How cool is this video of Mark Ballas showing off his balancing skills!? He literally performs an entire dance routine, complete with spins and jumps, all the while with a Diet Pepsi can on his head! Insane! This is why Mark is one of the best dancers in the business!

Watch the video here.

I had such an amazing time ringing in the new year at Tao in Las Vegas!! It’s become almost a tradition celebrating there with my friends and family and this year was so much fun!

Here’s to an incredible 2012!! I wish you all the best year ever!!

Every year I so look forward to Thanksgiving! It’s one of the few times a year we can get the whole family and our closest friends together for a delicious meal and just spend the whole day relaxing and catching up! Joyce and Rob came, and our good friend Mark Ballas from Dancing with the Stars gave us a special musical performance!

More pics on Khloe‘s blog!

I had such a fun time in Las Vegas last weekend celebrating my birthday at Marquee with my close friends and family. Kris, my mom, Khloe and Lamar all flew out to celebrate and we partied the night away at Marquee in the Cosmopolitan Hotel.

I chose this white Alaia dress for my special night! Do you guys like it? Simple but sexy!

Thanks to everyone who made my birthday so special! And thank you guys for your sweet birthday messages.

Photos: Denise Truscello

Last week Robin and I went to go meet my old Dancing with the Stars partner, Mark, and his girlfriend Pia. They are such a beautiful couple! It was so much fun to catch up!

See more pics from our night out here.

I went to Katsuya on Monday night for a fun dinner with Mark, Mark’s girlfriend Pia from American Idol and Robin. So good to catch up! I went semi-casual with ripped jeans and a white blazer. Do you like my lime green shoes? I’m all about adding a touch of color in summer outfits!

Ballas Hough Band performed at The Grove recently. The band is Mark
Ballas, my old Dancing With The Stars partner, and Derek Hough. Mark
called me and told me about it, so after my jukari workout, I headed
over to The Grove. After they performed all of their songs, they
started singing “All About The Benjamins,’ which is so not their typical
rock and roll music. Then Lil Kim came out and rapped with them! It was
soooo sick!

This week I went to watch Dancing With the Stars and it was so much fun
to catch up with all of my old friends! I met a whole bunch of new
people too!

The dances were amazing, Lil Kim was mesmerizing to watch
and after the show I had to grab her booty! She is so curvy.

Melissa
and Tony were so beautiful together but so much fun to watch and Cheryl
and Gilles — I really couldn’t tell the difference between who was the professional. They are so hot together!

I absolutely love Holly. It was sad to see Woz and Holly go last night but that’s the rules of the show and now it’s being elevated to the next level.

I am so glad I had the chance
to catch up with my friends! Ahhh, I miss dancing!

I’m sure you all know Brooke Burke and Derek Hough won DWTS season 7!

It was so well deserved. Mark and I were thrilled!

Mark and Derek are like brothers: Derek and Julianne moved in with Mark and his family when they were kids in London. I could tell Mark was more nervous than anyone during last night’s final eliminations.

Warren and Kym put up a good fight and were extremely close.

The tension in the red room was high last night so to lighten the mood everyone brought their camera to get our last memories of season 7!

This was probably one of the coolest experiences I will encounter. I have made friends for life and I am honored to have been on DWTS!

I went to watch the DWTS results show this week. I hadn’t been back since I was voted off!

It felt weird not to be part of the action—truly it did! I really miss everyone… I have kept in touch with Cheryl, Lacey, Karina, Mark, Derek and a little bit with Lance, but it was so good to also see Warren, Susan and Brooke!

Lionel Richie performed on the show that night, too! It was absolutely wonderful to see him—our family has known him since I was born!

I was sad to see Susan get voted off and boy, I know how she feels!

Who do you think will win this season’s Dancing With The Stars? Drop me a comment and let me know!

What can I say… I am obviously sad to go, but I am more sad to not be seeing this amazing cast that really has grown so close together.

I know I wasn’t the best dancer and I never claimed to be. I have never taken a dance class in my life until now! But WOW what an incredible experience!

I will never ever forget this journey. I have made friends I know will be in my life forever now! I wouldn’t have given up the experience for the world!

After the show Mark and I were rushed to do Jimmy Kimmel and then it was the wrap party for Keeping Up with the Kardashians at Crown Bar. So many of the DWTS crew came by to support! 

Last night we danced the Rumba! Wow this show is a huge challenge for me! I really thought I did a good job! But the judges thought differently!

I was really trying to break down what I am doing wrong. The fact that I have never performed before in front of anyone—let alone 25 million people—is a huge accomplishment to me when the dance is done because I am so out of my element here, and it feels like such a rush when we are dancing!

This show is teaching me a lot! When talking to Reggie about it, he made a good point, that I have never played a sport where I would win or lose a game, I have never competed against anyone before where I would be judged, and just learning all of this is teaching me more about ME!

Although I am learning choreography and spending hours in the dance studio, I think I am learning so much more about myself than I ever imagined. So at the end of the day, this is such a life changing experience.

To be honest last week, I cried so hard when I got home, just knowing this is SO hard for me and I really am trying—but my inner shyness is making it look like I am just not trying. I think I took it way to seriously and I was a nervous wreck on Wednesday.

This week I am just having more fun with it and haven’t really let the judges comments hurt me. I feel that in life when challenges come your way, sometimes God tests you, and wants you to learn, because that is what life is about! I hope the plan he has for me is to stay in a little bit longer, because I don’t think I have learned everything there is to learn from Dancing With The Stars yet!

I haven’t quiet come out of my shell and I so badly want to! Each dance gets easier for me but I’m not ready to give up on this inner challenge that I’m faced with by a simple dance! I know it seems silly that dancing is this big of an inner struggle but it is and I so badly want to overcome it and have fun with it all at the same time! This show is a blessing and I hope you all are just enjoying this journey with me!

It was great to have my dad’s side of the family there to watch and support! My cousins Kourtni and Kara Kardashian came with my cousins Chey and Julie. I definitely felt the love!

My friend Caroline D’Amore also came to support!

I know I owe a lot of making it through to the next round on Dancing With The Stars to you! So, I have decided to give back!…

For better or worse, you’ve seen me do the foxtrot and the mambo (LOL!). List the
dance you are most-looking forward to me and Mark doing on DWTS… And trust me, I am more determined than ever to improve my groove!!!

Drop your
answer and your email in a comment on this post to win a t-shirt! Here are your choices:

• cha cha
• jive
• paso doble
• quickstep
• rumba
• samba
• tango
• viennese waltz
• waltz

Remember to list a valid email address in the “Email Address” field when you leave your comment so you can be contacted if you win!