the best of times
So this was pretty much the best summer of my life and I have the pictures to prove it. I hope you have a lot of time because theres a lot of them. Once again, there's a lot of different sizes and I don't know why that happens but I appologize for it if it bothers you.
It started out real good with the annual Ocean City trip.
Julie left us in June and I missed her a lot but the going away party was a good time.
Tricia turned 17 on June 19 and I made her a sweet "ice cream" cake. There was a party complete with "over the hill" napkins. We went swinging that night and got attacked by flying bugs. Alysea was not allowed back in the car until she chased it entirely around the school.
In June we discovered swinging to be our favorite activity/sport and crafted a book for a Thai girl.
July brought along little kids dancing, car dancing, kitchen dancing...yeah just a lot of dancing.
On the fourth I was dubbed "unpoolopular" and we toasted marshmallows over 1688 and watched fireworks in the street.
I went to Europe in August to stay with Julie and her family. Her city, Liege, was so cute and so was her family and her friends.
Brussels
Her Grandparents' cabin in the countryside reminded me of Little House on the Prairie.
London was my favorite city. It was so cute and proper but fun and modern at the same time. We stayed in a hostel and that was actually really cool.
Bruges, Belgium. The "Venice of the North" (because of its canals). There's barely any cars and its famous for lace, chocolate and music. There were nuns and we ate our french fries the Belgian way (with mayonnaise).
Paris was beautiful. I want to go back one day and tango on the Seine.
My 17th birthday was spent in Liege. We dyed Julie and Devon's hairs red. My birthday cake was tiramisu and they gave me presents and everything, it was so nice! That night we went out to the pubs with Julie's friends until 4 a.m. and it was pretty much the best birthday ever.
The last night they had a nice dinner for us and Julie's dad played harmonica. The next morning was so sad. I wasn't ready to go at all and I still miss it there.
The week after I got back was real boring until Sunday. The guys from Tea came back for a show and it was great. We danced like crazy. Seth, Dane, Betty, Karen, Alysea, Tricia and I had a sleepover. No matter what the pictures may depict, we did not spend the whole night in the bathroom and Dane was not in a tub the whole time. But we did have a lot of fun and it was one of the best nights of the summer.
The last week of summer we pretty much just stayed in denial about having to go back to school. Betty got her wisdom teeth out, we dyed some of my hair purple and some of Karen's red, and just kept on having a good time right up to the very end.
Dear upcoming school year,
I don't want you to ever come because I love my life too much right now for you to ruin it.
Love,
Amanda