Amarillo Parks and Recreation

Help keep Amarillo's parks clean and enjoyable for all by volunteering at the upcoming Thompson Park Cleanup Day.

This year, Amarillo's Independence Day celebration steps up with Independence Day +1, a unique event promising fun for all ages.

What do you end up doing with your child when they have a day off of school? Maybe there is no need for them to go to daycare on a regular basis. So you might not have that option.

So far, the pools have yet to be open in the month of June.

If you get on social media and don't find anything about Hocus Pocus you are just not trying. After almost thirty years everyone is going crazy over the second part. It took that long to revisit the favorite.

There are thirteen other parks in Amarillo that will also be getting some love this summer.

It's summer! This means so many fun family activities, and the best thing about fun, family activities, is when they are free!

First of all, I love anything that has the word free in it. I really do. This was something that my daughter looked forward to every summer. She and a friend would walk a couple of blocks down to Memorial Park and have an adventure.

So now that unofficially it is summer the kids are home a lot more. You want to get them out as much as possible. It's our goal to wear them out. Sneak in a bit of exercise. Oh, and a whole lot of fun.

This is the time of year when anything that you can do outside is better. I mean if it is not on a day that the wind is blowing over forty miles an hour that is. Getting out and getting some of that sunshine for your health is great.

Being a parent is hard. The day to day stuff is tough enough. Then it comes time for a few days off of school and you may be at a loss of what to do with the kids.

Have you been shopping for flowers and trees? I mean we are getting closer to the time you think about the outside. The weather will start to get better. So you want a great yard.