Mochitsuki Day!

Today we went to Hibachan's house to make mochi (Japanese rice cakes). Ever since Hibachan was a young married woman, our family has gotten together to make mochi. We used to make them on December 28th, but as our crew got younger and tied to work schedules, we've moved it to the Saturday before Christmas. All total there were about 25 people who came to make mochi with us this year. We started at 9am and worked until 1ish, had a yummy pot luck lunch and had lots of fun chatting time. I'm happy we continue to get together to make mochi. It's great for our kids to learn a little about our Japanese culture.

Bailey working on a plain mochi

Three kiddies waiting for some mochi

See Gregory next to Grandma? He's eyeing the an. He spent most of his day playing with Grandpa outside.

Here's Bailey's FIRST AN MOCHI - she made it all by herself!! :)

My friend Megumi stopped by! I haven't seen her in about a year!! I miss her tons and it was great to catch up a bit.

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