Summer is the time to get out and do things together as a couple. Maybe you have all the free time, maybe you don’t. Either way, making a seasonal bucket list is a sure-fire way to guarantee that you seize the wonderful weather. How do you tune this to your proposal? Well, here are a few ideas!

1. Photo Document-it. Suggest doing a summer bucket list and getting a picture for every item. Whether it’s something as simple as grabbing a milkshake, or something as risqué as going skinny-dipping! Buy an old polaroid camera for the occasion. You can then use these pictures to make a photo book, leaving the opportunity to put on the last page, “Get Engaged” and let her look at the book/the last page before you drop to one knee.

2. Opportunities to Propose. Creating a bucket-list and doing all the items on it creates countless opportunities for you to propose. You don’t have to wait until you’ve done everything on the list, after all. Road trip on the list? Propose during that road trip! Super romantic date on there? TA-DAH! She’ll never suspect because these things are on your seasonal “to-do” list.

3. Making it count. This is the perfect way to show her just how much your relationship means to you, and the type of commitment she can look forward to after you’re married. You’ll be putting her and your relationship first to accomplish all these fun things, and it leaves it open for you to continue this tradition for years to come. After you’ve done everything on your list, tell her you need to add one more item. Scribble it on there, and then hand it to her. As she reads what you’ve written, drop to one knee!

Emily