My top 5 moments of 2024 - Jacob Stanley by Jacob Stanley

Trip to Az - summer

jstan27_2 — 2025-01-09 17:56:08 UTC

I was in arizona for 2 weeks it was me my mom, grandma, brother, and my cousin in the car. We had to take a few breaks on our way there to use the restroom eat and fill up our gas tank. when we got there we stayed at my aunt's house and the first thing I did when I got there the first thing I did was go back to sleep because I was still tired and it was still morning when we got there. When I woke up my aunt made us breakfast then after I ate I went to work with my uncle for a couple of days and made 400 for working with him for 4 days. After working with him my aunt took me my brother and my little cousin to an arcade to play games and eat pizza. After this we stayed at a hotel for a couple of days because more of my cousins had come so we needed to go to a hotel so they could have somewhere to stay. At the hotel, me and my cousin went swimming and watched TV the whole time we were there. The last thing that we did while I was in arizona was go to a river to fish and go on a raft while the boat dragged us across the water it was fun and funny because me and my cousins flew off the raft because the boat was going fast. after the raft we went fishing for a little bit then we left and went back to my aunt's house to pack our stuff to go home.

Going to the beach with friends - summer

jstan27_2 — 2025-01-14 18:21:19 UTC

Another top moment of 2024 was when I went to Balboa Beach with my friends. Some things we did while we were there was go in the water and play catch with a football after that we played basketball on some nearby courts. Then we went to go find something to eat we found this pizza spot that had given us a huge slice of pizza that was the size of like 6 pizzas combined. After that we walked around for a bit looking at the shops it was also getting kinda cold and I had no sweater so I decided to just buy one at one of the stores we went to. After that, we went to rent bikes after we got the bikes went riding on some trails that they had. After the trail, we went riding and u were able to see a good view of the water from where we were. After we were done riding the bikes we had to ride back to where we rented them because we rented them for 2 hours. After returning the bikes it was already getting dark and before we were going to leave the beach we wanted to do have a bomb. We had to stop at one of the stores to get gasoline to start the fire we already had the wood we just needed the gas. When the bomb fire was all set up we just sat around it and made smores, talked and just chilled in the sand. On my way home my mom got all of us some more food then I dropped off two of my friends home and one of them just stayed over at my house. We played some video games and watched movies until we fell asleep

First time going to sixflags - my birthday

jstan27_2 — 2025-01-15 07:08:34 UTC

I remember the first time I went to Six Flags it was an exciting day for me since it was my first time ever being there. The first thing we did when we got there was eat something I didn't get to eat breakfast because we had to wake up early to make sure there was no traffic. After we ate food we walked around for a bit to let the food settle, then we went to go find some roller coasters that we wanted to get on one of the ones we got on was Superman. we also got on some water rides since it was kinda hot outside which was refreshing and fun. After we just walked around the park for a bit stopping at a few stores to see what they had then we went to get on more rides. We stayed until the park closed, when we left the park we stopped to get some in-n-out before we went home. this day was really fun because I got to experience somewhere were I have never been before and because I got to hang out with my family.

Getting a new dog - on new years eve

jstan27_2 — 2025-01-15 07:29:44 UTC

Another top moment of 2024 was getting my first big dog because all the dogs I had in the past were little dogs. We went to my cousin's house because he breeds dogs and he told us that he had 3 more dogs that he wanted to sell and told us that if we were going to buy one from him he would give us a discount and my mom just decided to surprises us with the dog. The one that my mom chose was brown and had nice colored eyes once she got home she surprised us the with dog and we were all shocked and happy that she got us a new dog. Once he was inside our house he was curious about everything around the house he started sniffing everything and started wagging his tail and licking us. Me and my brother were trying to come up with a name for him and we ended up naming him Max, after he was done sniffing everything and getting comfortable we went to PetSmart to get supplies for him. While we were in PetSmart we were testing toys to see which ones he liked after we found one for him we got him food and dog soap for whenever he needed a shower. After we went back home and took him a shower after his shower we tried to teach him tricks and surprisingly he learned to give us handshakes when we gave him treats the next thing we really needed to train him on was potty train because he was still a puppy and went potty all over the house.

Spending time with friends and family - 2024

jstan27_2 — 2025-01-15 07:43:42 UTC

Overall another moment would have to be spending time with family and friends. Spending time with my family and friends is always special we often gather for dinner and enjoy tasty meals together. Something we did a lot had family games nights where we chill talk eat or play board games My favorite part is playing the board games because it always gets us all laughing and we just all have a great time overall. another thing that we do is family movie nights were were they all go to the movies together and watch a movie or we just end up going to someone's house to watch movies. We also go on hikes to places that have good views or nice waterfalls and rivers we barely do this but I like it because we get to explore nature this is something I wish we did more of but we still do it. The last thing that My family likes doing is going to the beach and riding bikes I like this moment the most because we do so much fun stuff together so I never really get bored.