Blog Bucket List

Since starting the blog, we have had the opportunity to do so many amazing things. We thought it would be fun to start a blog bucket list. A list of the crazy adventures and random things we have done since we started blogging. We honestly never imagined when we started the blog that we would have the opportunity to do so many crazy amazing things. We thought we would just type a bit and share our story. We feel so blessed that we get to experience these things together and hope you enjoy our random blog bucket list.

Renewing our wedding vows with Elvis in Las Vegas

 

Blew a glass ornament at Vetro in Grapevine, Texas

Driving a Lexus F Sport 100+ mph on the Chuckwalla Race Track near Palm Springs, California

Photo by Alexander for American Heritage Chocoalte

Enjoyed an amazing dinner at the National Archives feet from the Charters of Freedom with American Heritage Chocolate

John went deep sea fishing in Grand Turk…he caught this giant tuna!

Take a horse-drawn carriage ride through Central Park in NYC

Visit Bali and check out the UNESCO World Heritage Rice Fields along with experiencing a Balinese spa treatment…pure bliss!

Eat our way through the French Quarter in New Orleans

Tour the Vera Bradley design center in Fort Wayne, Indiana…and shop for a few bags

Tour Northern Thailand and learn a local dance

John met a local in Vegas…..

Ride in a stretch limo to the airport in Vegas

Visited the Celsus Library in Ephesus, Turkey

Wandered the Monkey Forest in Ubud, Bali

Won a photography award in Thailand.

Cruised the Mekong River between Thailand and Laos…tried to get the boat driver to dock in Laos but he was not going for it.

Gave an offering to Buddhist Monks in Thailand

Took a great friend to Glacier National Park for the first time.

Visited the working set of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Interviewed the cast of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Took a cooking class in Bali

Interviewed Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth…..sitting right next to them. EEK!

Visited Pixar’s Headquarters and saw the iconic lamp!

Met Floyyd Norman and watched him draw Disney characters. He is an amazing Disney animator and Disney Legend!

Toured Skywalker Ranch and interviewed George Lucas. Also watched Strange Magic in George Lucas’s theater on the ranch.

Interviewed Joey Lawrence on the set of Melissa & Joey

Interviewed Melissa Joan Hart on the set of Melissa & Joey

Drove a $100K+ Jaguar in the hills outside of Calabasas, California

Saw my name in lights on the Las Vegas Strip!

 

Published in All You Magazine

Visited Walt Disney World during the Flower and Garden Show

Interviewed Joss Whedon for Avengers – Age of Ultron

Visited Disney plaza and saw a movie in the theater

Enjoyed High Tea at the St. Regis in Bangkok, Thailand

Took a private bartending class in Las Vegas

Enjoyed a Hurricane at Pat O’Briens in New Orleans

Visited the Statue of Liberty

Saw a Roseatte Spoonbill in the wild

Visited the Acropolis in Athens, Greece

 

Had tea at the Empress in Victoria, BC

Saw Manta Rays in Hawaii

Visited Minoan Ruins in Crete, Greece

Pineapple Creme Brulee in Hawaii……hello yum!

Enjoyed amazing wine in Walla Walla, Washington

Hung out in Roatan, Honduras

Enjoyed so many courses of food during the Chef’s Dinner on Carnival Sunshine

Watched the sunset over Patmos, Greece

Had professional head shots taken in Hawaii

Interviewed Meryl Streep along with Chrstine Baranski and Tracey Ullman for Into the Woods

Interviewed Emily Blunt and James Corden for Into the Woods

Watched the sunset in Santorini, Greece

Went on a Mediterranean Cruise with some truly amazing travel writers!

Released a baby turtle in Cancun, Mexico

Saw Zarkana in Las Vegas. Our first Cirque Du Soleil show…we were hooked and have seen 4 now

Photographed a summer concert series up close and personal

Riding in a hot air balloon during the Reno Hot Air Balloon Festival

Watched the Village People perform Y.M.C.A live

Visited the set of the Boxtrolls and learned about claymation

Voiced Dipper from Disney Planes Fire and Rescue in the Disney Sound studio

 

Shelling on Sanibel Island

Driving an excavator at Dig This Las Vegas

Played with Hemingway’s Polydactyl Cats in Key West, Florida

Had an animation lesson from the Animators for Disney’s Planes Fire and Rescue

Renewed the vows for a travel writing couple in Puerto Vallarta…in this historic church in front of people…oh my!

Survived a week long RV road trip from Indiana to Salt Lake City with John and my parents

Road the Napa Valley Wine Train

 

Interviewing Angelina Jolie during the Maleficent Trip

Interviewing Julie Bowen during the Disney Planes Fire and Rescue Press Junket

Swimming with Sharks in Grand Turk

Playing with Sting Rays in Grand Turk

Seeing Flamingos for the first time in the wild in Grand Turk (Grand Turk has been a great place for bucket list items)

Interviewing Martina McBride during the Carnival Live show on the Carnival Ecstasy

Wine tasting in Napa with the wine maker from Grgich Estate Wines

Visiting the Outback Steakhouse test kitchens  in Tampa, Florida and getting a behind the scenes look at the kitchens

Held Captain America’s shield on the movie set

Went bird watching in Costa Rica

Visited Waterford Crystal in Waterford, Ireland

Enjoyed street food in Puerto Rico

Took Hurling lessons in Ireland

Judged a cook-off at a Boise State Game

Saw Riverdance performed in Ireland

Hanging out with blogging friends Vera from Lady and the Blog, Audrey from MomGenerations and Victoria at the 21C in Cincinnati at the PGSleep Event

Swam in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland

Went whale watching in the San Juan Islands

Shooting a Machine Gun in Las Vegas at the Ammo Garage

Not letting my fear of tight spaces stop me from going to the top of the CN Tower in Toronto

Interviewing Gwyneth Paltrow during the Iron Man 3 Press Junket

Walking the red carpet during the Iron Man 3 Premiere

Going on set of Captain America and meeting Chris Evans

Visiting Ireland and learning how to pour a proper pint of Guinness at the Guinness Storehouse.

Went Glampin in the San Juan Islands, Washington

Played with some locals in Belize

Visitied Katherine’s Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia

Went beer tasting in the Yukon Territory, Canada

Drank Duck Farts in Juneau, Alaska at the Red Dog Saloon

 

Working out with the Rockettes in NYC

Meeting Rascall Flatts in Nashville