My favorite thing to do with my family is draw. On Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays my dad comes over and we draw. My dad has long sheets of paper he brings over to draw on. We always play the ABC game while drawing. He draws something that starts with A, then I do B, and so on until the paper is full. We have a picture that we call many faces because he drew almost 200 different faces on a piece of paper.
Laila Fritts, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

My family and I like to watch movies on Friday night. We fix popcorn, candy, and pop. Our favorite movie so far is The Jungle Book. We like Movie Night because I get to spend time with my family. I also like the candy.
Logan Lester, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

Dad and I go to cut a Christmas tree down every year. My dad and I try to cut a tree that is about 6’4”. When we cut the tree down we go and decorate the Christmas tree. At the end I get to put on the star and it shines everywhere.
Markus Wheet, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

My family and I go sledding, build snowmen, have snowball fights, watch movies, drink hot chocolate, and sit by the fire.
Matthew Thomas, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

My family’s and my favorite thing to do is to build forts. One time we built a big one almost tall as this school. When we knocked it down, it fell on us. It knocked me down hard and it almost hurt.
Matthew Willis, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

There are a lot of things I like to do with my family like watch TV, play games, and make a fire. But my most favorite thing to do is play with and raise some animals. Right now we have 2 goats which we just got like a week ago. Some guineas and a lot of chickens and a couple of roosters. We have been deciding on getting a pig but we don’t know yet. First we feed the goats. Where we live, behind our house is a whole field of dead and living grass so we can feed them. Then we put water in their drinking bowl. Then we move on to the chickens and roosters. We of course, have chicken feed and we feed them. Then we see if they laid any eggs. After, we will clean their water tubs out. Then we move on to the guineas, but there is nothing special we do for them. All we do is get their food and feed them. Then we pour some water in there and then we’re done.
McKendra Wallace, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

My favorite thing that I have done with my family is going to the beach. My mom, dad, Logan, Katy, and I all go to Myrtle Beach. It was an eight or nine hour drive. When my family got to the hotel we got bathing suits on and went to the beach. Katy had never been to the beach before and she is seventeen! She got to the sand and her reaction was so funny. She was hopping to the water. When she got used to the sand, she got on Instagram and started taking pictures.
Megan Fleenor, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

My favorite activity to do with my family is to go to Nascar Speed Park. We go there a lot. Anytime we go somewhere as a family, it is awesome. We all go and have a good time. I love my family. When we go to Nascar, it is fun. We ride go-karts and race. We almost take up every car so when we get to the front we have to let people in front of us so we can be on the track together. When we go, my cousins, aunts, uncles, dad, mom, mamaw, papaw, and brothers/brothers’ girlfriends all go. See, now you know why we have to let people in front of us. We also always go out to eat and shop. That is my most favorite thing to do with my family.
Miley Stapleton, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

My favorite activity to do with my family is go to the beach. My dad and I love to throw football on the beach while my mom and my sister build sandcastles. Then we go out in the ocean to swim and boogie board. One time my sister got stung by a jellyfish. Then we went to eat at a place called Surfs Up. It was really good. They had all sorts of seafood like crab, shrimp, oysters, and squid. We love to go to the beach. It is so fun to swim and relax.
Nathan Shelburne, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

Snowball fun. My mom, dad, brother, and I go outside when it is snowing. We pick sides and my little brother always is on my side. We build a wall to help us build snow balls. Braylon throws a snowball and I do too when they are not paying any attention to us. When we turn around they throw lots and lots at us. We go in the house after and drink hot cocoa and watch a movie together.
Nevaeh Washam, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

My favorite activity I like to do with my family is Pie Face. It is a fun game we play. Sometimes it’s hard because you put your face through the slot and the hand throws pie at your face. We stay up like until twelve in the morning playing i.e. got the game Pie face for Christmas at our aunt’s house, best activity ever.
Nick Barber, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

My favorite activity to do with family is play basketball. I like to play pig, cat, horse, and around the world. My family is very competitive when we get in to any kind of games. I like to play basketball games with not only family, but really close friends that are like family. I will explain how you play cat, pig, and horse. Whoever gets all the letters first loses and they get the letters by missing shots. This is how you play around the world, the person who goes first has to stand in a spot next to the basket, when they make that shot they go on to the second spot and so on. You can chance the shot and shoot again or not chance the shot and stay there, whoever makes it to the last spot first wins. I like playing basketball with family because it brings us closer together.
Olivia Mitchell, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

My favorite thing to do with my sister is play Minecraft because we can build houses and spawn villages. We also like to play Hide and Seek. I hid so well she couldn’t find me for ten minutes! It was awesome.
Piper Linton, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

My parents and I like to go to Just Jump to spend time together. My dad I fall into a pit of foam squares. We also balance on a pole and try to knock each other off. We also play dodgeball with foam balls. There’s this one thing, you run up the steps and land on an air bag. Also there is a trampoline park you can bounce on. For Christmas my family and I do a lot of things. We sit by the fire and drink hot chocolate. We go shopping and watch Elf. We decorate a Christmas tree. We also go to Christmas parties.
Randy Litton, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

My favorite activity to do with my family is to play basketball the fun way. The way we play basketball is we go outside around 6:00 PM, grab a basketball, and just play a match of basketball. My dad is really tall so he can dunk the ball. The team I was on was my mom’s team. My mom tried to throw the ball to me when my dad was blocking her. She didn’t know what to do with the ball, so she threw it and it went to the grill, trampoline, and the grass. My mom passed to me when I was not even looking and busted my lip. I did not even feel it though since it was below freezing! I love being with my family and playing this with them!
Riya Lewis, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

The activity I like doing with my family is building a fort on a rainy day. My little brother will go get all the blankets and pillows he can find while I work on the foundation. When we are finished we get some snacks and tell scary stories. Sometimes we get my little brother’s tablet and watch a movie, or we get the computer and watch Netflix.
Samantha Cavin, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

These are the activities I like to do with my family. We all like to get out of the house and go places like the movies, Walmart, the pet store, go horseback riding, and play outside. I love doing stuff with my family because you do more stuff and you get to spend time with your family.
Savannah Evans, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

My favorite thing to do with my mom is riding around in her car at night telling scary stories. One day she told my sister and me a story about a girl who was walking home from high school. A few days before her boyfriend broke up with her, she said that Brandon and Nicole were meant to be, but she was wrong. On her way home, her mascara was running down her face and she was trying to fix it, so she could go to a party. In the mirror, she saw a car pulling up beside her. The people in the car asked where she was going, she slowly said “I’m going to the party on Anderson Road”. They replied, “You’re in luck. That’s where we’re headed”. The one driving said, “Want a ride”? She started to look around knowing if she walked she wouldn’t get far. After a while of thinking she got in the car. She had fallen asleep and the last thing she said to her friend was “I’ll be there soon.” She was never heard from again.
Tawni Toney, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin

My family and I love to play cards. Every time my whole family gets together, we play cards. It is so fun. We all have a blast being together. We also grill stuff. I love it so much. We all laugh and smile. That’s one of the things that I love about being a big family. The kids play basketball or throw football or sometimes we throw softball. It is awesome to me. We all have a great time doing this stuff together. That’s what a family is all about. At the end of the day we eat and laugh some more.
Taylor Bishop, 5th, Jonesville Middle, Mrs. Austin