When James and I were dating we sat down and wrote out 50 things we wanted to accomplish during our lifetime. We dreamed big and had bright aspirations for an adventurous, fun life.
But eventually kids started coming, bills needed to be paid, and life happened. We stopped thinking about our list of 50 dreams and instead focused on the mundane day-to-day survival mode things instead.
In 2019 we decided that we were done just floating through life and wanted to get back to dreaming big and chasing after adventure.
Here’s a glimpse of some things we want to accomplish:
Our Family Best Life List
1. Ride Flight of Passage and Slinky Dog Dash at Disney World- 2. Go stargazing
3. Go snowmobiling4. Visit Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C.- 5. Take an early morning hike, eat breakfast and watch the sunrise
6. Stand on the edge of the Grand Canyon7. Ride a trolley and stand on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco8. Get wands at Ollivanders and cast spells at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter9. See an active volcano and swim with manta rays in Hawaii10. See Mt Rushmore11. Visit all 50 States!!!12. Try a Philly cheesestake in Philadelphia13. See the Northern Lights14. Watch a comedy show15. Go on a road trip back East- 16. Make our home a kid-friendly Haunted House at Halloween
17. Attend a concert- 18. Go ice skating
19. Get a pet20. Go to a drive-in movie- 21. Travel in an R.V.
- 22. Travel outside North America
23. Touch the Atlantic Ocean24. Go on a family cruise25. Visit the Statue of Liberty
26. Spend Christmas in a cabin27. Take a Ferry to the Niagra Falls- 28. See a Broadway Show
29. Visit Crater Lake- 30. Go horseback riding
31. Go fishing w/ Great Grandpa Joe Joe- 32. Walk the Hollywood Walk of Fame
33. Visit a palace, mansion, or castle34. Eat beignets or gumbo in New Orleans, French quarter35. Take a family photo at Destin Beach- 36. Make a time capsule and bury it
- 37. Attend a bonfire
38. Walk the Freedom Trail in Boston39. Catch a professional baseball game- 40. Visit Glacier National park
41. Get a Philly cheesesteak sandwich in Philadelphia- 42. Go to a roller skating rink
43. Eat seafood & look at lighthouses in Maine- 44. Visit Banff, Canada
- 45. Take an airboat tour through everglades wetlands
46. Visit Zions National Park47. See the Redwoods and Big Trees in California48. Go to Disneyland49. Visit Gettysburg- 50. Go camping in the Sawtooth mountains
Michelle's Best-Life List
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- 1. Write & publish a novel
- 2. Learn a second language
- 3. Learn to play a musical instrument
4. Swim with dolphins- 5. Ride a double decker bus and have afternoon ‘tea’ in London
6. Kiss in front of the Eiffel Tower- 7. Go to Hobbiton in New Zealand
8. See Nate Bargatze live- 9. Take each of my kids on a special trip when they turn 14 (their choice)
10. See Brian Regan live11. Go cave tubing- 12. Visit the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland
13. Visit the Palace of Versailles in France- 14. Pierce my ears again
- 15. Visit the Great Pyramids in Egypt
- 16. Watch the sunrise on the beach
- 17. Visit Mr. Darcy’s House (Chatsworth) in Derbyshire
18. Buy a new-to-me all-wheel vehicle- 19. Get a tattoo
- 20. Say yes to everything for a day
21. Go standup paddleboarding22. See humpback whales up-close!23. Eat in a patisserie in France- 24. Go backpacking and not have to carry my own backpack!
25. Get my kids to all 50 US States before oldest graduates high school!!!
- 26. Write an autobiography
27. Watch a broadway musical28. Witness a total eclipse- 29. Meet a celebrity
30. See the dragon underneath the castle at Disneyland Paris- 31. Visit the Iceland blue lagoon
32. Buy another home- 33. See the Pieta at St Peters Basilica at Vatican City
- 34. Visit Bora Bora
- 35. Throw a dart on a map and go wherever it lands
- 36. Go ziplining
- 37. Go to Disneyland before each of our kids head off to college
38. Go snorkeling with sea turles- 39. Travel first class
- 40. Take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy
- 41. Experience a European Christmas Market
- 42. Explore Amsterdam’s tulip fields and windmills
43. See the Mona Lisa in the Louvre Museum- 44. Be an audience member in a favorite TV show
45. See Mayan ruins in Mexico- 46. Ride the Tangled and Pirates rides at Tokyo Disneyland
- 47. Make a wish in the Trevi Fountain and see the Colosseum in Rome
- 48. Visit all the Disney Parks around the world
- 49. Go on a safari in Africa
- 50. Take a meditation retreat
James' Best-Life List
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1. Be debt-free- 2. Go backcountry camping
- 3. Step foot on every continent
- 4. Get six-pack abs
- 5. Create and hang a piece of art in my home
- 6. Take an extended stay/vacation in another Country
- 7. Summit a mountain
- 8. Write a book
- 9. See the Forbidden City
- 10. Visit London
- 11. Go to Hong Kong
- 12. Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef
- 13. Be self-sufficient from my own business for a year
14. Visit our church’s history sites back East- 15. Be at a Presidential inauguration
- 16. Go ziplining
17. See a Broadway play on Broadway18. Own a motorcycle- 19. Walk on the Great Wall of China
20. Read 100 books- 21. Take 3 art classes
- 22. Compete in a physical competition
- 23. Attend a Holi celebration
24. Visit the Louvre Museum
- 25. Relax in a natural hot spring
- 26. Buy a Tesla truck
- 27. Walk on the Reynisfjara beach
- 28. Go all out for a Halloween party
- 29. Meditate for a year
- 30. Visit Jerusalem
- 31. Go to a world cup game
- 32. Speak at a conference
- 33. Have a couple’s portrait painting commissioned
34. Try Sushi- 35. Sleep in a castle
- 36. Visit Bahia Brazil
- 37. Get a tattoo
38. Have Christmas in a cabin39. Visit the Grand Canyon- 40. Visit the Vatican
41. Learn to hunt42.Visit Alcatraz43. Go surfing- 44. Experience the northern lights
- 45. Swim in each of the 4 major oceans
46. Own a dog- 47. Learn to make bread
- 48. Visit Thailand
49. Go on a cruise50. Drive across the Country with Ellie (Coast-to-Coast)
