We’ve gotten an annual pass to Thanksgiving Point for a couple of years now. When you have a family the size of ours, it really makes it worth it, and then we always have something fun to do and we don’t have to worry about how much it will cost, because it’s already paid for. But our pass was expiring today, and I won’t be buying another pass for a while. Money’s tight and all that stuff. So this week became our designated Thanksgiving Point week.
Monday we went to the farm country. Cole didn’t want to come, so I let him stay home and mow the lawn, but the other four kids came. At $3.50 per person, it’s pretty inexpensive, but that still would have cost the 6 of us $21. 
The kids really love the pony ride that’s included. They all have to “name” their ponies and enjoy their little rides. 
On Thursday we went to the Children’s Garden. But the kids complained that it wasn’t as much fun if they couldn’t go with friends, so I called our friends to see if they wanted to come with us. They were sadly stuck with no car for the week, but I said we could squish some of them in. Cole again decided to stay home and play with one of his friends, so me and four of my kids plus my friend and four of her kids squished into our car and off we went. Two adults and five kids got in free with the pass, (would have been $32) so we only had to pay 1/2 price for three of the kids for a grand total of $6. 
The kids were right. It was much more fun with friends. 
Today we went to the Dinosaur museum. 
My kids have really been there a lot in the past year, especially John, so they didn’t jump for joy when I said we were going. I even made Cole come with us (gasp!). Kids cost $8, and adults $10, so it would have cost the 6 of us $50 to go. That’s $103 for the three activities this week. You can see that having a family pass really IS a bargain, if you do any of these activities more than once in a year. We’ve really gotten our money’s worth out of the pass, and enjoyed the benefits of membership.
And, it gave us something to do for this first week of summer. Of course, the kids are now pretty tired of Thanksgiving point stuff, which is good, since we won’t be going again for a long while.
How’s your summer going?
Great Idea…now they will have their fill of it…and by next year, they might want to go again. You save a year’s membership. We used to use our Zoo membership once a week. They really are a great deal.