May stuff

We've got a Laotian couples' group here this weekend by the Evangelical Laotian Church (most of the people from the group have been here before, but this is the first time they've done one of these couple's weekends - with a special speaker and all), and tonight we had a special banquet for them. They seem to be having a great time, and we've been having great weather for them as well.

Debbie and I have been working out doors quite a bit - making new flowerbeds, working on building my first wall (it's a retaining wall for an expanded terrace we're building between the new kitchen and the old kitchen).

Debbie, working on her newely designed flower beds

I've removed the sod cut out from Debbie's new flowerbeds, and I'm planting it over in our parking lot, where we've attempted to re-organize it a little, to make better use of the space... we'll see if it actually works.

My first stone wall (Hopefully Marlin doesn't see this post, I'm afraid it's not the nicest looking wall around here). Hopefully, it stays standing when I'm finished. This is the one that will be the retaining wall for an expanded terrace near the kitchen.

We all went down to the Foire aux puces yesterday - the flea market that our town holds each year. Picked up some old outdoor chairs to fix up for the Château lawn, and a few other odds and ends. I helped out for an hour serving food in their little food shop - we served drinks, hot dogs, and fries, and were VERY busy. I got a free crêpe from the crêpe stand as payment :)

Today Debbie helped the "friends of nature" association with their annual flower sale (and bought a bunch of flowers for the Château too!) so it's been fun getting involved with the different things in the community.