The document describes several experiences and activities enjoyed by the author. It discusses going apple picking with cousins each September, birthday trips to Hampton Beach with friends, all-star cheerleading competitions around the world, and a beloved dog named Max.

1. Every year all of my
cousins on my dads side of the
family go apple picking.
Usually in the month of
September all my cousins,
aunts, and uncles meet up at
Sholan Farms. We all pick huge
bags of apples and sometimes
even a pumpkin. I love hanging
out with my cousins because I
don’t see them much! I love
apple picking every year
because I know I get to hang
out with my cousins!

2. Every year on my
birthday my mom drives me
and a few of my friends up to
Hampton Beach for the day.
The beach is one of my
favorite places so that’s why I
always choses to go there. My
friends and I always have a
great time playing and tanning
on the beach. Later we like to
walk on the boardwalk. We
always try to find a nice
restaurant for dinner. This
concludes my birthday but I
always have a party too.

3. Cheerleading
I have been cheering since I
have been five years old. I do all star
cheering which is all year round and
not just in the fall like pop-warner
cheering. We don’t use pom poms, yell
cheers, or support the football teams.
We compete all around the world and
win trophies. For the last three years I
have cheered at a gym called Pro
Athletics. I have also cheered at a few
others but Pro is my favorite. My team
is very close like a family and we all get
along so well. I love cheering and I am
trying out in high school too!

4. My dog Max is my baby I
love more than anything. We got him
for a Christmas present when I was
nine. He was a very playful and
energetic puppy. He ate everything
include parts of the wall. He is very
good dog now though. He always has
to lay on me when I sit down and
sleeps with me every night. He is
always excited to see me when I
come home and he always cheers me
up. Max was the best Christmas
present I ever got!

5. Every year on Easter
my whole family goes to my
Auntie Jean’s house. We all
try to look our best but we
don’t get too dressed up.
The adults hide eggs all
around the house. Some of
the eggs have money and some
have candy. Sometimes we
even get to decorate them.
All of the kids older and
younger find eggs. Later we
all eat a great home cooked
meal.

6. A friend is a person
that’s always there for you,
wont talk behind your back,
and someone you can tell
anything too. My friends
Shannon, Julia, Jill, Danielle,
and Mackenzie are perfect
examples. We hangout all the
time and have so much fun!
Most of my great memories
have them in it. I love them so
much and don’t know what I
would do with out them.

7. Grandma
I love my grandma so
much! She is the world to me! When
I was little she had a stroke and
almost died. She is fine now and all
my friends and family love her. She
lives on a lake so when I was little I
used to go over and watch the geese.
Now she makes beautiful jewelry
and sometimes I go over and help
her with it. If there is a special
occasion that involves baking she will
invite me over to bake at her house. I
love my grandma so much and love
spending time with her.

8. I have lived at my house for my
entire life. It is white and tan/yellow. Most of
my house was built by my dad. It has five
bedrooms and four bathrooms. My yard has
lots of fun things to use especially in the
summer. We have a volleyball court, a pool,
a patio with a bar, a trampoline, a swing set,
and still have a good amount of yard space
to use. Sadly my parents got divorced and
we cant afford it. Now my house is on the
market and I have to move.

9. I love ice cream. It is one of my favorite desserts. So, I’m lucky that my
family takes my friends and I out for ice cream. Over the summer when its
really hot my mom will take all of us to Cherry Hill Farm. They make amazing
ice cream and it really cools you down in the hot summer. My favorite is moose
tracks, but I like to switch it up every time I go.

10. Jack-O-Lantern
Every year around Halloween
my family buys pumpkins. Some
pumpkins we would leave plain but my
sister and I love to carve them. My mom
goes out and buys a carving kit but I
usually just use a knife. It takes about
and hour or more to carve because I
usually buy a big pumpkin. This year I
made my pumpkin a cat! Sadly after
Halloween you have to throw them out
because they will rot.

11. Over the summer, my
mom, my sister, my friend Jill,
and I went on a short vacation
to North Conway. We did lots of
fun things there but one was
going to the Kangamangus
river. We all swam and
splashed in the water. We all
got pulled by a current and
started to scream. All four of us
held on to rock thinking we
were going to die. Everyone
was looking at us and we were
really embarrassed, but we all
laughed about it later. It was a
really fun time.

12. I have lived in
Leominster my whole life. All my
cousins and other family doesn’t
live around here. Every Friday the
Leominster football team has a
game. All my friends and I always
go and support them. We always
wear blue and sometimes draw
lines on our faces. Usually after
the game all my friends would
come back to my house and
sleepover.

13. My mom is my role
model. I can tell her anything
and trust her with everything!
She does everything for me and
I should probably do more for
her. Sometimes we fight but we
always make up. I honestly
don’t know what I would do
with out her. She is my best
friend and no one can replace
her! She means the world to
me and I never want to lose
her. I couldn’t ask for a better
mom!

14. Some of my family lives in
New Hampshire including my Auntie
Anne, Uncle Rob, and my three
cousins Sam, Julia, and Steven. We
always go up to their house every
Christmas. We went up and stayed at a
huge house in the mountains in New
Hampshire with all the cousins over the
summer for vacation. I also went up to
North Conway with my mom, sister and
Jill for a vacation over the summer. My
family goes up to New Hampshire often
because I have family there and we like
to go up there for short vacations.
My family on the deck of the mountain
house!

