Честит рожден ден!!

We celebrated the 23rd anniversary of Alex's birth just 2 weeks ago. I keep making jokes about how old she is, when, in reality, I will catch up with her in just 1 week. Eek.

Our, well, her day, was started off with a plate of crepes from Zori, one of the girls who lives upstairs. They were delicious, but we covered them in Fineti (a chocolate/hazelnut spread like Nutella) and cinnamon/brown sugar/butter to make them even more delicious.

Because is was a Sunday, we both listened to podcasts of our churches back in Nashville. Being this far from home and unable to attend church regularly makes it harder to keep up with my relationship with Christ. It requires us to be more intentional. The ability to listen to my pastor's sermons offers a sense of familiarity that I so dearly love.

We had an incredibly lazy day until about 1 o'clock when the cooking started. Lemon Roasted Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, and Carrot Cake were all made from scratch. Yoni brought a Scottish salad of peas, potatoes, beets, parsley, radishes, carrots covered in a creamy dressing and Gabby brought a beautiful cake with a thin layers of fruit, icing, and sliced almonds that she had made. Needless to say, we had an awesome meal and were quickly stuffed.


With full intentions of watching another Harry Potter movie, we moved into the living room and started dancing. Gangnam Style, Wop, Hoedown Throwdown, you name it, it was done. We finally got around to watching the movie while painting our nails and gorging ourselves on carrot cake.

And last but certainly not least: I think Alex's birthday was made by the ASTONISHING act of convincing Dr. Nate Kerr to read the Harry Potter series. We have proof and she will hold it against him if necessary :)

Overall, it was a very good night.

We also got to celebrate the birthday of one of the teachers at our school the next day. Here in Bulgaria, it is customary to give chocolates or other food to friends and colleagues on your birthday. This teacher prepared a small feast for us and it was delicious!!! The fresh mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, chicken nuggets (or something of the sort..) and friendship bread made for an excellent lunch.


Until next time...