eclipse
50. Ride in a helicopter
51. Make a wish on a coin and throw it in the Trevi Fountain in Italy
52. Float in the Dead Sea
53. Visit the Kawachi Fuji Garden in Japan
54. See the Northern Lights
55. Ride in a hot air balloon
56. Hold hands and cross the Tunnel of Love in Ukraine
57. Be able to do the splits (Alyssa)
58. Publish a book (Alyssa)
59. Eat a cannoli in Italy
60. Visit the Walk of Fame
61. Walk on the Great Wall of China
62. See the Statue of Liberty
63. Ride a gondola
64. Have a child
65. Set foot on all continents
66. Fly a kite
67. Canoe the Minnesota Boundary Waters
68. Sit in a hot spring
69. Feed a homeless person a meal
70. Go to the Olympics
71. Go to the Superbowl
72. Sleep in an igloo
73. Learn how to play and sing an entire song (Nathan - guitar ; Alyssa - piano)
74. Spend the night in a haunted place
75. Go to Disney World
76. Sleep in the back of a pickup truck
77. Swim with whale sharks
78. Bungee jump
79. Skydive (Nathan)
80. Become financially independent
81. Make a craft and sell it (Alyssa)
82. Spend a day at a trampoline park
83. Walk the glass skywalk around Tianmen Mountain in China
84. Get pulled behind a snowmobile in the giant satellite dish that's buried in the woods at the cabin 😆
85. Be able to do 1 unassisted pull up
86. See the Roman Colosseum
87. Walk 75,000 steps in a day
88. Swim in the Blue Lagoon Hot Springs, Iceland
89. Do a color run
90. Hike the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon
91. Get a couples massage with my mom
92. Go zorbing
93. Be in a flash mob
94. Get a picture with the Hollywood sign
95. Try out for a semi-pro sports team (Nathan)
96. Visit the glow worm caves in New Zealand
97. Visit Niagra Falls
98. Build a sandman (instead of a snowman)
99. Stay at a bed and breakfast
100. Dine in an underwater restaurant