Summer is here!

We have season passes to the Elitch Gardens themepark in Denver- and already we'd like to say it was a wise purchase. Sarah can't get enough roller coasters, and Vince can't get enough funnel cakes! The season pass also includes unlimited access to the water park which we haven't been to yet, but you can bet we will soon!

Speaking of water, we've been spending a lot of time at the Berryman Private Pool up at Vince's parents house. We discovered that bananaboat spray-on SPF 50 will turn your skin and swimsuit yellow, and that pugs don't float in water like most dogs do.

Our summer reading goal is going really well, but the goal of posting more photos on this blog isn't. Vince is still doing well at work, and Sarah is wrapping up her summer 100% freedom because her classes start next week!

Photos to come (we hope!)

Our Summer starts...TODAY!

We just got "back" from our Summer Staycation, and boy was it fun! Doing the frugalist get-away while staying in that we could we just spent our 4 days off together enjoying...eachother.

We rented video games to play, did a shopping spree at the bookstore (we had a $50 giftcard), cuddled up in the luvsac for movies, deep cleaned our house's main level, washed the dogs so they were ready for snuggles, snuggled and read mystery books in bed, played board games, ate a huge brunch of Sarah's famous southern Biscuits and Gravy, and had a late Mother's day dinner at Olive Garden with Vince's family. It was great!

Now Vince is back to work and Sarah... is figuring out what people who don't work do all day. Clean. Cook. Ride her Scooter. Organize. Coupon clip. Freebie hunt. Scrapbook. Read. She'll figure it out... in three weeks when its back to school time. :)

To continue the summer fun, but more spread out- we spent some money and got season passes to Elitch Gardens in Denver. ROLLERCOASTERS!!!

Mothers Day and NON-Mothers Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you Mother's out there. We hope your Mother's Day is great!

And now that I've gotten that part taken care of... for those of you who are easily offended, stop reading now. The rest of this post is for those like me, who hate this holiday...

Now..... for all of us who aren't mother's...........
I wish you all a happy day also! For those of us who don't have children, here are some of the things we can appreciate on this day focused solely on highlighting us that are childless (for whatever reason)

* Not waking up all night to crying
* Being able to do whatever we want whenever we want
* Having our husbands to ourselves
* Basically living less-expensive lives
* Not having stretch marks!
* Being able to leave the house with only our purse ... not 10 million other things
* Sleeping in
* Staying out late
* Not having to work around a child's nap schedule
* A heck of a lot less vaccuming
* Not changing dirty diapers
* Watching a movie as loud as we want without fear of waking up any children
* Let's face it, vacations are more fun without kids
* Not having to wonder if our kids are ugly :)
* Not having to wonder if we are good parents

* Never having to find a babysitter

Now I realize that those of you with children could make an equally impressive list of great reasons to have children. However, this post is intended to make some of us feel equal on this holiday. Oh, and thanks to Vince for making this day bearable by not making me go anywhere that the topic of the day could come up. I don't need to justify our childless life to anyone. :)