Friday night we went to Dickey-Stephens Ballpark for a Travelers game. Thanks to Jennifer, we had a luxurious experience. The Peabody has a suite, and she managed to get permission for us to use is! Wow - what a treat. Looking straight off the suite balcony, here's the view we had. Fabulous! Much heartfelt THANKS to The Peabody for the generosity. We asked one of the guys from the neighboring suite to take a group picture of us. Back row, left to right - Lorielle, Jennifer, Nick, Rich, Mark. Middle row, left to right - Emily, Valerie, Laedyn, Regina. Down front - Brandon & Jackson.
Brandon wasn't being cooperative, so not a great picture of him. What a stinker!

Very nice evening for a game. It was fairly muggy, but with the air conditioned suite to retreat to it was PERFECT!!!
The lofty view from above...
Batter up! I don't think you could have much better seats.

See the foam hand Jackson is holding? It was a casualty of the evening. Rough treatment from the boys caused the finger to be amputated - OUCH! Jackson also lost his hat somewhere in the course of the evening. Maybe over the balcony? Maybe in the trash can? We have no idea... sorry Jackson!

Looks like the ballpark does good business. Lots of full seats.
You can't really see the scoreboard from this shot, but believe me - it was a sad situation for the Travs that night.
Emily is a great sport when it comes to babies. She took over watching Laedyn and feeding her snacks all night. She's an old hand - her little brother is two-ish, and not as easy to manage any more.

Jackson & Brandon joined in to play with Laedyn for a little while. It really didn't last long though - the boys had too much energy to sit and play with a BABY!!! They were a bit rambunctious to put it mildly.
Lorielle and Jennifer watched most, if not all, of the action from the viewing bar INSIDE the suite. Seriously - a suite is definately the way to go in the heat of the summer - or anytime for that matter. Especially with kids.

There was a comfy couch, a chair, a sink & ice machine, a refridgerator, and a neat warming table for hot food items and delivery service. Before the game I called and ordered food & drinks, so it was fully stocked when we arrived.

After the game, the Travs allowed kids to run the bases! Nick and Emily escorted Brandon down so he could participate. I don't have pictures because I forgot my camera. I took all these with Mark's camera and he left before the game was over! Rich, Regina, Jackson & Jennifer left before the running of the bases too. Brandon enjoyed being on the field- and he got a coupon for free mini-golf out of the deal to boot.