Saturday, May 16, 2009

Celebrating Mother's Day

Every once in a while we reflect on how blessed we are to have received this research grant. Although we are in a country where many people are without running water or indoor plumbing, somehow our own quality of life has increased! We are able to afford more luxuries than we did before... one of which includes an occasional meal at various restaurants around town. The day after Mother's Day we went to lunch at Rodem, Chris' favorite Korean restaurant from his youth in Almaty. It was a really nice meal, we ordered the main dishes (at the lunch price they were between $4-5 each!) and were surprised to find that they came with all the Korean salads too! We had an abundance of amazingly tasty food! It was really great! (Kathleen, eat your heart out!)
The best part of my Mother's Day day was when Chris escaped to the kitchen after Addie was in bed and returned with some freshly made brownies and this chocolate message in my glass of milk.

4 comments:

  1. What a table at the Korean restaurant! How do their salads differ from 'ours'?
    Chris is such a sweetie, and so creative with the sweets!

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  2. That chocolate on the glass is such a cute touch. You two have such a positive attitude about everything! You're a great example to me.

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  3. All of that food looks so yummy!!! Glad you had a great Mother's Day and what a good husband you have to make that day so special for you. The cocolate milk thing is absolutely so adorable and so creative

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