It’s summertime! here at Casa de Kahuna, we are wrapping up a fun week of Vacation Bible School, and the kids are eager to start day camp. We’ve got a weekly summer routine that’s taking shape, but we have a couple of fun things in store to shake up our summer.
I’m taking off at the end of the month for the first of my fortieth birthday weekends, and the rest of the family is motoring up to Chicago for a weekend with family. Mid-July we are heading to the Smoky Mountains with my parents for a week of sightseeing, swimming, and with any luck, unplugging. I’m also hoping for a few more stamps on my National Parks passport.
Most of our family vacations have involved water- either the beach or the pool. Above, here’s Meg stepping into the ocean for the first time in 2007 in North Carolina, and Andrew stepping in for the first time in 2009 in Massachusetts. We’ve seen the Atlantic Ocean as far north as Massachusetts and as far south as Florida. We’ve swam in pools from here down to Atlanta. Now that both kids can swim, I’ll be able to do less lifeguarding, and maybe more reading. We also like to see landmarks, tourist attractions and anything else that catches our fancy. I love vacations.
We tend to pretty economical when it comes to traveling. We’ve never flown as a family of four. We search for hotel deals, pack a lot of our own food, and set moderate limits when it comes to souvenirs (See those mouse ears? That’s what they got at the Magic Kingdom!).
One thing we can’t control on vacation is the price of fuel. The only thing we can do is overestimate costs and keep our fingers crossed that we’ve estimated well. I take that back- there’s one more thing we can do. Kroger is running a Summer Fuel special, where shopping on the weekends (in June 2013) will earn you 2x the fuel points (groceries only). You read that right- every $1 spent in Kroger stores on the weekends during this promotion is worth 2 fuel points… and every 1000 points is worth $1 off per gallon. Not bad, right?
By earning Fuel Points twice as fast, it’ll be no time at all before we’ve got the 1000 fuel points needed to save $1 per gallon when we fill up the van for our family vacation. That savings will come in handy- who doesn’t want a little extra cash on vacation? It might mean an extra meal out, more fun souvenirs or perhaps more adult beverages (it is vacation, after all). Spending less on gas means there’s more to spend on fun things (I could have purchased so many fun things at the Rock City gift shop). To earn double fuel points on June weekends (Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays), follow this link to enroll: http://bit.ly/16XJg2x. Hook up your Kroger Plus card and you’ll be on your way!
{The BIG Giveaway}
To get you started on your Kroger shopping, I’m giving away a $100 gift card to one lucky reader (I KNOW. Happy grocery shopping).
To enter, tell me where you’re off to this summer, or one fun thing closer to home you’ll be doing this summer.
For additional entries, do any or all of the following, and leave me a comment for each thing that your did:
- Follow me (@gotchababy) and @Kroger on Twitter
- Tweet about this giveaway, something to the effect of: “I’m fueling my summer with 2x fuel points & more from @Kroger & @gotchababy http://bit.ly/12oaNHK #giveaway #FuelYourSummer“
- Like Gotchababy and Kroger on Facebook.
- Post about this giveaway on Facebook, don’t forget to include the link back to this post. In your comment, leave me your Facebook name.
This giveaway will be open until next Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 9pm. A winner will be notified, and will have 24 hours to repsond. If there’s no response, I will choose a new winner. Thank you so much for playing, and good luck!!
Disclosure: I was compensated with a gift card for myself for facilitating this giveaway. All of the opinions on this promotion are my own, as are the photos of my adorable children.
We have a lot of fun summer adventures planned around Indiana….so I’m really excited about this promo from Kroger. I will definitely *try* to take advantage of it as much as possible!
I follow you and Kroger on Twitter.
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I posted on facebook https://www.facebook.com/rebeca.holloway/posts/10201022634429953
I’m hoping to do a few more “day trips” than usual – like to Columbus, IN and the Cincinnati Zoo or the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. I’d also like to find a fun, short train ride I can take my 3 kiddos on without too much hassle. Helping my kids earn scouting badges should also include a lot of local activites!
Just “liked” Gotchababy on Facebook. Though, I’ve liked you for a lot longer than that! Was college really that long ago!?
Just shared the article on Facebook, too.
With #GreatAmericanRoadTrip looming, I could use all the fuel points I can get! 81 hours in the car from home to Alcatraz = a lot of fuel (and a lot of national parks passport stamps)
We are planning a lot of hometown adventures. Into Indy and back home again already several times this week adds up fast!
We’re driving to Myrtle Beach!
Every summery my favorite event is the Indiana State Fair!!!
I follow you on twitter!
I tweeted! https://twitter.com/c3_ab_2013/status/345166540708134912
Now I’m following Kroger on twitter, too.
We plan to go to Myrtle Beach.
We are headed to the Smokey Mountains and Florida this summer. Great give-a-way! I posted to FB.
We are planning a few camping trips in nearby parks.
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We will go to San Diego
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I’m going to California this summer to see some friends I havent seen since college
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We are hoping to go to a water park about 40 minutes from our house!
I like Kroger and GotchaBaby on facebook!
We are off to a family vacation in FL next month.
Thanks for the chance to win!
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Planning on checking out places outside of Indy this year. Weekend trips to Lafayette or Fort Wayne.
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I tweeted, and you have already retweeted: https://twitter.com/IndianaGeeking/status/345327379369054208
This summer I will swim and play volleyball
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We’re supposed to be heading to Florida in less than a week!
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