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Yesterday was my fall home tour and today is my fall bucket list… oh what a festive week it has been on the blog!! Here are some things that we have on our list for this fall! O N E – Decorate the House for Fall A given! This will always and forever be my number one! I always decorate September 1 so this is already a big check on the list. You can see the tour here. And psssst, this year’s décor is my favorite! T W O – Drink Plenty of PSLs They’re only available for a few months of the year so I always take full advantage. I rarely drink coffee the rest of the year, so during September, October, November, and December I get my fix to hold me over through the rest of the year! T H R E E – Attend the Gala at My Alma Mater My alma mater, which is also our kids’ current school, is hosting a gala for the school’s 60th anniversary. The gala is actually tonight and there will be a guest speaker as well as a delicious dinner by one of the best chefs in our entire city. Everyone is encouraged to wear red (one of the school’s colors) and I just so happenned to have the perfect dress in my closet for the event. To say I’m looking forward to it is an understatement… date night on a Thursday night? Well, sign me up! F O U R – Attend Homecoming Festivities at My Alma Mater This week also happens to be Homecoming week, so lots of other fun events are on tap… the kids have had themed dress-up days all week, there’s a bonfire, a pep rally, an alumni social, and then, of course, the football game. Olivia gets to cheer this week and she’s OVER THE MOON. F I V E – Fall Weekend Getaway in the Mountains YAAAASSSS. This is probably my FAVORITE thing that we do all fall. My aunt and uncle have a house in the mountains in North Carolina and we’ll be heading up there in just a couple of weeks. The first couple of years we went the weather was gloriously chilly, and one year it was downright cold. However, they moved fall break up by a couple of weeks last year so it was blazing hot when we went. Sigh. I’m hoping that the weather will somehow throw us a bone and cooperate because we could use some relief from the heat. Lord, whatever you’re baking outside, it’s done. (ß I saw that meme on Facebook the other night and I have not been able to stop laughing about it since then. Lol.) S I X – Go Apple Picking This is part of our mountain trip, but I like to count it as a stand-alone item on the bucket list since it’s just SO MUCH FUN! S E V E N – Go Wine-Tasting at Our Favorite Vineyard Another mountain trip activity… we go every year (kids included) and we always have so much fun! E I G H T – Visit the Top of Brasstown Bald This will also be part of our mountain trip, but it’s something we’ve never done. It’s the highest point in the state of Georgia. We’ve never been but I’m sure it’ll be neat! N I N E – Spend the Day in Helen, GA Another mountain trip favorite, this is on our list again! T E N – Visit Rock Ranch with Friends Rock Ranch is a place in The Rock, GA that has all sorts of fun things to do. They have multiple playgrounds, a zip line, a pumpkin patch, a train, a jumping pillow, a corn bin, and so many other fun fall-ish activities. We went for the first time last year and we loved it so much that the kids have been begging to go back since. E L E V E N – Watch Football on the Back Porch Last year we bought a projector and a HUGE screen to watch movies and football on the back porch, but it ended up being a pain to hook up each time, plus we couldn’t see very well during the day when it was sunny. So, we ended up selling those things and we bought a big ol’ TV instead. Now we can watch football out there during the day and actually see the screen! And since it’s easier to set up, I’m hoping that we’ll spend way more time out there doing that… if the weather ever decides to cooperate, of course. T W E L V E – Watch a Movie Under the Stars And we definitely want to have another movie night out there under the stars and the twinkle lights! T H I R T E E N – Introduce the Movie Hocus Pocus to the Kids I am a child of the 90s so I was raised on the movie Hocus Pocus. We watched it all the time it’s one of my favorites ever. Brian, on the other hand, has never seen it?!?! And we have yet to show it to the kids. We most definitely need to remedy that this year. Although I have a feeling it’s going to scare the crap out of Olivia. She may not be afraid to pick up a beetle and lick it (true story), but she is sure terrified of everything in movies. F O U R T E E N – Visit a Pumpkin Patch Ever since our favorite pumpkin patch closed a couple of years ago we have yet to find one that we truly love. I’m hoping to find one this year. F I F T E E N – Carve Pumpkins We have only done this with the kids one time ever. Isn’t that crazy? Time to get to carving! S I X T E E N – Trick-or-Treat Neither of the kids knows what they want to be for Halloween yet. Normally they both know by July what they want to be! Haha. We’ll be doing some shopping in the coming weeks and then putting those costumes to good use the last day of October. :o) S E V E N T E E N – Go to the Georgia/Auburn Game & Then Ed Sheeran?? This is a HUGE rivalry game that’s always near the end of our season. It’s the one game that we ALWAYS go to when it’s in Athens. As a matter of fact, B and I have never missed a Georgia/Auburn game in Athens since we started dating in 2003. And the Georgia/Auburn game of 2007 will forever be my favorite football game EVER!!!! Anyway, due to soccer and other activities we are struggling to make it to many Georgia games these days, but we always make room for Georgia vs. Auburn. This year’s game also happens to fall on the same day that we have tickets to see Ed Sheeran in Atlanta, so we are praying for a 3:30 game so we can go to the game and then hightail it to ATL for the concert. It’ll be #crazytown but it’ll be worth it. E I G H T E E N – Fall Family Photos Gotta be prepared to send those Christmas cards! N I N E T E E N – Friendsgiving I’m putting this one on here with every intention of making it work, but I can also say that if there’s anything we don’t accomplish from this list, it’ll be this one. It is nearly impossible to gather all of my friends at the same time these days because we all have multiple kids in different activities and everyone is just so busy. However, one of my very best friends is moving away forever this fall and I just want to spend every single possible second with her until she’s gone, so fingers crossed we can make this work. T W E N T Y – Watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade I always end every fall bucket list post with this one and I always will because it is officially the doorway from fall to… Christmastime!!!! Now let’s get to crossing stuff off of this list! To link up – just grab our graphic, link up, and let’s get to chatting! Make sure to stop by a few others in the link up for an extra bit of girl chat! And don’t forget to follow your hosts! Danielle - Bloglovin / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Emily - Bloglovin / Instagram / Pinterest Lindsay - Bloglovin / Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Lizzie - Bloglovin / Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest Sierra - Bloglovin / Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter Happy Thursday, y’all! *Linking up with Home of Malones for Thoughts for Thursday.

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