A couple of our friends decided Iron Chef once a month wasn't quite enough. Thus Ethnic Chef was created.
First month: Mediterranean. Complete with hummus, pita, tzatziki, fallafel and lots of other deliciousness.
Second month: Cuban. Which Tyler interpreted quite broadly and pulled out his Nacho Libre stretchy pants, Ecuadorian soccer jersey and American flag speedo...but he does make some killer chifle (fried plantains). I think the fact that he is still wearing his church socks is my favorite part of the get-up. Sure love this man.
I also have been baking up a storm ever since I found out I have joined the glutard club (Celiac disease). After a good cry I determined not to let Celiac interfere with one of my favorite past times so I learned how to make my own flour and bake gluten-free bread, waffles, cookies, cakes, crepes, pizza dough, etc.
I'm grateful that I have such a supportive family to teach me the ropes of gluten-free living and a wonderful mom who sent pounds and pounds of flour and pizza dough mix. I also have been so touched and thankful to our many friends who have gone out of their way to de-glutenize their recipes so I can eat them. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives!
I've always wanted to fly a kite down on the mall. So off we went to Target to buy our Cinderella kite and made my dream come true.
Every May there's an event called Passport DC where the embassies open their doors and let you have a peak into their lives and culture. I think it is one of the coolest things to do in DC. The first Saturday was "Around the World" and I went to Afghanistan, Barbados, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Azerbaijan and Nepal.
The second Saturday we met up with friends and went to Latvia, Romania, Ireland...
...Spain...
...Lithuania, Croatia and Slovenia.
We have been loving the warm weather and being able to spend time at the pool and take walks through the forests by our house. I can't get over how green it is here!
Also, Tyler has spent the past 6 weeks studying his brains out and still has 4 more to go. Poor guy. It truly is remarkable how hard he has worked to get where he is. He'll be a doctor at age 28. Crazy! Only two more years to go. I'm so proud of him. I'm blessed to be married to such a great guy who always finds time to spend with me and help around the house even though he's so busy. I love him to pieces.
Him studying all the time equals me working all the time. It's great to be busy but we sure can't wait until June 22nd when we get to head out west to spend some quality time with our family and friends in So Cal, Salt Lake and Lake Powell!!! Yippee!
