Day 6 Atlanta Braves Baseball-Friday (7-17-09)

This morning we went back to the tennis courts and the neighborhood pool. Once again, we had the pool to ourselves. It really makes us wish we had our own in our backyard. I am sure we would get plenty of use out of it, especially with our kids.

The kids were worn out and took great naps. We went on to an early dinner before meeting Scott's brother and wife at the Atlanta Braves baseball game. We ate at Smokey Bones. I have really liked that place in the past and we don't have one back home. Unfortunately, it didn't settle well tonight.

We ran into traffic, of course, on the way to the game. We were following the GPS, but Scott decided to try a different route to save time. We ended up in the hood and unable to exit to the ball field where we wanted. So, we went on and found another way there. We found some parking lots about 5 blocks away, the ones where you pay the guy standing at the entrance. But the difference here was that he waved us on and let us park and then come back to pay. I wonder what happens to the cars where the people skip out on payment. We saw plenty of people that were looking over their shoulders as they were walking to the stadium.

After we park, Carter and Logan tell me they need to use the restroom. Logan says he can wait til we get to the stadium, but Carter cannot. I decide to let him go in an empty water bottle (easy for boys to do) and put it on the ground next to an empty beer bottle. When we returned it was missing! The beer bottle was still there. I am so hoping someone didn't think it was beer and try to drink it! Yuck!

Anyway, we went on to the game and met David and Stephanie. Of course, Scott's mom and his brother argue on which side of the stadium our seats are on and we follow David. He was wrong and we had to walk all the way around! It was a long journey with a 1 1/2 yr. old. We sat in the middle section out in left field. They were pretty good seats. I should also say, that my seat, of course, had dried pop on it and I sat down on it. It then stained my backside and I couldn't get it all out.

The Braves won 11-0! It was Friday night fireworks and we were excited to see them. Unfortunately, our seats were directly under where they were going to be setting them off. The ushers had us move, so we decided to go out of the stadium and sit on the grass across the street. We couldn't believe how many people were leaving the stadium! They just kept coming out. Finally, after about a 1/2 hour, the fireworks began! What a great show! It really was good.