What We Did For Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

That little speck in the sky behind Briana was the moon on Saturday night. We had clear skies with just a few clouds. A perfect evening.

Briana and I woke up Saturday morning and let Daddy sleep in. We decided to make mooncakes using Sandra's recipe. And yes, we cooked in our jammies. :) I had no doubt that the recipe was delicious - I was only worried about my baking skills.

Let's start adding ingredients.

Spoon in the jam.

Brush with egg yolk.

Do you think these will really turn out ok? LOL!!

I decided to place the finished cookies on the special dish that I made for Briana last year.

Ok, let's try one.

A big thumbs up!!!! Yay! They not only turned out edible - they turned out delicious! Thanks Sandra!!


And after a delicious dinner at a hibachi restaurant, I kept looking outside to check for the moon. I finally saw it rising in the distance over the trees and houses down the street.

Here are Doug and Briana watching and gazing at the moon.

And that night, I lit a candle to remember all of those who could not be with us.

Hope you all had a very happy moon festival!