Why I Like Summer By: Tony

My favorite season is summer because my birthday is in summer. My birthday is on June 23rd. I like summer because I can swim in my pool with my cousins. We play water tag and squirt gun tag. We squirt our cousins when they don't expect it. Summer is always nice outside and not cold like winter season. I love summer because I can go fishing. I go with my grandpa, and we go to the river. We use nightcrawlers for bait and catch catfish. I have caught one eighty-five pounder! I also like summer because I can shoot my gun. It is a BB gun. I shoot cans that I tie on my apple tree. Sometimes I shoot from my treehouse at the garage where the cans lay. There are lots of reasons why I like summer.

Life Without Money By: Courtney

Once upon a time, there was a princess named Erin. Erin loved money, and money loved her. In fact, she really loved money. She loved money so much, she would live in the rainforest if she had to do it for money. And guess what - she did! Two years after her sweet sixteenth birthday, her parents were sending her to the rainforest without any money. On her way, she met a man. She did not know his name, and she wasn't very nice to him because she didn't have any money. Finally, she got to the rainforest. When Erin arrived, she suddenly started to feel better. She realized she didn't need money all the time. Erin and her new friend went exploring in the rainforest. It was amazing what they saw. They saw lizards, snakes, birds, and lots of beautiful flowers. She was amazed to find out what the rainforest was actually like. She didn't even mind the rain. When she got home, she told her parents what it was all about and what she saw. In fact, she donated all her money to save the rainforest.

My Favorite Person is My Dad By: Ryan

My favorite person is my dad. I love my dad because all the stuff he does with me like taking me hunting and fishing. I enjoy when we catch a fish. My dad and I sometimes ride four wheelers. One thing he taught me is how to ride a bike. When I wanted to sign up to play basketball, I wanted him to be a coach. But he didn't want to be one. But then he decided to be a coach, and I was so happy that he was my coach. One time, he was my football coach for flag football. Here's the stuff my dad taught me how to do. He taught me how to play football, fishing, hunting, how to shoot a gun, and how to swim. Our favorite restaurant is Texas Roadhouse. What we get to eat is steak and baked potato, and sometimes we take some of it home. When I am playing Xbox 360, sometimes he wants to play me in a game. There are times that he doesn’t want to play me in a game. And sometimes when I want to go play basketball, he goes with me to shoot basketball. He lets me call my friend to see if he can come up. He takes me on the four wheeler to get him, too. He takes my friend and I hunting and fishing. He took me fishing in the mountains, and we caught eight fish. That's why my dad is my favorite person.

123 Like a Bird I Sing By: Chloe

One time, my sister and I were in the bathroom brushing our teeth. I got on the stool to look for toothpaste and told my sister, "Do you remember that song, 123 Like a Bird I Sing?" Logan nodded her head, and we started singing. I guess my mommy heard us. Turns out, she ahd gotten the camera and made a video of us singing. I heard her trip on the vaccum cleaner. I looked at the hallway door and ran to her yelling: "MOMMY!" She said, "What?", and I growled at her.

The Favorite People in My Life By: Angela

There are many favorite people in my life. One person I would choose as a favorite is my dad because he gets me a lot of stuff, and he loves me. We romp around, and we ride our four-wheelers, too. We love to ride our grizzly-rhino which looks like a jeep. We always will love each other. That is why my dad is one of my favorite people. The reason why I chose my pappy is because he is always happy to see us. He is usually the one that takes me fishing, and we usually go to Curtisville. My pappy and I always play with his dog Little Bear, and Little Bear loves his blue bear stuffed animal. That is why my pappy is one of my favorite people. The reason why I chose my mom is because she loves me, and she also lets me cook with her too. We go to Sam’s Club, Wal-mart and J-C Penney's. Most of the time when we are at Sam’s Club, we get a red slushy and hot dogs. We enjoy Sam’s combo meal. That’s where we get our hot dogs. That is why my mom is one of my favorite people. The reason why I chose my grandma is because she always tells me she loves me. She always buys things for us, and we go to the Family-Dollar and Shop-N-Save. My grandma lives in Farmington, so she lives down the road from the stores. That’s why I love my grandma’s house. That is why my grandma is one of my favorite people. My favorite people are special to me, and I'm happy that we are family.

When I Grow Up By: Thomas

When I grow up I’m going to play baseball. I really like to play baseball. Baseball is my favorite sport so I play baseball almost every day. I would like to play the guitar when I grow up. The problem is I can’t play the guitar. I could learn how to play the guitar, but I want to play baseball instead. I can't write music either. I tried it sounded horrible! I want to be a baseball player because I want to be as good as Babe Ruth. I like travel a lot and baseball players travel a lot. I think playing baseball would be fun. As a baseball player you get a lot of money. You have to sign a contract for how many years you will play. If you quit without playing for all of your years you have to pay a fine. Before you sign, you have to be picked for a team. With all the money I get, I would make donations to charity and go to college. I would buy a car, a nice house, and build a garage also.

The Outer Banks By: Damian

I will never forget when I went to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We lived in a beach house. I wanted to go fishing on the docks. But, you can buy a fishing pole for only sixty bucks. We also went to a really cool restaurant. It was an "all-you-can-eat" buffet. I like their crab. It was really good! The location was "Kitty Hawk". I will also not forget that we went to an aquarium. I saw sharks, dolphins, and blowfish. When I went back to the beach, I saw two dead blowfish and a dead stingray that had washed up on the beach. Then I saw a living, breathing jellyfish in the water! One day, we were digging in the sand, and I buried myself. We swam some more that day. When I went back to the beach house, I watched more TV. The next day, I woke up and we had pancakes with chocolate chips for breakfast. The most exciting part at the end of my trip was when we were packing things up. There was a luggage carrier that went up and down like an elevator. I told my sister that I'd like to go down it. So, I went down two feet and then came back up. It was really scary! I'd really like to go back to the Outer Banks someday.