1. My Life
By Hannah Benincasa

2. Every year on my
birthday my mom drives me
and a few of my friends up to
Hampton Beach for the day.
The beach is one of my
favorite places so that’s why I
always choses to go there. My
friends and I always have a
great time playing and tanning
on the beach. Later we like to
walk on the boardwalk. We
always try to find a nice
restaurant for dinner. This
concludes my birthday but I
always have a party too.

3. Cheerleading
I have been cheering since I
have been five years old. I do all star
cheering which is all year round and
not just in the fall like pop-warner
cheering. We don’t use pom poms, yell
cheers, or support the football teams.
We compete all around the world and
win trophies. For the last three years I
have cheered at a gym called Pro
Athletics. I have also cheered at a few
others but Pro is my favorite. My team
is very close like a family and we all get
along so well. I love cheering and I am
trying out in high school too!

4. My dog Max is my baby I
love more than anything. We got him
for a Christmas present when I was
nine. He was a very playful and
energetic puppy. He ate everything
include parts of the wall. He is very
good dog now though. He always has
to lay on me when I sit down and
sleeps with me every night. He is
always excited to see me when I
come home and he always cheers me
up. Max was the best Christmas
present I ever got!

5. A friend is a person
that’s always there for you,
wont talk behind your back,
and someone you can tell
anything too. My friends
Shannon, Julia, Jill, Danielle,
and Mackenzie are perfect
examples. We hangout all the
time and have so much fun!
Most of my great memories
have them in it. I love them so
much and don’t know what I
would do with out them.

6. Grandma
I love my grandma so
much! She is the world to me! When
I was little she had a stroke and
almost died. She is fine now and all
my friends and family love her. She
lives on a lake so when I was little I
used to go over and watch the geese.
Now she makes beautiful jewelry
and sometimes I go over and help
her with it. If there is a special
occasion that involves baking she will
invite me over to bake at her house. I
love my grandma so much and love
spending time with her.

7. Over the summer, my
mom, my sister, my friend Jill,
and I went on a short vacation
to North Conway. We did lots of
fun things there but one was
going to the Kangamangus
river. We all swam and
splashed in the water. We all
got pulled by a current and
started to scream. All four of us
held on to rock thinking we
were going to die. Everyone
was looking at us and we were
really embarrassed, but we all
laughed about it later. It was a
really fun time.

8. I have lived in
Leominster my whole life. All my
cousins and other family doesn’t
live around here. Every Friday the
Leominster football team has a
game. All my friends and I always
go and support them. We always
wear blue and sometimes draw
lines on our faces. Usually after
the game all my friends would
come back to my house and
sleepover.

9. My mom is my role
model. I can tell her anything
and trust her with everything!
She does everything for me and
I should probably do more for
her. Sometimes we fight but we
always make up. I honestly
don’t know what I would do
with out her. She is my best
friend and no one can replace
her! She means the world to
me and I never want to lose
her. I couldn’t ask for a better
mom!

10. Some of my family lives in
New Hampshire including my Auntie
Anne, Uncle Rob, and my three
cousins Sam, Julia, and Steven. We
always go up to their house every
Christmas. We went up and stayed at a
huge house in the mountains in New
Hampshire with all the cousins over the
summer for vacation. I also went up to
North Conway with my mom, sister and
Jill for a vacation over the summer. My
family goes up to New Hampshire often
because I have family there and we like
to go up there for short vacations.
My family on the deck of the mountain
house!

11. October
Ever year on October 30 is
Halloween. We always go trick-or-
treating even though my friends and I are
getting kind of old. I love Halloween
because I love candy! Last year my
friends and I ran to the houses so we
could get double the candy and it was a
good way to keep warm. We are a little
old to dress up in over the top costumes
but we still think we should and not just
walk around in our coats. Last year were
football players and drew black lines
under our eyes.

12. I have been cheering my whole life.
This year cheering got really expensive. We were
going to be going on a lot more competitions too.
My parents had recently got divorced too. So this
year I had to quit all star cheering. I loved
cheering as a sport but I really loved the people
there too. We were a family. I was really sad but I
started dance which is really fun. I am doing
cheering in high school and I already have a spot
on varsity. The quit was very hard for me but
dance is fun and I know I’m cheering next year!

13. Red, Black, and White
I cheered at a gym called Pro
Athletics for over 3 years and their
colors are red, black, and white. I really
liked cheering there because we were
so close like a family. I was on the
highest team in the gym and it was
very difficult. I was also the youngest
on the team but I got along very well
with all the older kids. Sadly it got too
expensive and I had to quit. My coach
has called me and asked to come back
a couple times. I wish I could and miss
cheering everyday.

14. Sister
My little sister Faith is
really important to me. She is
almost nine and always full of
energy. She always takes my stuff
and uses my make up. It gets me
mad but she never really learns.
We fight a lot over stupid stuff but
I love her anyway. We both
cheered but I taught her
everything she knows. Before she
started cheering I had already
taught her a back handspring. It
was a way of spending time
together with out fighting. Its
always nice being someone’s role
model.

15. Train to Boston
Every year around Christmas
my family takes a train and we spend the
day in Boston. My mom, my sister, my
brother, and I always go to look at the
huge Christmas tree all lit up and
decorated downtown. We walk around in
our heavy winter coats looking at the
shops and hoping to buy something. We
usually go to nice restaurant for dinner.
At the end of the day we have to get
back on the train and head home but its
always a fun time I spend with my family
every year!

16. Universal Studios
When I was little we went
to a cheering competition in
Orlando, Florida. We actually
competed in Universal Studios. It
was really hot and with a long
sleeve uniform on it was really
uncomfortable. Before and after
competing we could go on rides
and explore the park. I had a
blast because it was my first time
there. My whole family went and
we had never even been to
Florida. It was such a great
vacation and I hope to go there
again one day.

17. When I was in second grade I
went to a cheering competition in
Virginia Beach. We probably went there
about five times but the first time was
the best. I went there with just my mom. I
hung out with my best friend at the time
Juliann. It was a blast! Our hotel pool was
closed so we went around to other hotels
and used theirs. One pool was on the roof
of a hotel and one looked like the grand
canyon because it was decorated with
rock everywhere and a granite slide! It
was my favorite time going there but the
others were fun too!

18. Many years we have went
and stayed up in York Maine because
my aunt owns houses up there. We
stayed in the cabins which were all
lined up in a row. We would go to
York Zoo which had an amusement
park attached. We would also go to
the beach and out for ice cream. We
would stay up there for a week and
hang out with all my cousins. It was
such a fun place to go to because
there were so much stuff to do. We
used to go every year but we don’t
go anymore. I hope to go up there
again soon.

19. Zoo
My family loves going to
the zoo. Over the summer my dad
usually takes us when we don’t
have anything to do. I enjoy
looking at all the animals and I
take pictures of almost all the
them! We like to go to a different
zoo every time so we can see all
different animals. I love animals
so I really enjoy going to the zoo
with my family!