Hooray For Our Fall Bucket List 2014!! (And a Campout)

Andrew and I spent Monday, August 18, with a calendar and a list of things to do this season.  Fall is the most AWESOME time of year ever in the invention of seasons and the Mitchells LOVE to have a good time.

Our Fall Bucket List was officially created late summer 2012 on the patio of a Cheesecake Factory in Utah as we waited for our server to bring our dinners.  We sat enjoying the evening breeze and brainstormed a list that I recorded on my phone.  It combined things that we both individually make an effort to do year after year, ideas from Pinterest that I had seen, and new traditions we hoped to create for our family.

Now that we are in our third year, it has become something that we eagerly anticipate as summer winds down.  We catch ourselves saying, "Hey, we haven't watched The Karate Kid yet" or "Where are we going to go pick apples?"

That makes me super happy.

Fall Bucket List: Campout

We started our list off with a ward campout the weekend of August 22-23.  I love to be outside enjoying a good bonfire and toasting marshmallows for s'mores!  Unfortunately sleep training and inclement weather dashed those plans and we had to improvise.

Cambria's cute, little red raincoat was so adorable!

Friday night, we tucked Cambria in her crib and tossed our tinfoil dinners in the oven.  We combined sliced bell peppers, red onions, and potatoes with polish sausage (the Isenbarger family's favorite meat); doused them in olive oil (so healthy!) and generously covered them in Johnny's garlic seasoning spread.  We baked them at 400 degrees for an hour, opened the tinfoil packets and then broiled them for an additional ten minutes to get that nice, yummy char.  They were delicious!

We watched a movie together and went to bed, happy that we were comfortable, warm, dry, and that we didn't wreak of campfire smoke.

The next morning we got up at 6:15 and drove out to the ward campsite.  The Young Men were in charge of cooking breakfast and so Andrew had volunteered to be there.  Plus, we really wanted to see how everyone survived the night.

It drizzled quite a bit that morning and so, sadly, I could only snap a few photos.  But Cambria's expressions were killing me!

Family photo in front of the Roskelly's cabin.  Coincidentally, we are both wearing Stately Type t-shirts!

We had a yummy pancake breakfast and got to visit with everyone before the rain really started to come down and we had to pack up and head out.  Hooray for Cambria's first campout (ish) and hooray for the start of The Mitchell Family Fall Bucket List 2014.  Follow along on Instagram: #jamfallbucketlist2014 !