Weekend 7: A Peace of Mind.

I have such a beautiful family. (:

Here are a few others. Haha. Three others to be specific. Nicolas is coming in about two months! ^-^

I really do love my family. They are such wonderful people in my life. I don't know who I would be or where I would be without them and their constant support. They are there for me and always care about me. We all have such a pure mutual love and respect for each other.

This weekend, we went home for Easter and spent a lovely evening with my family. In the morning we went to church!

I love going to church with EC. I especially love going to church with our families. Nini hasn't been to church in a year or so...so I'm glad we could take her. (: 

Church is just a great way to connect spiritually with God and yourself.

We had lunch at Cici's.

Precious really likes my BNGA hat. Haha. I'm hoping to expose her more to dance. She's been to a few workshops with us. Hopefully we can take her to more. (:

After lunch, we found Ruby!

Ruby is the sweetest little puppy. She is so fun and we all give her a lot of attention. Haha. She used to be my brother's dog but now she lives with my dad. She really is a sweet girl and I wish EC and I could just have her!

After lunch, LeDarius, EC, and I headed to the studio to meet with the new crew. We talked for a while and then started dancing! We learned three pieces total including one that EC taught.

By the end of it all, I was pretty tired.

I just know that I love dance. Dance is my passion for no reason but, at the same time, for all the reasons. By no means am I naturally good at it but I love it. The same with art. But I just love it. There really is something innate in it. (: and dancing with them just felt so right. I'm kind of scared of the prospect of family. I just hope that when it comes down to it, dance is important to all of us and this crew can be something we all commit to. They all really are great dancers. We're all kind of on the same level but just with different styles. What I look forward to the most is learning from everyone and really taking on the challenges we'll set for each other.

We talked after the day and Bryant is totally down for travel and video projects together. It really is exciting. (: Being on the same page is hard but I know our group can do it.

Today, we woke up and took a trip the farmer's market, downtown Raleigh, and NCMA. 

We ate at the farmer's market restaurant and perused the market. (: The whole experience was so nostalgic because of the open air markets all around in the Philippines. Being there really took me back. We bought some homemade marshmallows and a golden star cactus. The cactus is so cute and lovely! We figure this is a good first step in terms of taking care of something. Haha. 

LeDarius's food.

EC's food.

Beth's food.

The marshmallows!

After the market, we went downtown to explore but everywhere we tried to go was closed... But we got to stop by Benelux (the first place EC and I went on a date)! 

Outside CAM. Disappointed of it being closed but furiously talking about the location and how it's PERFECT for a video concept. Benches galore!

We totally just decided to go to NCMA because why would it be closed? But it was... So, we just walked along the trail they have outside with all the art along it. It really was amazing. We figured that it would be awful to not go outside on such a beautiful day anyway. Looking at art outside (in a different environment) really gives you a different perspective. All the work we saw was super outside the box and beyond anything I could have imagined for an outside installation!

One of the pieces was a structure made as a kind of shelter. We struggled to resist an urge to climb all the fun bars!

It was super relaxing and inspiring. The art was so much bigger than any of us expected. Definitely go if you get the chance especially because of all this brilliant weather!

I had such a fun weekend. It's sad to say good-bye to it. I love being surrounded by the people I love. It's almost depressing to not be. 

EC and I have a lot of projects for the future. We also have a lot of things happening in our future. So much excitement to look forward to in our lives! Yay!

Peace. Love. Live.