Picnic in the Park Tuesdays

Moving is a great excuse to start new traditions as a family. One of my favorites that we started as soon as we moved here is 'Picnic in the Park Tuesdays'. This is a tradition that was born out of the fact that my father in law works in the cannery every other tuesday so he can't be home for dinner. The plan is simple and fun. We find a park somewhere around Sandy (there are a million of them), take a picnic dinner and let the kids get their wiggles out. It's been really nice of the last few weeks when it's been too hot to go to the park during the day. When we get there are dinner time, everything is just starting to cool down to a pleasant temp. We've hit parks close to home, we went to a park that Carson would frequent when growing up and we even headed 'up the canyon' one week and made a fire to roast marshmallows for dinner. It has been a great way to come closer as a family and fun way to get to know our new home. It's also made dinner planning easier because it's super easy to plan a picnic meal!

These are pictures from Bywater Park near where Carson grew up.

Not only do the kids always have a great time, but we always end up with bonus performances by the kids. If there is any sort of hill at the park, it's usually the songs form Beauty and the Beast. So funny!