pool – HOME ON THE CORNER

Last year, I found that Walmart was selling the game Hanfordopoly. It’s like Monopoly, but for my town. Well, I had to buy it! Then Lauren and I went around town and took pictures of each of the places on the game board. It was so much fun! I can’t wait to introduce you to our sweet little town and some of its history.

If you haven’t read the other My Town posts, you can read them here:

Part 1-Freddy the Firetruck and Carousel

Part 2– Hanford Mall

Part 3– Fox Theatre

Part 4– Civic Auditorium and Civic Park

Part 5 – Downtown Hanford

This week is the Plunge and the skate park. The Plunge has been around since I was a kid. Of course, it has been redone since then and is a great place to cool off in our hot summers.

That water looks so nice! On a hot summer day, it’s so nice to hear the kids laughing and having fun! The Plunge offers public swim, swim lessons, senior water aerobics and movie nights. The movie nights are called “Dive-In Theater.” Isn’t that great!

Doesn’t that slide look like fun? There certainly wasn’t something like that when I was a kid!!

This poor dolphin! She has been here since I was a kid too, but she definitely needs some loving care.

The Hanford Skate Park is right next to the pool, in case you get too warm while skating!. The skate park was opened in 1997. I remember it being quite a big deal at the time.

This park consists of a large bowl, a pyramid, a rail, a gap, and 2 boxes.

Unfortunately, there were no skaters out the day I went. I was hoping to catch a few tricks going on.

This is just one more area of my small town that makes it special. What does your town have that is special and brings back good memories?

Good Saturday afternoon! Hope you have a wonderful weekend planned. We are hosting a bridal shower this morning, Lauren is hosting a Premier jewelry party tonight and Haley and I volunteer at the shelter on Sunday. I think I will be too tired to start setting up my classroom on Monday. Right? Can I use that as an excuse? Probably not. LOL.

Here is the special bridal chair Lauren put together. Isn’t it cute? The bride isn’t into foofoo, but oh well, She will have to deal with it!

I got to spend some time with my two favorite great-nieces on Friday. We sang and moved to some of my preschool songs, played with a dollhouse and spent time in the pool. I wish I could have gotten in with them. It was very hot.

Here is my front porch. I thought this was a good transition from summer to fall. It still looks cool and fresh, but is a little more muted than the bright summer colors I had out there. I found the cute little mushrooms at the .99 cent store. I love finding fun little decorating stuff like that.