40 Before 40 {second check in}

Originally posted in 2020.

I'm starting to panic a bit.  As it turns out, I'm not crossing these things off as fast as I thought I would.  Four years left. 

40 Before 40:

1. See Amos Lee at Red Rocks
2. Learn to play the piano
3. Renovate the kitchen
4. Catch up on the kids' photobooks
5. Ride RAGBRAI
6. Have less than $100k left on the house loan
7. Travel internationally with Adam
8. Teach the kids to drive a stick-shift car
9. Go to Napa with Adam
10. Donate blood | On election day 2020
11. Take the kids on an all-inclusive beach vacation
12. Read the entire bible
13. Host a family reunion
14. Start a New Year's Eve Tradition
15. Take the kids on a missions trip
16. Go to Niagra Falls
17. Buy a buffet for the living room
18. Create an outdoor space off our bedroom
19. Start a book club
20. Get t-shirt quilts made for the kids
21. Travel to 10 new states with the kids | Summer 2020
22. Take an RV trip out West | Summer of 2020
23. See the Grand Canyon | Summer of 2020
24. Go hunting with Adam 
25. Take a hot air balloon ride
26. Try scuba diving
27. Have a meal at a 3 star restaurant with Adam
28. Fly first class
29. Go to the Kentucky Derby
30. Visit Hawaii
31. Take the kids to a Cubs game | Summer 2022
32. Try Scuba diving
33. Buy a hot tub | A gift to all of us for surviving 2020, haha!
34. Print and hang family photos | Summer 2021
35. Complete a big project at work {alley art, dog park, splash pad?}
36. Organize my digital photos!
37. Become licensed in public finance
38. Take the kids on their first all-inclusive resort vacation
39. Pay cash for a car
40. Run a marathon | Fall 2019

"You settle in.  These kids, this husband, this little life you're building...you say amen.  You are slower to tell everyone how wrong they are and quicker to gather your folks and breathe gratitude.  This is your place.  These are your people.  This is your beautiful, precious life."

-Jen Hatmaker, on getting older