Disney Send-Off

Well, this weekend was one of the most wonderful weekends of my life! I don't think I could have asked for more!

I slept in Friday, packed and then went to my mom's. I had planned to bake a Disney cake, so I thought I should do that first. I wanted to fit on the Walt Disney World Logo and the castle. As you can see from the picture to the left it turned out pretty well! I couldn't fit in "Where dreams come true" at the bottom, but that's okay.... I'm still very proud of my artistic abilities (I traced everything onto the cake... not really artistic but what do you expect from someone who almost fails art!?).

After the cake I got ready and lounged around until the first people arrived! Then we started setting up tents (in my mom's backyard) and firing up the barbecue. By 9:30pm everyone was there drinking around the campfire. We spent the night drinking, and playing Rock Band and Sing Star... Florida watch out... I'm very addicted to these games!

The next morning it was rainy, so we woke up to flooded tents, but that was okay because we had toast, and waffles with berries and whipped cream for breakfast. We tried to make mimosas, but the champagne was a little old... I mean it was dark brown.

We sat around for awhile, chatting and playing the video games again until the skies cleared and the sun came out. It warmed up and became perfect beach weather so we decided to head out! We split into 3 groups to walk/drive down. I'd remembered my mom telling me there was a shortcut "path" to the beach, so we walked to the end of the street and looked for a path. We found what looked like a path through the forest and ended up walking up and down some random hill until we ended up in someone's back yard. When we found our way to the street we saw a big path through a field. I guess the path wasn't quite at the end of the road, and wasn't as adventurous as we thought it was. Fortunately, there were only a few more detours until we made it to the beach and met up with another group. The water was amazingly warm and after swimming for awhile (and having a mud fight) we decided to play beach volleyball. It was a ton of fun, even though I'm horrible at it.

After the parade we headed back for dinner and some of us ventured off to the Scottish Parade. If you haven't seen the Scottish Parade in Kincardine and have the chance you definitely should... it is quite unique! There was a huge pipe band that marched from one end of the town to the other and back, all dressed in kilts. They even did this in the pouring rain! Following them were a whole bunch of tourists and locals walking along with the parade. We returned back to my mom's for more video games, star gazing, camp fires, and this time... smores! They were awesomely delicious!

At around midnight a couple of people suggested we head back to the beach to see it at night. Five of us went. It was incredible. We sat on the rocks by the edge of the beach and looked at the stars, then skipped some rocks into the water, and headed for the pier. Mike started playing his guitar softly and then we all laid down on the blanket and stared up at the sky. We must have seen about 5 shooting stars. Before we headed home we went to play on the playground. We went on the swings, the jungle gym, the climbing wall, spiders web, teeter-totters, this huge web, and every piece of equipment we could find. I loved it. I'm definitely a kid inside, but I'm very lucky to have friends who are the same way!

The next morning, we finally ate the cake and packed up all the tents (though they were wet again from more rain). People slowly headed back to the city, but I hope they all had a wonderful weekend. I know I definitely did. I've never felt so happy, or so lucky. I have the most amazing friends, who are so much fun, and so easy to hang out with. I don't think that party could have been any better!