My In-Laws popped in for a quick visit last night.  It was way too fast of a visit because we really enjoy their company.  We had a great time while they were here.  One of the things we did while they were here was drive to Sonic for a malt.  Mmmm!!!

We arrived at Sonic at 7:30~a half hour before “Happy Hour” begins.  Oh well…we were not going to sit there for a half hour so we could get a little off the price of our malts.  We decided to order.  “WELCOME TO SONIC.  MAY I TAKE YOUR ORDER!” boomed the intercom.  “Wow!”  I said to my husband.  “They have that turned up loud tonight.”  We placed our order.

While we were waiting, a car pulled up next to ours.  A very pretty lady in a fancy black Lexus pulled up next to us.  She pushed the order button…”WELCOME TO SONIC.  MAY I TAKE YOUR ORDER!”  She jumped a mile and then got the giggles.  I started laughing, too.  She looked at me and made reference to the volume and we agreed that it was a little loud.

That was when I noticed a little boy in the back seat.  He was jumping up and down and waving and smiling…He was clearly happy to see me.  I looked and it was our little neighbor boy!  I smiled and waved back at him.  He was happy.

I looked again at the lady.

Now, our neighbor lady does not come out of the house often.  She is not the outdoorsy type.  I wouldn’t know if she was our neighbor lady for anything.  I figured she had to be our neighbor~who else could she be?  We got our malts and drove home.

As we home and got out of the car and here came the neighbor boy pedaling on his bike to our house as fast as he could go!  He stopped and we said we liked his new car.  Yes, he said they had had it a little while now.  My husband asked if he had a new bike?  No, it was his old bike.  No training wheels anymore.  Hmmm, finally, my husband introduced his parents to the neighbor boy.  He was clearly curious as to who these new people were.

Then my FIL stuck out his hand and said “Hi.  My name is_____”  and the neighbor boy shook his hand and said, “Hi, Mr. _____”.  My MIL said “I am very pleased to meet you” and the neighbor boy threw his arms around my MIL and gave her a HUGE hug!!!  My MIL was at a loss there for a moment.  It was charming.

We have good neighbors and they are raising good kids.  We are very fortunate.