We also enjoyed shopping together, wandering through stores, and picking out gifts for special occasions or a little surprise. But the best part was being together. Whether we were playing games at home, taking walks in the park, or just hanging out, those moments created beautiful memories that I’ll always hold dear.

My Mom, sister, step dad, and my step siblings, and me all went to see my cousins that live 2 hours away. When you hear 2 hours that does not sound too long... but it is. Then when we got there me and the older cousins and my sister we all watched so movies. Then we all just had such a good time and that made me feel like it was worth the drive. Then we had Thanksgiving part 2 but there oven was broken so we grilled the turkey but I think it was better that way. Then the next day we had to leave but all that driving home was worth it when I got to see my dogs.

Since my mom had to take care of my sister, I had to go on vacation with my grandparents. We had a very nice hotel and for the first day we just went to the beach. We went to the pool a lot on the trip but then my grandma found a water park that I wanted to go to. But she got tickets the day before we went to Universal so I had to wait. But I was not mad because they have nice rollercoasters and I knew were everything was because I had been there before. We got fast passes so we could skip the lines and at the end of the day we got doughnuts. We went to Aquatica the next day and I liked the lazy river. All of the rides were really intense so I only went on a few. Their food was really good and I enjoyed it so much we went the next day.And then the vacation ended but I was happy that I had fun.

Another thing is I had two sleepovers with Bilyana.

I liked when we went to my family friends house for Thanksgiving.

I also liked when we went shopping to the outlet mall with mom, and sister.

I had really fun decorating our house with Christmas decorations especial the Christmas tree.

I loved when my parents surprised me and my sister to go somewhere to eat and they surprised us with a restaurant called Deck the Halls. It was filled with Christmas decorations everywhere, but the wait was an hour and half.

We drove to my grandparents house at about 11:30 on Thanksgiving day and got there at about 12:30. I watched the Bears game while I waited for my cousins to get here so I could talk with them.

When they got here I went and greeted them and we played hide and seek together. After that we all watched the Bears lose with the worst clock management ever.

Then we ate Thanksgiving dinner. I think that Thanksgiving dinner was the real highlight of my Thanksgiving break because of the food and the time I have spent with family. My favorite food on Thanksgiving night was probably my grandparents homemade mashed potatoes. Those were SO good.

I mostly enjoyed playing with my cousins and seeing my family all together again. I had a great Thanksgiving break and will cherish this memory forever.

The next morning was Thanksgiving and that was awesome too! We swam again, went on walks, and for lunch me and my mom went to a diner to get food and the staff gave me free ice cream! That made me feel very special. For dinner we went to a restaurant which was extremely fancy and got turkey, mashed potatoes, and veggies. The Thanksgiving classic. This one was one of the best Thanksgivings because I never get to see my little cousins or aunt and uncle so it was nice being with them. I wish we could have stayed longer but the trip back to our house was long, 14 hours so it would have been difficult. The last day we went back to my cousins house to enjoy one last day together!

Overall, my favorite part was when we all walked the golf course. My cousins have a golf course very close to their home, and every time we come over we usually go to the golf course. It wasn't that long of a walk, or that cold, which was great. It's so nice to me, how we do that when we go there, because we rarely go there. It is so nice, and peaceful to me and I really enjoy it. We would talk, and laugh, and in general, just have a really great time.

When we went back to the house, we ate our Thanksgiving dinner. My cousins Hannah, and Lily made a lot of the food. The food was so incredibly delicious, and I loved it. I also really like when we all go around the table, and say something that we are thankful for. It touches my heart every year. I really like the dessert after we eat. Every year, we have pie, ice cream, and cookies. My favorite definitely being the key lime pie my dad makes every year.

I stayed there for a couple of nights, but I loved how each night we stayed up till about midnight, just talking, and telling jokes. That is definitely a great memory for me.

Another activity we did was playing the Xbox. My cousins have this game called "Jackbox" and we have to join with our phones and tablets. It is a really funny game that made us laugh a lot. It also had a variety of different game modes that we could do.

This Thanksgiving has definitely been very fun, and I will remember it. I have made so many new memories, that I will cherish forever.

Spending time with my family I felt very warming because I don't see them very often so that is a great moment of mine. I always have a fun time with my family at Thanksgiving it does not matter when it is morning or the night party. I will always have fun with both sides of my family. That is what madders most and that is the true best moment.

Another one of my favorite parts of break was spending time with my sister and going to a lot of different places. We walked around more stores and tried on so many different items. Also just sitting in her or my room just hanging out was so fun. I had so much fun when me, my mom, and my sister all made brownies together for the holiday. I also enjoyed having all my family over to have an amazing dinner and all hang out together.

That was not the only thing that I enjoyed over break I enjoyed spending time with my uncles, my aunts, my grandparents, my parents, my cousins, and my sister the most on Thanksgiving.. Me and my family watched the bears game, then we went to the pool, after that we ate a Thanksgiving feast. Then we had a delicious pie. The last thing I did was learn how to play poker. So my favorite thing I did this break was spend time with my family.

