Summer Is Over. Bucketlist Review.

Summer is over.

That is sad, but I am really pleased with everything I/we accomplished this summer. 

Because of the extreme Kansas heat, we decided to postpone some of these for the fall (marked with a *). Others just didn't get finished... and that's ok.

1) go camping*

2) watch brother bear

3) have s'mores

4) find a dance workout DVD that i like

5) have a garage sale/organize & consolidate belongings

6) go on at least 1 trip (somewhere new)

7) see fireworks

8) go to La Bodega 

9) stargaze 

10) watch beauty & the beast

11) go antiquing

12) take Kyle to an art museum

13) get an iphone

14) treat loved ones to a french toast breakfast

15) sew something

16) get into a workout routine with Kyle

17) have a LOTR marathon

18) go to Birdies

19) turn 22 and get a birthday cake shot at Henry's

20) have a picnic*

21) join the Merc

22) go swimming

23) consolidate banks

24) make a berry pie

25) garden (in the plot)- gave ours away - no time

26) work on my Miller scrapbook

27) read at least 2 classic novels (just finished 1)

28) make pop sickles

29) get wedding pictures done (at least partially)

30) clean Molly (the car)

31) watch Star Wars (all of them)

32) find a new board game or card game that I like

33) update insurance stuff

34) try a new margarita recipe

35) host a gathering

36) watch treasure planet

37) have at least 1 outdoor adventure

38) go to the farm*

39) go antiquing

40) go to Dave & Buster's

41) watch Poseidon

42) make something for our home

43) read at least 5 books

44) go to a drive in movie

45) try at least 3 new restaurants

46) begin travel scrapbook

47) try a new sangria recipe

48) go on a road trip (even a day trip)

49) watch Anastasia

50) get a coloring book

51) finish one creative project 

Additional Summer(early fall) Achievements:

- Got a new doctor

-purchased a "professional" wardrobe for my internship

-watched all 3 seasons of the vampire diaries

-finished watching Gilmore Girls all the way through with Kyle

-thrifted like there was no tomorrow

How did you guys do this summer?

What are your goals for the fall/winter? I have started thinking about mine. List Coming Soon! :) 

All for now,

Alexandra 

Kyle's Birthday Week! {recipes #27-29}

This is my husband, Kyle! {whoa! I have a husband! :)}

We recently celebrated his 21st birthday! That's definitely blog-worthy, so here you go!

Story Behind Planning:

Kyle's birthday fell on a week that I had 2 massive tests this year.

One in Physiology and one in Chemistry.

Yuck.

Unfortunately they were the night of and the morning after his birthday.

So I decided to try to make his birthday as special as possible by making it into a birthday week!

Here is what we did!

Day 1: "Fancy" B-day Dinner!

He enjoys anything that includes gravy. We decided to try Pioneer Woman's recipe for chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy! Despite my nervousness making it, it turned out well! :)

{I am counting this as 3 recipes.. because it is.. so #'s 27-29}

Day 2: Two-for-One Tuesday at Sylas and Maddie's

This is a weekly ritual for us, so we certainly couldn't miss it on his birthday week! If you live in Lawrence, near Lawrence or visit Lawrence you must try this ice cream place!

Day 3: Breakfast in Bed

{his actual birthday!}

Breakfast burritos with salsa and oj!

Then for dinner we went to 23rd Street Brewery where he ordered his first drink out! :) {a white Russian}

Day 4: Playing hookie for a whole day out together!

First, we bought him some new clothes at Oak Park Mall. Then we stopped by Christopher Elbow's chocolate shop for some treats. We ended the night at the Legends, had BBQ and then played like kids at Dave and Buster's! It was so much fun!

Kyle with his "Raptor Captor" jackpot! :)

Day 5: Dinner with Friends!

We met some friends downtown at Rudy's Pizzaria! It was fun! I also made nutella cookies... SO GOOD! But I don't have a picture so I will post that later! :)

Then Juliet and I decided to look at clothes and online shop while the boys went out for some drinks :)

The Next Week:

The next week we went with his parents to the new casino out by the Legends. Its called Hollywood Casino and it was pretty fun! Kyle was able to play on the casino's money the whole time and I was able to turn their $5 into $80! :) It was a pretty nice casino, it had some non-smoking sections!

I hope Kyle had a good birthday week! I know that I had fun planning it! :)

What are your favorite birthday surprises for your significant other?

All for now,

Alexandra