We've been doing a lot of waiting around here.
It's been over two months since we had a foster placement.
And, as many of you know, I am not good at waiting.
This has been a particular struggle for me because it's so out of my control!
There's nothing I can do to speed up the waiting process.
Simultaneously, there's not a whole lot I can do to prepare material things (clothes, food, etc.).
I've been doing a lot of holding-my-breath.
It hasn't been fun.
So, instead of living life on pause, we're gonna kick things into gear around here and adapt as we need to!
It is with this attitude that I present our
- Make and eat ice cream
- Make and eat popsicles
- Take a trip up to Tahoe
- Go jet-skiing
- Make s'mores
- Swimming!
- Have a picnic
- Go to the beach
- Eat some sno-cones
- Make and eat lots of smoothies
- Play in the sprinklers
- Build an awesome fort
- Blow bubbles
- Read lots of books
- Draw with sidewalk chalk
- Make and deliver cupcakes
- Write letters to far away family members
- Take lots of silly pictures
- Wash the cars
- Tie-dye some shirts
- Watch fireworks
- BBQ
- Ride the train at The Fountains
- Go to one of the food-truck nights in Rocklin
- Have a squirt-gun fight!
- Spread lots of sunshine
What's on your bucket list this summer?








