Hampton went to Chuck E Cheese

On October 27th, we left from Ashburn and Springfield’s GV and headed to Chuck E Cheese since we had some time until the sleepover started. We entered and were immediately shocked to see how it had changed since we were younger. There are no more tokens, instead they used rechargeable play cards. We decided on the 72 minute play card, which was an amazing deal because for that time, Sara, Kensley, Reagan, and I could play unlimited games! We all shared the card so when one of us picked a game and swiped, we all picked a game nearby and passed the card around. There was skeetball, basketball toss, a cool jackpot game, temple run, and much more. Although the place is for kids, we all really enjoyed ourselves. At a fish spearing game, there was a treasure chest that would open and if you got the jellyfish that swam out you won the jackpot of 100 tickets. We all went to town to get it and Reagan hit it within the first couple of seconds. Before we left we ran all our tickets into the counting machine and ended up with over 1000 tickets. We decided to get cotton candy for the pledges and gave our card, with time left, to a kid we met. It was a fun time for all of us to play arcade games together. Then we went off to the Manassas sleepover! 

With Love and Service, 

Lauren Ann

On Tuesday, October the 23rd, Sara, Lauren, Reagan, Mom Kim, and I went to CNU to surprise Kensley after Smithfield’s pumpkin carving because she couldn’t make it. It was a little chilly when we arrived and we met up with Kensley and headed to the library. We decided to get Starbucks. Lauren and I got milkshakes and Sara and Kensley got flavored coffee. While we were catching up with Kensley we ran into Smithfield’s majority member, Madeline Phipps. We talked for awhile then said our goodbyes because we all had school the next day. It was a fun day of rainbow sisterhood! 

    With Rainbow Love And Service 

                                           Reagan W.

On Saturday, October 20th Reagan, Lauren, Sara, Kensley, and Amelia went to Thousand Acres Camp site with the Richmond girls. We first went trick or treating, which was a long walk. Then I dropped my delicious sucker on the ground and almost cried. At the end, we had lots of candy. We all were so tired that we needed to have some food. We went to Cook Out! Lauren thought it was funny to put a hush puppy in my drink and when I found it I thought it was a big bug and screamed. All the girls then went to the Dollar Tree, which had lights out on the sign, so it said “dolla ee” We had lots of fun. I love supporting rainbow girls and can’t wait till we help again. 

     With Rainbow Love And Service  

                                         Reagan W.

On the Friday of retreat, Kensley and Mom Kim picked up my mother and me to begin the long car ride up to Camp Overlook. We stuffed the car with supplies for the weekend and hit the road. The drive is about 3 to 4 hours from where we live to get to the Shenandoah Valley so we had plenty of time to nap while the moms chatted. About halfway through our drive we got behind a semi and followed behind it for a while, unable to move into another lane because of the traffic, and unable to see too far ahead of us because of the truck’s height. Our GPS told us to take a right off the highway up ahead so when we saw the semi begin to exit, we naturally followed it not realizing that it took a turn off one stop short of the one we were supposed to take. The turnoff we took led us to the weigh station. There sat three 16 wheeler trucks in line to be weighed and one compact Kim car. We couldn’t stop laughing when we rolled up to the scale. The men working there looked so confused as to why we were among the big trucks waiting to be weighed. After we got back onto the highway and made our correct turn, we stopped at Panera for lunch and got a meal to save for dinner. We made it to Camp Overlook a few hours before check in began and laid out the games and candy for when girls would arrive. When the cars started coming in with excited campers, I helped them to their cabins and directed the flow of traffic while Kensley checked everyone in. It was a busy and fun start to an amazing retreat and I look forward to next year with my Rainbow family. 

With Rainbow Love and Service, 

Lauren Ann