Dessert & Dancing ~

DESSERT:

Aren't you jealous?

Just kidding! Okay. So, this past weekend I got to go to California for a commemorative show to my Grandmother. It was a last minute decision to go. (I'm glad I went.)

"What's with the pink stuff" you may ask? Well, let me tell you! This is a picture of one of my favorite desserts. It's strawberry mochi ice cream! It's sooooo good! I ordered this just for myself! (Yes, I was greedy, but Mochi Lovers can relate!)

Here's a picture of my niece lovin' up on the mochi ice cream too! I can't say that I blame her. After all, she takes after me! ha ha ha! (That's such a lie!) She definitely has a little mind of her own, and she'll tell you that too! She was the cutest thing to watch though!

It was fun to watch her pull my sister-in-law's hair, stick the hashi (chopsticks) up her own nose, in her eye, then on other people's plates. I think she had duck for the first time too. She was grinding away! (She's definitely obtained the Baclayon appetite!)

Oh, and she LOOOOOVVVVEEEESSSSS to go to the "potty". That doesn't necessarily mean she uses the washroom, but hey... better safe than sorry, right?

DANCING:

**WARNING** Slapping yourself and jumping around like an ape (or mad man) should not be done at home. Leave it to the professionals.

(P.S. They are not professionals. Many of them are first timers.) The crazy guy at the end is my brother. (Sorry ladies, he's taken.) =)

The Elk Lodge was beautiful and decorated in absolute awe! Many of my grandmother's students and the students of her descendants were there. It was like a great big family reunion! There were people you were some of my grandmother's very first students! (I wish I had my camera on other parts of the night.)

Here's how packed we all were:

(Sorry it's so blurry.) Anyway, you get my drift. This place was standing room only!

Not to mention that it was really hot! (I couldn't wait to get home and jump in the shower.)

Anyway, if I can find a picture of my grandmother, I'll put her on here.

Let's see, some other snip-bits, I got to go to the Tri-Valley Ward for sacrament meeting. It was great to see a few familiar faces. (Even though a lot of them were new.) How I miss my California!