Some Florida kids got to see their favorite garbage man again after a four year absence when city officials saw an old video of them all playing together.

For years Tony Parker from the City of Orlando garbage collection would arrive in front of the Wierenicz household and there'd be three tawny-haired youngsters waiting for him.

Four years ago however, his route was changed and the children were heartbroken.

"Just for grins," mom Carla Wierenicz posted an old video of Tony running up and hugging her 3-year-old kids on Instagram which went viral. As a result, the city scheduled a special stopover for Parker at their house so he could see them again.

"Every day, they would come out and if they missed me, their mother had to get in the car and circle the neighborhood until they found me," Parks reminisced.

On Thursday the four friends did all the things they used to do, like climb inside the cab and honk the horn, or have races down to the edge of the street. Knowing he would get to see his old friends, Parker also brought them City of Orlando toy dump trucks and t-shirts.

The friendship was created when the 3-year-olds triplets became so filled with wonderment at the mechanical arms of the truck that Carla had to take them out so they could learn how it worked.

That day, Parker was supposed to only be picking up garbage, but in reality he picked up someone many of us hope to find in life.

"I picked up joy, I picked up happiness, I picked up memories," he said.

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