Park Week- Day 7

Here we are. Week 2 of Park Week. It seems like so long ago that we were having our special parade at Hill Park, yet it was only a week ago. We've been to so many parks since then. We might be getting a little Park Weeked out. But the kids really want to keep going.
Day 7 was kind of crazy. We had a hard time getting ready. The kids and I were going to go to a few parks while Jeremy waited for UPS to deliver a box of balloons. Then we'd come back and pick him up to come with us for Family Home Midday. Well, UPS showed up before we got out so we changed our plans and all headed out. Here's where we went:

Nielson's Grove (Orem).

This is one we go to fairly often, but we read on a website that the museum in the park is open during the summer. We thought it would be neat to go to the museum to find out a little more about Jorgen Christian Nielson, the Danish man who first started the park in 1876. The museum is in a building built to be the same size as Nielson's house, 480 feet, three rooms, where he and his wife raised eight children.

We made sure to go between the hours listed on the website, but the doors of the house were locked. Oh well. We'll still be coming back to this one as once again, it's one we already do come to.

Fort Utah (Provo).

We'd been wanting to visit this one to see the replica of the fort. We had FHM there then walked around the fort.

What this park was noticeably lacking was paved walking paths. There was a lot of stroller pushing through grass. The Provo River Parkway did run along one side of the park, but it wasn't part of the park and it wasn't anywhere near the pavilions or playground.

We needed to get Jeremy home after that because he had a lot of work to do at home, and by the time we'd driven back to Pleasant Grove, Jr. was asleep again.

If you compare the picture from Day 1 of him sleeping to Day 7 of him sleeping, you can see he's wearing the same shirt. Must be his park shirt.

After Jr. woke up, we had dinner, then Jr. Jr. fell asleep. So we left him with Jeremy who needed to get some work done and Jr., Nichole, and I hopped into the car to go to some more parks. We tried a couple close by, which were filled, so it wasn't worth stopping. So we headed to a city we hadn't been to yet.

Evergreen Park (American Fork).

There were a lot of people for some kids' football practice, but there were only a few kids on the playground and plenty of room to park.

We went home to get Jr. Jr. who was awake then went out to one more park because the kids really wanted to.

Chrisville Park (Pleasant Grove).

A dinky little park near our church building. It's one of those parks where you wouldn't guess it was there unless you knew where to look. A little dirt driveway separates it from the road. Since it was so close, I knew I could take the kids there quickly then bring them home to get them to bed.

It was a good family day.