The Parks Family: Florida Part 1

A couple of weeks ago we drove down to Florida for a little family vacation with my (Catherine) parents and brother and sister-in-law. My dad had to be in Orlando for the Southern Baptist Convention, so we just made a week of it. We drove down (with multiple potty stops - not sure who had to go more frequently, me or Sophie) on a Friday/Saturday and went to St. Petersburg with my parents to see the Rays play, and win, a close game against the Marlins. It was great to see Ben and Julianna, and Zion of course. Sophie was kind of over the game, so when Zion joined us she was really excited. I will say, though, that watching him climb on the back of the chairs must have put some ideas into her head. She has never been a climber, and after that she seemed to want to climb on everything. So thanks, Julianna :)

Oblivious to the fact that a game is going on.

Ben on 1st base

With Julianna and Zion

After the game Julianna took us down on the field to wait for Ben - it's dark because there was a Dierks Bentley concert going on.

It was 10pm but Sophie was running like a crazy child. People watching probably thought her parents kept her locked up all the time and this was her first taste of freedom. There were some other kids running around, but Sophie took off down the first base line and I freaked out, thinking it wasn't allowed. Apparently it's fine, but we had one tired little girl after that.