Parks, Parks and More Parks

One of our favorite things to do when we lived in Durham was to go to all of the area parks.  There are so many great parks and they are usually full of kids.  We had a good time on our vacation visiting a few of our old favorites.  The first park we visited was the park in our old neighborhood.  The upper part of the playground was the same and Sam enjoyed remembering all the days we spent there.  The YMCA owns the park now and took out all the equipment that was in the lower part of the park.  That was disappointing to see but we still had a good time.  

Having fun together! 

Remembering many afternoons spent here

Ella and Caroline hit the zip line

Posing for a picture

The next stop was the Chapel Hill Community Center.  The place was packed with kids since it was  a beautiful day.  They had requested a park with a tire swing and I knew there was one here.  Ella loved all the different sets of monkey bars and rings.  Sam got a little bored by the end and went to the car to get his new book but it was a nice time in some much needed sunshine.  

I think their favorite park experience was when Brian, Lauren and Daddy joined us for the trip to the park in Meadowmont.  Especially when everyone started jumping off of the swings!  Unfortunately, all my pictures are of people on the swings. 

  

Lauren and Sam swinging away. 

Brian and Sam trying to get the right height to jump!