Camp Friendship!

Well, you probably know this, but most every year since 2005 we've done Camp Friendship with our best friend Anna every summer.

Each year we make a CD, too, and this was a cover from 2006.

It used to be a real sort of CAMP thing, where we had multiple themed days in the summer. It was like, every other week and we'd switch houses. Some of our favorite themes were Beach Day, Drama Day, Independence Day, Berry Day.....

Beach Day at Larrabee

Well, ever since Anna moved in 2009 to Tacoma, it was a bit harder to have Camp Friendship, whether or not it was just a couple days together or themed, like the good ol' days.

This year Anna's family rented a cabin on Vashon Island, outside of Tacoma. We stayed there for three nights and one night at Anna's house before we left for Vashon before.

HUNGER GAMES!!!!!!! We watched it 2 times!!! guys its the mutt scene *THE TENSION!!!!!*

A delish cake

GIANT. SPIDER.

Oh the donuts. Oh the donuts.

Rowin!

Kayakin!

Emi!!

Did... someone touch the lens?

we made body spray!!!

from Vashon Tea Shop

At the Hardware Store for lunch.... BY OURSELVES!

menuuuuu

face masks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had a TON of fun. We took the Bham-Tacoma train together all by ourselves there because Anna was staying with her grandparents here in Bellingham and we would just go to her house in Tacoma afterwards. It went well and we had fun. We kept each other busy because before we each made each other a fun page with puzzles and activities to do.

Once we got to Tacoma, we got to her house and just relaxed. Anna's mom Susan got the Hunger Games DVD!!!!!!! We watched part of it at their house that night, and the rest at Vashon, and again the last night at Vashon. Fun fun. Anna likes Peeta, (and we like Gale) so we all take advantage to tease each other.
Peeta's great.... it's just that Gale is better!

Susan told Emilia that we were going to Vashon Island with them. "Yay!" she said, "I like Hannah and Sarah!" Aww, she's so cute. :)

Once we got there, it was SOOO cute. It was just a perfect little beach house and so cute! Awwww it was lovely.  On the deck there were these stairs that would lead right into the water when it was high tide. AWESOME!

We went kayaking and Anna went rowing and we all went to this little beach not far from our cabin. It was rocky and barnacly but fun to be on.

That night we finished the Hunger Games. AWESOME ASDGHASDJKGHASDJKGHASDJHGDJSHAJGHA;GSHDG;

The next day, we made these painted gold rocks with mod-podge over a picture. They turned out really cool!

We watched Julie & Julia. They had a lot of movies there. Anna really likes this one. :) And we ate delicious little tiny raviolli!!!We also played a game called Scribblish, which is like Telepictionary, by Cranium.


We went swimming that evening... really cold at first, but realllllllllly fun!!!!! We went far out to a crab pot they had set and came back.

The third day we spent in town. Jay, Anna's step dad, dropped us off in town around lunch time. We first went to Vashon Tea Shop, where Anna got iced tea and Hannah got passion fruit Italian soda. I got pomegranate Italian soda. :) We then marched over to The Little House, a really cute little yellow house that sold candy, and gifts. Anna got us all sea salt caramels. (YUM) and I got us all fun dip. :) heh. fun dip.

After that, we went to The Hardware Store. It's this building that used to be a hardware store but is now a restaurant! We went there on the way to the cabin before, and since that was like the only place in town where we knew to eat, we ate there again! BY OURSELVES! We all ordered a Cesar salad to share and everyone got chicken fingers! They were good, but boy, were we stuffed.

We headed back to the grocery store to buy some MORE candy.... in the bulk section!! Heehee. We got gummy butterflies, candy rocks and rock candy (heh) just to name a few!!!

When we got back, we made Lavender body sprays. We wanted to use this grapefruit essential oil, and it smelled really good, but it was too mild to make it smell in the body spray.

After that, we ate dinner and then went swimming! It was SUPER SUPER DUPER cold this time and so we basically didn't really swim but we used pool floats we found in the shed to float around the water. But there were only two, so someone had to swim. :/

This morning, Susan and Anna dropped us off at the Vashon Island ferry where we walked on all by ourselves!! Heeehee. We got to West Seattle where our mom picked us up and we drove home after going to Nordstrom for clothes and food, and a little antique shop in Mt. Vernon. Heehee.

It was a great trip. Anna's such a good friend and it was awesome to see her again!

Tomorrow we have a run because XC has officially started! (woo! + *sigh*...)

It's been a good summer, and I'm ready (I think) for school, but I'm kind of sad to let it go.
-hANDs