My Couples Bucket List

Okay, so let's just be honest, this will probably be the most personal post yet. I started making this list the Summer after Chris and I started dating. And I just showed it to him the other day, because I wanted to give him the heads up that with his permission I would post it! Of course being the wonderful man he is, he gave me the go ahead and here goes nothing!

My Couples Bucket List

1. Build a fort in our living room
2. Build a treehouse in our backyard
3. Watch a meteor shower
4. Have a food fight
5. Walk everywhere for a day
6. Throw a black tie dinner for two
7. Take dance lessons
8. Get lost on purpose
9. Preform feng shui to our house
10. Write a note to our future grandchildren
11. Kidnap each other for a play date in the park
12. Book a trip and travel in the same day
13. Campout close to home
14. Do something touristy in our hometown
15. Burry a time capsule in our backyard
16. Set a world record in something
17. Spend the night in someplace haunted together
18. Cook something we grew
19. Go on a hot air balloon ride
20. Build a house of cards and then run through it
21. Build something that will outlast us both
22. Volunteer at a soup kitchen on a holiday
23. Go white water rafting
24. Test drive a car we will never be able to afford
25. Skip out of work and go bowling
26. Make our own pasta from scratch
27. Donate blood together
28. Carve our names into a tree
29. Watch 26 movies in 26 days, each starting with a letter from the alphabet
30. Send a message in a bottle
31. Watch the sunrise and set in the same day.
32. Pay for the next person’s toll on the highway
33. Go for a ride on a scary roller coaster
34. Ride cross country on the train
35. Take a cooking class together
36. Build a bird house
37. Plant an herb or vegetable garden
38. Volunteer at the ASPCA
39. Put together a giant jigsaw puzzle
40. Split a milkshake
41. Go to the aquarium
42. Kiss in the rain
43. Get matching outfits
44. Ride a Ferris Wheel
45. Go on a road trip
46. Stargaze
47. Go to the zoo
48. Watch fireworks
49. Read a book together
50. Look at Christmas lights

So of course we have done some of these things, but the majority of them we have not. And I printed out a copy and put it in a Willow Tree box that Chris's Grandma gave me for Christmas. It is the Embrace box:

I am not going to lie, it is probably one of the most beautiful and perfect gifts I have ever received. 

As we make our way through this list I plan on dating each completed activity or task, maybe even adding a memorable moment! I will definitely keep an update on here as we go. But for those of you out there that have maybe been working on a list similar but have not shared with your better half, do it. Sharing this list with Chris made me want to complete it and actually feel motivated to start doing some of those things. I can promise you that when I go and visit him this weekend we will for sure do at least one!

The Couple's Bucket List is a good idea in my opinion because you can put things on the list that are out of your usual routine of dates or activities. I am especially excited for the 26 movies in 26 days, but I know that will only be possible once we are able to see each other on the daily. And the Ferris Wheel will be an experience because I am terrified of heights. But watching the sunrise and set in the same day is definitely a possibility for the near future. I wanted to mainly focus on things we can work on this year, and leaving the big ones for our future together. But I love my man and I cannot wait to get this list started. 

So grab a pen and paper and get to work on your Couple's Bucket List!