15. October
Ever year on October 30 is
Halloween. We always go trick-or-
treating even though my friends and I are
getting kind of old. I love Halloween
because I love candy! Last year my
friends and I ran to the houses so we
could get double the candy and it was a
good way to keep warm. We are a little
old to dress up in over the top costumes
but we still think we should and not just
walk around in our coats. Last year were
football players and drew black lines
under our eyes.

16. Pool Party
Most of the time for my
birthday since its in the summer I have
a pool party. I invite all my friends and
we all hang out and swim. Last year I
invited a lot of people and got over two
hundred dollars! I also have a party
with my family so I get even more
presents. I love having my birthday in
the summer because you can swim and
its warm and all my friends wish theirs
were in the summer too. I wonder what
my party will be like next year?

17. I have been cheering my whole
life. This year cheering got really
expensive. We were going to be going on a
lot more competitions too. My parents had
recently got divorced too. So this year I
had to quit all star cheering. I loved
cheering as a sport but I really loved the
people there too. We were a family. I was
really sad but I started dance which is
really fun. I am doing cheering in high
school and I already have a spot on varsity.
The quit was very hard for me but dance is
fun and I know I’m cheering next year!

18. Red, Black, and White
I cheered at a gym called Pro
Athletics for over 3 years and their
colors are red, black, and white. I really
liked cheering there because we were
so close like a family. I was on the
highest team in the gym and it was
very difficult. I was also the youngest
on the team but I got along very well
with all the older kids. Sadly it got too
expensive and I had to quit. My coach
has called me and asked to come back
a couple times. I wish I could and miss
cheering everyday.

19. Sister
My little sister Faith is
really important to me. She is
almost nine and always full of
energy. She always takes my stuff
and uses my make up. It gets me
mad but she never really learns.
We fight a lot over stupid stuff but
I love her anyway. We both
cheered but I taught her
everything she knows. Before she
started cheering I had already
taught her a back handspring. It
was a way of spending time
together with out fighting. Its
always nice being someone’s role
model.

20. Train to Boston
Every year around Christmas
my family takes a train and we spend the
day in Boston. My mom, my sister, my
brother, and I always go to look at the
huge Christmas tree all lit up and
decorated downtown. We walk around in
our heavy winter coats looking at the
shops and hoping to buy something. We
usually go to nice restaurant for dinner.
At the end of the day we have to get
back on the train and head home but its
always a fun time I spend with my family
every year!

21. Universal Studios
When I was little we went
to a cheering competition in
Orlando, Florida. We actually
competed in Universal Studios. It
was really hot and with a long
sleeve uniform on it was really
uncomfortable. Before and after
competing we could go on rides
and explore the park. I had a
blast because it was my first time
there. My whole family went and
we had never even been to
Florida. It was such a great
vacation and I hope to go there
again one day.

22. When I was in second grade I
went to a cheering competition in
Virginia Beach. We probably went there
about five times but the first time was
the best. I went there with just my mom. I
hung out with my best friend at the time
Juliann. It was a blast! Our hotel pool was
closed so we went around to other hotels
and used theirs. One pool was on the roof
of a hotel and one looked like the grand
canyon because it was decorated with
rock everywhere and a granite slide! It
was my favorite time going there but the
others were fun too!

23. A couple years ago my family spent a week at my
sister’s friend’s huge beach house. I brought my friends
Shannon and Juliann and my brother brought a friend too. We
did so many fun things including going on a whale watch. My
mom took all of us except my brother and his friend on the
boat. It was a little pricy but we all had never been on one so
we did it anyway. It was about an hour and a half out to where
the whales were. It was along wait but they had a little café
inside the boat. It was so cool to watch the whales jump out
of the water. I had never seen anything like it in person
before. On the way back all the seagulls were following the
boat. One of the workers had Shannon and I throw fish at the
seagulls. It was fun and a little gross but it took up time so the
trip back didn’t seem as long. It was a great experience and I
hope I can go on other whale watch one day.

24. I have had many x-rays but
the one I remember most is when I
sprained my ankle. I fell out of a stunt
a cheering and landed on it weird. My
ankle was so swollen they took me to
the ER right away. They took an x-ray
and said it was just a sprain. They also
said a break is better then a sprain
because they heal in 6 weeks. A sprain
doesn’t always heal the right way and
that’s why it still hurts me today. I was
devastated when this happened
because I had big competition next
week.

25. Many years we have went
and stayed up in York Maine because
my aunt owns houses up there. We
stayed in the cabins which were all
lined up in a row. We would go to
York Zoo which had an amusement
park attached. We would also go to
the beach and out for ice cream. We
would stay up there for a week and
hang out with all my cousins. It was
such a fun place to go to because
there were so much stuff to do. We
used to go every year but we don’t
go anymore. I hope to go up there
again soon.

26. Zoo
My family loves going to
the zoo. Over the summer my dad
usually takes us when we don’t
have anything to do. I enjoy
looking at all the animals and I
take pictures of almost all the
them! We like to go to a different
zoo every time so we can see all
different animals. I love animals
so I really enjoy going to the zoo
with my family!