Sunday, July 26, 2015

Bake, Roast, Shave & Dance

Saturday was the Parlier Buddhist Church obon, which meant a very busy (and fun) couple of days.

Medaka no Gakko had a bake sale in conjunction with the obon, so the kids helped make sour cream apple pies along with carmel popcorn, arare and butter mochi.


The bake sale was a huge success!  Towards the end, Kara and her friends were wearing their yukata, walking through the tables of people asking if anyone still needed some dessert... and we sold out!  Who can say no to those little smiling faces? 


The kids all participated in dancing. I still remember carrying Jason in a baby bjorn and dancing with him our first year back in the valley.  How fast time flies!


Sho was a busy guy... He was the lead in taking care of the pulled pork for the bentos, which meant cutting, seasoning and getting 400 pounds of pork roasted and pulled apart for all of the dinners that were sold.  


And it's not obon without shave ice, so he switched gears and made (I'm guessing) about 170 people very happy. 

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