This and That

 Highlights from the last few weeks:

Luke had a baseball tournament in Plant City on March 29/30. Plant City is very close to my dad, so on Saturday, I dropped off Luke, Kara and Thomas and visited with my dad. After baseball, we went to Twistee Treat; it was a good day. Sunday, Anna decided to come. On the way, we saw a billboard for “Parksdale Farms”  a fun looking strawberry-centered farmer’s market type roadside attraction (obviously, I’m not quite sure how to describe it). Mapquest revealed it was only 10 minutes from the field, so we dropped off the boys and headed over. We had strawberry shortcake, which was good, but not as good as it looked. We enjoyed the visit though. It was neat place, with lots of strawberry treats, plants, produce, garden flags, etc. If Luke plays in Plant City again during strawberry season, I would definitely go back; next time we are trying the strawberry milkshake. Our plan was to be back in time for the start of the game, but they started early. We got back just as Luke was up-to-bat. And, as we were walking to the stands, we saw a ball come over the fence. It was Luke! He hit his first over the fence homerun!  I was sad to miss it, but Thomas was recording, so we have the video. He was crowned the “Home Run King” for the day.

The regular season for lacrosse ended. The girls finished 13-1! It was the school’s best record for girl’s lacrosse. Unfortunately, they lost the district championships. The final score was 17-10, but it was a lot closer than the score board reflected, at least until the 4^th quarter. Marta, Elizabeth, Travis and the Wills all came to the game and Kara enjoyed having everyone there. More about the Wills visit in another blog.

Track is also winding down. Their last meet is April 18^th. Jack did well but hasn’t quite met his goal of running the mile in under 5 minutes yet. He’s got one more try!

On April 4^th, we had a fun evening at Animal Kingdom. We got there around 4 and the park closed at 7. We rode Dinosaur and Everest twice. Did the Safari, had dinner, and rode Flight of Passage. It was the shortest wait times we’ve seen in a long time. I think we happened to hit a small lull between Spring Break crowds. The weather was nice and it was a super fun night. We even stopped for ice cream on the way home.

We are so sad that Dinosaur is closing!

Luke had another baseball tournament last weekend. It was up near Daytona Beach and everyone went, which is very unusual. We stopped at Buc-cees, which may have helped entice some of the Wilsons. Kara has been working on her photography and got some really good pictures. Unfortunately, the team lost. They are still in a terrible losing streak. I think some of the kids are starting to feel pretty frustrated. I try to keep the bigger perspective in mind, but I am tired of 1-game Sundays. These are long drives for just one game (it is single elimination on Sundays).

One of Kara's cool shots (Luke pitching)