All aboard!

A few weeks ago Dad Rink emailed me about a old co-worker/friend, Mr T (nothing like the real Mr. T), who had been asking Dad to bring up his grandkids for an afternoon train ride. We set a date, and yesterday after church, we drove to a Mr. R's house for a train ride. When we drove up to Mr. R's house, I thought, 'it must be a little kiddie train that you just ride in tiny circles'...which still would have been awesome with Will, since he is infatuated with trains. But when we got there, he had real rails and a train, little, but not really that little that went all over his back yard. It was so amazing. He then also had a small 'kiddie' train that went all around his side yard...his property is very large. Will could hardly contain his excitement. As you can see from the picture below. Mr. R and his son, Chuck Jr. keep all these hats for the kids that they give rides to, it was all very fun and quite impressive.

We went with Brandon and Mindy and their kids too, and Austin and Kyle look a little unsure here on the 'kiddie' train, but all had a blast.

Here is Chuck Jr...who was like a kid himself, they said. When we got there, they kept saying, 'where is Chuck Jr?'...we figured maybe he was the only one who knew how to run the train, but Mr. R gave the first ride since Chuck Jr. wasn't there yet. When Chuck Jr. pulled up, he was so disappointed that we had gone on one round without him already. He loves to give the kids rides...such fun people. He said the horn wasn't working right, and instead of just going like most adults, he had to fix it real quick before they took off because, 'you can't ride a train with no horn'.

Another joyful face of Will's on the big train, where everyone got to ride.

Mr. R Sr. and Chuck Jr. with all the kids. Chuck Jr. made sure he had his hat on for the picture.

Jarod and Will in front of the fabulous train.

I said I think this was Will's highlight of his life so far. Thanks again Grandpa R, Mr.T, Mr. R and Chuck Jr.!