i like go back....

I miss tour!
I miss it so much that in order to relive all the amazing memories
I've watched this little video here 20 times AT LEAST.
pathetic?

maybe.

Let the countdown to our Southern California tour BEGIN!

Long Beach Turkey Trot.

It's official.
Running a race on thanksgiving has become a Flores family tradition.
This time Ezra and my Dad joined in on the running fun.
This was Ezra's fist time EVER running a 5k.
41 min-ish, not bad for a 5th grader!

Four Corners Tour: Day 1 Blanding, UT

This past weekend we had our first Living Legends tour of the season! We had a 3 day mini-tour to the four corners area. Our first stop was Blanding,UT.

We all met up at the RB on campus bright and early at 6am for a five-hour bus drive to Blanding. We performed at CEU for a small outreach program. So funny story, Janielle, our artistic director, had everyone in the native section introduce their tribe. Shelly, Sam, and I aren't native so we kind of shied away from the question BUT, someone in the audience specifically asked us to tell our ethnic backgrounds.

Our first performance was awesome and I loved being able to talk to the audience after our show to hear what they thought. I came out dressed in Jalisco for finale even though I don't dance it (yet!) but one of my favorite things to do is have the kids feel how heavy the dress is! That sucker weighs a ton.

Blanding you were so great, thanks a ton for having us!

11.11 Our first full show

1. Practicing for New Zealand
2. TBetti really excited to have Arctic Circle for the first time in months
3. Putting on show makeup
4. Water girls!
5. Nia loving Sharona's jewlery
6. My fam came to see the show!
7. Cousin Julian trying on the Aztec headress
8. My Tio Carlos wanted to take a picture with everyone dressed in Mexican traditional wear. #paisa

♥

Manti.

I had the chance to go to the Manti temple this Saturday.
A couple of weeks ago a woman came to rehearsal and handed out Native American names for us to do the work for.
Can I just say I felt so legit getting baptized for women like: Mrs. Red Fox, Iron Teeth, Mrs. Heap of Birds, Miss Iron Teeth, and Mrs. Eagle's Head.

Legit.

dress rehearsal.

We had our first show dress rehearsal on Friday. It was cut short though, because of some dance conference that was scheduled in the same room (the worst!). It gave me the chills to see how far we've come since the beginning of the semester. & I always want to cry every time we rehearse our opening number.

post rehearsal, I went out with some of my favorite girls from the group (+ Debra) to Brick Oven Pizza. We were kind of warn out from a long day of practice and cure the condition with pizza and good laughs. We talked about "tourmances" (more on that later) and can I just say, I haven't laughed so hard in such a long time.

post brick oven we had a Living Legends movie night. Can you tell we all just really love each other?

Homecoming Spectacular.

I thought it was about high time that I start making vlogs.
Here's a little video made with backstage footage from Homecoming Spectacular.

guys, living legends is the greatest
& I feel so blessed to be part of such an amazing group.

xx.
me