The family and I had a wonderful evening out yesterday with a friend from church. We sat in the back courtyard of a small local brewery and enjoyed some food and drinks with the pups. The weather was perfect and later we walked all around our small, but lately modernized downtown. Lots of people were out, business was good, but it wasn't crowded. The community was alive and healthy. Evenings like these make me glad I never put down roots in some remote place. This morning we're having a baby shower and saying farewell to a friend heading off to medical school. Community is so important.