My Top 5 moments of 2024 - Uriel Carrera by Uriel Carrera

I went to knotts - May 23

ucarr281_3 — 2025-01-15 22:47:55 UTC

In May I had a field trip to Knott's. Almost all the 8th graders got to go and choose their partners. Getting to Knotts took a while, but my group had 4 people and we sat near each other on the bus. Me and One of my friends never have been on any roller coasters before this but we were going to work our way up to the faster rides. When we got to the park we used our tickets to get in and one of my friends instantly started sprinting. We all followed him and he ran straight to Silver Bullet. He did this because the line was going to get very long very quick and he wanted me and my friend to not be scared of any of the coasters. The line was still long but we ended up going on and it was so fun. Me and my friend who hadn't been on any got rid of our fear and we instantly went to the place to get a FastPass. We got a free fast pass because all my friends were diagnosed with ADHD and you could get a free fast pass where you could skip to the front of the line every 30 mins if you had a condition. We ended up going on 3 or 4 more rides and ate chicken and dip n' dots. I also bought my brother something. We left the park at 5:45 after I had such a fun time with my friends.

I went to Florida - March 6th

ucarr281_3 — 2025-01-16 03:59:41 UTC

I went to Florida in March because of my sister's cheer. She has to travel to compete and we went to Florida this last year because of it. I've been to Florida before but it's still fun to go. While we were in Florida we rented an AirBnB and there was a waterpark nearby that had water slides and stuff that was fun. After my sister's cheer days were over we went to Disney World 2 days in a row. It was fun we got to go to the Disney park for the whole day twice. There was this street where everything was white even the 7/11 and Mcdonalds. I forgot the name of the street but at a nearby McDonald's I got the Shamrock Shake and Shamrock Mcflurry which both tasted good. My sister Ethier won or lost by less than a point I forgot because there were 2 days of competition. Some of my family also spent time with us during the week and we also had a pool at the Airbnb. This break was during school so my grades hit the worst they had ever been but I got them back up. Overall was a very fun time and I forgot to put a lot of things in here.

Completed 1000 piece puzzle January 1st

ucarr281_3 — 2025-01-16 04:25:05 UTC

I can't put 2 photos but this is the before photo on a table. I did this with my cousins and we started at 5 pm. The first thing me and my cousins did was flip all the pieces to the right side. Some were facing the wrong way so we had to flip them all then we separated them into colors. Then we tried to solve it. We worked on the puzzle for 4-5 hours. I did a lot because I was one of the few people who didn't leave the table the whole time connecting pieces. This puzzle was a toy story puzzle and had 1000 pieces. Some of my cousins were taking pictures of the box so they could see what it was supposed to look like and do one part of the puzzle. We finished the puzzle at 9:50 and most of my cousins had left at that point but there was a 5-minute gap in trying to find the last piece. There was one piece missing and it was in between the table and it took too long to find.

I went to Mexico - July 16

ucarr281_3 — 2025-01-16 04:53:22 UTC

In July we went to Mexico to go to my cousin's quinceanera. On the first day, we had to make a drive from the airport to my Tio's Ranch. He had horses, chickens, geese, donkeys, pigs, cows, and birds. Some mosquitos were very big. There was also this cat that was my cousin I called the cat SkippyJon Jones since it had a big head blue eyes and a similar color. We rode horses and went to buy things. During my cousin's quince, we danced and ate cake and stuff I was sleepy but I had fun. The day before the quince we butchered a cow that was my Tio's to have food for tomorrow. I didn't help but I watched and it smelled. I tried new fruits and foods in Mexico which was also fun. We also went to a party almost every day we had something to do every tiring day but it was fun just not for my feet. We were in Mexico for a week and it was in the summer we left on the 23rd and took 2 plane rides home.

I went to Warner Brothers Studios - March 28

ucarr281_3 — 2025-01-16 05:32:14 UTC

I went on a field trip for school to Warner Brothers studio tour. When we got there they showed us a video in a theater room. We walked out into a place where we saw stuff used in movie sets and shows. We also saw that they were making episodes for shows because they were recording in the stages. While we were driving around I saw the dad from young Sheldon in a van. However, the tour cart was going too fast and I couldn't take a picture. Another group said they saw the pope from Young Sheldon. We saw where they recorded movie scenes and the buildings which were empty and were just for show. We were only there for 3 hours and we ate there. Even though we were only there for 3 hours it was very fun and an awesome experience.