We love checking out Splashpads, and luckily there was a close one to the Arizona Mills Mall that we wanted to check out while Munchie was in Sea Life Camp. As you drive around Tempe to get to this park, you will find that this area is a good mix of residential homes, college campus […]
Surprise Aquatic Center
Having three small kids at the pool is quite exhausting, but now that two of my three are good swimmers, I felt confident to take the plunge at the Surprise Aquatic Center without another adult! The Surprise Aquatic Center is located at 15831 N Bullard Ave, and is one of two pools in the city. […]
Emerald Park-Mesa
This Park starts with a funny story of how I found it, so you can skip ahead, but you’ll miss a kind of funny flub I made. We had some time to kill between going to Sea Life Arizona and Bounce U in Gilbert, so I picked up a Starbucks coffee using a gift card and […]
Mesa Riverview Park
Mesa Riverview Park is an AMAZING park for the whole family. I saw the huge net climbing structure a few years ago when we first visited Bass Pro Shops but wanted to wait a little bit before going to the park. Now that my oldest, Munchie, is 7 and is a full fledged monkey climbing machine, […]
Folley Memorial Park-Chandler
When we go to the East Valley, we do a big park excursion. Folley Memorial Park, Right off of Frye Rd and next to Frye Elementary school had such a huge shaded play area, I just had to give it a huge thumbs up! Folley Park also has baseball fields, a pool, basketball courts, a […]