everybody yeah, rock your body yeah...

Alyson's back, yeah.
Welp, July has come and gone. As did my month off from blogging.  Did I miss it?  Yes.  Did I love having more time?  Yes.  Will I do this again?  Most likely.  Did I do all I wanted to accomplish?  Absolutely not.  I made the silly assumption that I would have more time to do what I wanted to do but I hardly had any Alyson time, let alone any time to do anything I had planned.  Girl needs some her time.  But I am not complaining though because it was packed full of great memories celebrating 3 years of marriage with the husband at our favorite Mexican place in Pgh followed by a long weekend in Erie, spending more time with my favorite 4 & 1 year olds, celebrating a friend who is about to come a Mrs, and spending time with my parents in St. Louis.  So I cannot be that upset:)

I wasn't sure how I wanted to begin my first blog post back after a month off but since I have been wanting to post my bucket list somewhere I figured why the hell not.  Do I think you really care?  Not necessarily.  But being the nosy person I am, I have always enjoyed reading others' and have even gotten some ideas.  So here it goes (in no specific order).

*walk across the country

*visit all 50 states (been to AL, MS, TN, GA, FL, NC, PA, NY, IL, OH, HI, CA, CO, NY, MO, AR, and OR).

*hike the PCT (I mean have you read Wild yet?) and/or the Appalachian Trail.   

*explore Europe

*go to the Middle East

*visit all of the continents

*see the Grand Canyon

*see the Northern Lights

*speak another language

*live in another country

*hike Machu Picchu

*have children

*nanny/opare in a foreign country

*become fluent in American Sign Language

*complete a 13.1 under 2 hours. 

*complete a 26.2

*see London at Christmas

*wine and champagne taste in the countryside of France

*write a book

*inpsire

*sell my photos successfully

*grow this blog

*ride in a hot air balloon

*witness a hot air balloon race

*learn html

*master manual mode

*learn how to edit in Photoshop

*drive up the east coast in the Fall

*photograph Maine lighthouses

*attend a musical festival

*forgive

*see Dave Matthews Band perform at Redrocks

*see icebergs

*renew our vows on a beach surrounded by both sides of the family

*complete a triathlon

*bike from Pgh to DC. 

*fill up passport

*go to Iceland

*make more time for girl time.

*complete a 365 photography project

*couch surf or house swap

*read camera manual

*increase vocabulary

*understand off camera flash photography

*go scuba diving

*bungy jump

*go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans and/or Mobile, AL (the original). 

*hitch-hike up the West coast

*stop comparing

*go to Greece

*grow #capturingmymoments on Instagram

*announce and have a monthly link-up on the blog. 

I am hoping to cross off some of these within the next year.  And I am sure I will be adding some along the way as well:)  Do you have a bucket list?  What's on it?  Anything similar? 

Before I leave you though, I'd like to share my favorite July #capturingmymoments from Instagram with all of you.  As always, thanks to all of you who participated!  Keep up the great work!  I am continually blown away by the moments y'all capture!

*@butinjustin1986*@bzlaforte*@diesel_girl_18*@lizbethjoy*@_kellyscott*@andiepants15*@mrsfench*@jennycorn11*@jessd412*@ctomana*@kateholquist

   

Thanks for sticking around over the past month.  I did get a chance to write down some ideas for blog posts so keep a look out for those.  In the mean time, I must get back to posting my 365 project (I am so beyond on uploading these it's not even funny, ya'll) and Cali Adventures.  Hope everyone had a great July!  I am glad to be back and hope to share some ideas I have with y'all in the near future!

Until next time