Later at 8:00 we had to leave and we took some leftovers home. I really wanted to stay longer but I knew it was time to leave. We drove home with our two dogs and the leftovers. I looked out the window and knew that I would want to do the same exact thing next year for Thanksgiving.

Me and my family went to see a movie.

It was so fun spending quality time with my family. After going to the movies we love to go to our favorite restaurant and talk.

Me and my mom enjoyed shopping together and looking for Christmas gifts.

The best part of Thanksgiving break was for sure spending time with my family and watching Christmas movies at home. I had lots of fun when my great aunt and my grandma came over to eat my moms favorite German dish. on thanksgiving I went to my aunt's house. I loved seeing my cousin's new puppy. I also enjoyed seeing family that I don't usually get to see and hanging out

I also enjoyed building my new Lego set my parents got me a blue butterfly, a praying mantis, and a Hercules beetle. After I finished them I displayed them on our book shelf on the 1st floor of our house.

Another thing that I enjoyed over break was spending time with my family. We made a cool cardboard rover named Personality, we played a lot of board games, and we watched a lot of movies which means a lot of popcorn and ice cream and brownies.

It was quite cold so we stopped by a lot of coffee houses to get hot chocolate and some food that helped keep us warm. It was a lot of fun to hang out with my dad's friends the first day we stopped at a huge restaurant to get food. On the second day we all went to the soda store to get root beer flights and we bought a four pack of soda. While we were in downtown Galena we stopped at an art store because they had things that were hand crafted in Galena we bought two paintings for my mom and dad. After the art store we stopped at a restaurant to get pizza and talk for awhile. On the third day we all went to chestnut mountain to grab a bite to eat and then we drove home.

The wicked movie was so cool too. It talked about how the WICKED witch of the west was killed, but at the end it made a cliff hanger. The movie end when it was getting so good. Me, my mom and Preston went to see the wicked movie at 9:45 in the morning because it is 3 hours long. They are making a part two soon because the first movie was part one. If they put part one and part two together then we would be there for a long time, maybe like 5 hours long.

I went to the movies with my two sisters and my dad to see Moana 2.

I had a football party with my whole team. We got are metals for winning the division. We got to play rugby at the moose lodge.

I played a lot of video games with my friends.

My sister had a dance competition see got 20th out of 100. Then my cousin said hey do you what to come to the Marquette basketball so I went to a Marquette basketball game I got to high five all the player after the game they won 94 to 68.

Another memory I had was with my cousins. My cousins came over for thanksgiving. We didn't celebrate it on actual thanksgiving but we did on Sunday, because not everyone was available on Thanksgiving. Me and my cousins spent most of the time hanging out in the basement. We ate dinner, and it was delicious. After dinner we had to take a group photo with all of my cousins and my Grammy. It took a long time because it was hard to take a photo of 10 kids and 1 adult. After everyone went home me and my family relaxed on the couch and watched a movie.

One actual Thanksgiving my dad had work, so my brothers, Mom, and I went to see a Moana 2. I thought it was so good. Some people said that it wasn't but I liked it. It also made me sad because there were a lot of sad parts.

Overall I had a great thanksgiving break with lots of memories.

At Colorado we visited a museum which was all about how thanksgiving started. It was very cool, and had a lot of attractions. We also enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate.

On our last day in Colorado we hoped on a bus which took us too see big bison's. My mom told me "Nela did you know we can feed them?" As she hands me a bucket of brown, and green bison food. At first I was to scared, and refused to feed them. After a while i agreed, and tried it. It turned out they were very friendly, and were just looking for a snack. I was very sad when are tour guide said it was time to go back. I knew i was going to miss the bison's.

On Thanksgiving day i enjoyed watching the Macy parade, and amazing food. My aunt tried to make mac n cheese, but it did not turn out good. The rest of the food was delicious just smelling it made my mouth drool. I also helped my mom set up the Christmas tree (this year we got a new one!) The Christmas tree is very tall and bright. We added a shiny star right on top of it. My mom also helped me write a list to Santa.

On Sunday me and my dad went to go see Moana 2 in 3D! We got these special glasses which seemed like nothing before the movie started, but once it did start it looked like all the characters were really close to you. Like you were in the movie too! It was a very heart touching movie.

We also watched movies and talked. My cousin kept doing this fun game where I go at the end of the bean bag chair and then he jumps on top of it and I go flying. We also did prank calls it was hilarious. They were so confused like "Who is this?".It was so fun hanging out with them,I feel really happy when I am around them they make me laugh so hard. After I got to have a sleepover with my cousin Maeve. We stayed up so late laughing and making jokes. In the morning we where gonna make pancakes but my dad didn't want us making a mess so he just ordered donuts. They where really good. After Maeve left I was worn out and I just chilled on the couch the rest of the day. This is definitely a memory I will charish forever.

I also got two new pairs of shoes I got a pair of Nike's and a pair of fansy boots.