Island House

I was sitting at home watching Netflix when my mom yelled at me to put on warm clothes. I asked why and she said that it was because we were going to go check out this house for a friend. This house is on an island. I was really not happy about it because I was really comfortable. So I got up and put on my wool socks, my jacket, and my hat and slowly walked down the stairs.

"Mom do I have to go?" I whined.

"Yes. Now go get in the truck," my mom was tired with my attitude.

"Ugh. Fine," I walked over and hopped in the truck.

We rode eight minutes in the boat to this little island and tied up to the dock. My dad's friend that was with us is a real estate guy. He told me that we were going to help him clean the house up for his clients. My brother and I were annoyed and grumpy. We walked up the ramp and waited for our friend to unlock the door. It was really cold inside. 

"Ugh. It's freezing in here," I whined. 

"Go explore," my mom said. She was too busy looking around to listen to me. 

I ran down the stairs and went outside. My brother was already outside looking for a squirrel to kill. I got my Uggs all dirty, so I was even more annoyed. 

"Ugh, this is so boring," I was not happy to be here. 

"This is so fun!" my brother yelled. He was loving this place. 

"Hey look. There's another house up there," I pointed to a big red lodge. 

"Oh yeah. Let's not go up there," my brother said. He was always worrying about everything. 

"You don't have to but-" my mom called for us to come back inside.

I rolled my eyes and walked back down the hill to the house. My dad asked us to come look at the rest of the rooms. I walked in one of the rooms and then looked in the other. When I came out of the third room, my mom had this weird smile on her face. 

"Hey guys, which room do you want?" my dad asked us. 

It took me a little while before I finally understood what was going on. I screamed really loud and pointed to the room I wanted. I was so excited, oh my gosh. 

"OMG! Is this really ours?!" I screamed. 

I hugged my parents and ran up the stairs. My uncle and our friend were listening and heard my scream. They knew about the house the whole time. I was so not excited to go on this trip, but this was amazing. 

"Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!" I just ran around thanking my parents and our friends.

"You're welcome!" My mom was as excited as I was. 

I turned to my brother,"Clay, isn't this like so awesome?" 

"Yeah! I can't wait to bring my friends here and shoot squirrels," he said. 

I rolled my eyes and walked over to my room. I sat down in the rocking chair and imagined my finished room. We definitely couldn't leave this room looking like this.  

My dad walked into my room with Clay, "So, what do you think, guys?" 

"This is so cool, dad! Thank you so much!" I said. 

Clay said, "Yeah, this is the best surprise ever!" 

"Good, I'm so glad you like it." my dad said. 

We locked up the house and jumped in the boat. We were headed back to our regular house. Since we got the house, we've taken out all of the old furniture, put new stairs in, and refurnished the whole house. We might even open it up to fishermen and island vacationers. That day was really cool for me. 

I got my picture from: http://images.macworld.com/images/legacy/2007/06/images/content/0530sitkabay3.jpg