Surprise Mark!

Well, it is a sad state of affairs when your blog role model falls behind in his duties and you get pictures of his surprise birthday party up on the web before he does. Sorry, Mark! We waited too, but we just couldn't take it any longer. This joint posting-William on photography duty and myself as author-shows just a few pictures from this happy occasion. Some of the photos were a bit dark, but I think you can still see the smiling face of our host and the delicious spread of Russian food and wine in this first photo. Thank you to Inna's family for doing a fantastic job on the cooking! I hadn't had cabbage rolls in years! And, lucky me, Inna has now promised to try cooking Russian food (Borscht) for us after much complaining on my part that she was depriving me. ;) The picture of Inna and I together is after she promised said Borscht.



After a rough first trimester, Inna is looking lovely with her big smile and wee belly (where baby Daniel resides). How does one hug a pregant woman? Well, very gingerly, of course. :) Needless to say, we enjoyed ourselves at Mark's party. The Russian food and predominantly Russian company were great. :) Looking forward to the next gathering!