Spreading mulch on the greenway with Troy

Saturday was a wonderful day. One of the first people we met when we got to North Carolina is a very nice fellow named Troy. He got married about a month ago to a young doctor named Youngin. They are the couple who took us to a Korean barbecue place a few weeks back. At any rate, Troy organized a volunteer project to spread mulch on a greenway through a park in Cary on Saturday. Lorena, Kelly, Christian, and I joined Troy, his sister, brother-in-law, and our friends Sidony and Gary and their two kids to help out. It was a beautiful day with perfect weather. We had an absolute ball talking and working together. It was supposed to take about three hours, but we got it knocked out in an hour and a half. Troy had all the tools there along with Krispy Kreme donuts, bagels, hot coffee, and bottled water. I thought I was going to work off a pound or two with that pitch forks, but the Krispy Kremes got the best of me. Here are some pictures (click on them to see a bigger version):

We went to Costco after shoveling mulch, bought groceries and a couple of fans then ran over to the big Barnes and Noble bookstore at Crossroads to hang out, drink coffee, and read books. Those are some of Lorena’s favorite things and we did them in honor of Mothers Day. Mexico is still pure with regard to Mothers Day. They still celebrate Mothers Day on May 10th every year. It is not always on the Sunday around May 10th, it is on May 10th. Lorena likes it like because most years Mexican Mothers Day and American Mothers Day fall on different days, so we can celebrate both of them. Christian noted that May 10 is also the official Shrimp Day, so we bought some of those really big shrimps at Costco and had them for dinner. I was really skeptical about the Shrimp Day thing when Christian told us–he likes just about whatever excuse he can find to eat shrimp–but I looked it up and it is TRUE!!!

Of course, we took Lorena out for Mexican food on Sunday after meeting then went home for our traditional Mothers Day nap.

Notes: I found a great new website for Christian. Maybe he has already seen it, but I saw it knew that we could find some cool ideas there. And here is one for Kelly and the cat sisters. It looks like an essential project to me.

Other notes: Oops. I almost forgot another very important event this weekend. Kelly decided she wanted to cook something. She did Quiche Lorraine Lorena. It was awesome. She got the crust exactly right. I am not sure whether she is going to work on that some more or move on to meat pies.