Smithfield’s Pumpkin Meeting

Smithfield invited Hampton and Tidewater to their annual pumpkin carving meeting and they did not disappoint! We showed up first with our pumpkins ready to carve. Sara and Reagan dressed as characters from Peter Pan and I was a lifeguard. Sara gave me a pumpkin of hers since mine had rotted and I had to cut it up to salvage it. I ended up transforming it into a coconut piña colada sculpture. My pumpkin Sara gave me made everyone laugh because it was a pie pumpkin. For those of you who don’t know, a pie pumpkin is not for carving and it was practically impossible to carve through the skin. I struggled and everyone laughed but it wasn’t because I was weak because even Eli from Tidewater couldn’t cut through it! We all ate pizza as we worked and had many good laughs. We then rode to the local nursing home and dropped off our pumpkins so they could be used to decorate the grounds for the elderly. Hampton always has a great time when we attend Smithfield’s meetings and enjoyed our second year carving pumpkins with them. 

With Rainbow L&S, 

Lauren Ann

On Saturday November 10th, Sara, Audrey, Lauren, Kensley, Amelia, Reagan, Jasmine, Elise, and Alex had a sleepover at Hampton Lodge #2.  After paint night we read through our lines for our play on December 1st. Then we got some ice cream and while everyone was eating it we had a little dance party. Once everyone was done eating and dancing we headed upstairs and played a couple games of sardines, Amelia had the best hiding spot. Then we found old scrapbooks. Some of us got tired and went to bed while everyone else either continued looking through the scrapbooks or played more games. Audrey, Amelia, Elise, Jasmine, and Reagan all played a game called Mafia. Everyone got tired and soon fell asleep except Audrey, Jasmine, Elise, and Amelia. Since they were not tired they went downstairs and played a game called Clue. Then we all went to sleep. Around 9:20 am everyone got up and ate donuts for breakfast then started to pack up so we could go home. Before we went home we cleaned the lodge. Then when we finished, we finally left the lodge to head home.

With Rainbow Love and Service,

Audrey

On Saturday November 10th, all active members of Hampton Assembly #2 had a paint night led by past Grand Worthy Advisor, Lauren. It was a good turn out and there were even some Tidewater DeMolay boys who attended. We were taught how to make two pumpkins and some decorations around it but some people tweaked it or did something different in general. Kensley made the Grinch’s hand and wrote a quote above it. Audrey wrote a quote, Hunter made one of his pumpkins into Shrek, Sara made a cacti and a crown, Lauren made a tie dye background with Virginia in the middle and Hampton Assembly’s girl’s fingerprints in it, and Logan made one of his pumpkins into Pandora’s box. Also, Audrey painted a plate after she finished hers and since Reagan didn’t paint a canvas she painted a plate too.  Some of us struggled a little and others did really well. Past Grand Worthy Advisor Lauren did a wonderful job leading us through the process. Before we started to paint we had a spaghetti dinner with garlic cheese bread and for dessert we had a chocolate cherry dump cake with ice cream. It was all really good. There were struggles, laughs and jokes and everyone had lots of fun. 

With Rainbow Love and Service, 

Alex

On Friday September 28th, Reagan, Sara, Alex, Audrey, Eva, Bella, Amelia, Gina, Jojo , Mom Beth, and Dad Mike got in a big van and then we were off to Camp Overlook. We stopped to have dinner at Chick-Fil-A and I wore my poop emoji slippers and got many weird looks. In the car, we had lots of sleeping children, but my question is how Jojo fell asleep sitting straight up?? Once we got to Richmond we went to the rest area and we took pictures there in front of the van. Guess what? We were back on the road. We sang our own songs and had lots of fun playing games and sleeping. At our next rest area stop we saw South Norfolk’s assembly. Finally we were on our last stretch till we were there. It was pretty late so everyone was asleep and I’m thankful for that because we didn’t have to see the narrow roads. I had so much fun with the Rainbow girls and parents and can’t wait for next year! 

With Rainbow Love And Service,

                                      Reagan