40 before 40 | 1 Year Left

I recently turned 39, so {spoiler alert} I'm about to have a busy year! ;)

Originally posted in 2020.

40 Before 40:

1. See Amos Lee//Ray Lamontagne//Marc Broussard at Red Rocks
2. Learn to play the piano
3. Renovate the kitchen | Check!
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 | 2024
8. Teach the kids to drive a stick-shift car -- I'm not sure how I planned to do this since J will only be 14 {you have to be 15 to drive in FL} and we don't even own a stick shift car anymore -- LOL
9. Go to Napa with Adam {probably a no-go since neither of us are drinking this year}
10. Donate blood | On election day 2020
11. Take the kids on their first cruise | Disney Summer 2025
12. Read the entire bible | 2023
13. Host a family reunion
14. Start a New Year's Eve Tradition
15. Take the kids on a missions trip
16. Go to Niagara Falls
17. Buy a buffet for the living room
18. Create an outdoor space off our bedroom | 2020
19. Start a book club {I'm in a GREAT one here, so I'm thinking about starting a GAME club instead}
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 Michelin 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 | I have an associate agent!
36. Organize my digital photos!
37. Become licensed in public finance SCRATCH!  I opened a Travel Agency Instead! {WAY better!}
38. Take the kids on their first all-inclusive resort vacation | Winter 2024
39. Pay cash for a car | Fall 2024
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