Family Day

Yesterday we took a walk downtown. Ellie rode her tricycle and Josh drove his car. We packed a lunch and ate at the quaint little town "square." From our vantage point, we gazed upon the beloved train station. And our little ones were gifted with two beloved choo-choos coming through town. We also saw several buses and motorcycles and many cars.

We all sported our Phillies shirts. The time is soon upon us when Sunday afternoons will be spent watching the sport of baseball, waving our rally towels, cheering on our Phillies.

On our trip home, we stopped off at the local hardware store. The store has everything you could want and if you can't find it, they'll order it. They have great service. You barely get in the door, when an employee comes out of the woodwork and takes you directly to the item for which you are looking. On our trip today, we needed either a new spindle for a door knob or new knobs since the spindle wouldn't come out of the one knob.

Gary was holding it and didn't even get a chance to say what he wanted. The employee said "Right there" while pointing to the rack next to us where the door knobs were hanging. He thought we wanted door knobs, but upon further investigation and helping get the spindle out and taking a look at the door knobs to make sure they weren't stripped, he went hunting for a spindle. They had one left. We bought it. Would Home depot have given us that kind of service? I think not.

We also visited the Philly pretzel shop and treated our taste buds to some warm twisted dough.

It was a beautiful day, and we had a great family time.