Personal Narrative : The Life Of My Life

For Christmas break, I had gone to Charleston, South Carolina, to see my family. I was very excited because I had not seen them in a long time. When we got to Charleston, my grandparents had invited some of our extended family over. This included my cousins Erin, Bo, Emma, and Finley. My cousin Holland, sister Maggie, and I all played with Emma and Finley because at the time, Emma was three and Finley was five months old. We all had a great time and when everybody left, we all fell asleep.

There is always an adventure where my younger sister Lauren and I go. Our young minds always find so much to do. With so little to do where we lived of course. Lauren and I would run around and play with these two kids that lived in the same apartment complex. Their names were Marco and Malik. Unfortunately, they were way younger than me but, I had no one else to play with. No other kids lived where we lived. While I was in the sixth grade, the boys were only in second and third grade. It wasn 't as hard for Lauren to play with them as seeing how she is two years younger than me.

My Aunt loved taking us places, she would take us to the mall to get coloring books and toys, and we would also go to the market to get food and to get my brother Bakugans which were popular at the time. She also got us strawberry ice cream, and took us to the park. The park got renovated while we were there so we got to see its transformation from a sad little playground to a giant wooden playscape that contained a ship, two seesaws, four metal swing sets, and a bike path.

Everyday we would do something new, for example, go karting, board games, card games, but specifically the one that sticks out in my mind is geocaching. We would always go out to new places and look for geocaches. It was exhilarating when I actually found one and got to take what was in the container and put something new back in.

One early morning me and my family went to mexico.WE were on the road for two days.Once we were at my grandma's house me and my brother went to look at my aunt and uncle's horses.In mexico it was a lot of fun reiding horses and watching my unkles rope.One other fun thing to do was driving motorcicle and playing with the dog’s.

My mom and I loved cheesy Hallmark movies and having coffee parties until the wee hours of the morning because “just one more episode!” turned into another 5 episodes. It’s where my Saturdays were never free because we had 8am football games and 1pm baseball games. However, I would rather be caught dead then miss a game because being a personal cheerleader for my brothers was the best thing since sliced bread. It’s where we had spontaneous family card night with endless amounts of junk food, laughing, and the forbidden table talk. It’s where we had family pool days with picnics in the backyard where my brothers and I would rub our popsicles all over our bodies so that our dad would have get the hose and chase us with it to clean us off before we went

Up in the wide open spaces of nature my brother, mother, father and I would hike, bike, ski, sled, and tube. Depending on the season there would be a new adventure to pursue. During the summer months, my favorite activity was tubing down the San Juan river that cuts and carves through the town. One certain summer my cousins came to visit. With them came their children, Meredith and Aaron. I was the baby of the kids by only being six at the time but I still loved hanging out with my vastly older cousins and

I vividly remember how it all started. It was a Sunday night. All of our friends reunited at Alejandra’s house. The television was on, some of us were sitting in the couch and others by the entrance playing cards. Meantime others were sitting at the dinner table eating Chicken Wings and French fries. Wily the oldest of our group

One day I was with my friends Charlize and Serena, we were at their birthday party, and we were already having SO much fun. Then Charlize had an idea she said, “How about we play duck duck sponge.” then, I nodded my head yes. We went to ask the other kids if they wanted to play they all said sure. So we headed of to the backyard, then me and Charlize went back in to get the supplies.

When I was younger, my family would spend a week on Long Beach Island together. Every morning, I woke up to Nana cooking scrambled eggs and bacon, Pop watching morning news, my parents flipping through their books, and Uncle

Ellie and I were the last ones in the water because we are known as the mermaids in the family. The best part about hanging out with her and my other cousins is because they live really far away and when we get to see them it is a big deal. The only times a year that we get to see them is at Christmas and the 4th Of July because otherwise if we are lucky one more time and that is it for the year. That night as soon as we were showered off and in the hotel we got our pajamas on and played a few games and then went to bed so that we were well rested for the big day that we were going to have the next day. Waking up together and eating breakfast that they served for free was a BLAST. The mall was just calling our names. Hurry, Hurry, Hurry was going through all of our heads because our parents were wanting us to get in the car to head over to the mall. As soon as we got there we were planning on shopping until our feet

I long to be free. To be free from the metal chains that hold me down. To be free from the whispering as I descend into my empty slumber. My heart couldn’t handle the pain of the immortal whispers and figures that popped up here and there trying to help or drag me with them.

Every day we would meet up after school and ride our bikes and do some crazy activities like ding-dong ditch some houses and blow up some fireworks on any average day. Aside from all that we were still young innocent kids we loved playing ball and just having fun with all the kids around the neighborhood. It was like a small family of a couple of friends. Being the shy one from all the group Jacob thought me how to be loud and express myself how I wanted to. I always looked up to Jacob and his sense of excitement.

Once we got in the theme park the fun had begun. There were so many rides big and small. Some of them i did'nt get to ride because i was too short and they didnt believe my age. So i was mad and ready to home because i thought it was unfair. So i decide to stay by the pool with my granny and Aunt Jackie. Which was fine with me because they gave me money to play games and to get food. I remember almost collecting fifthy dollars from them and that was alot of money to me. I listen to all the grown up gossip. They were funny until they realized i was laughing with them. So they made me go play. I finally seen my brother swimming so that was my plan in revenge i jump on him while he was under water and didnt let him until i felt like he had enough.After while it turned into a game of marco polo.

From days on the beach to campfires, my cousins, my friends, and I enjoy many activities. My cousins, Allison, Jada, and Lauren, helped to make this vacation mean something to me. We would play multiple games on the beach. Some of them were King of the Raft and Categories, but one of my favorite that we made up was