My 10th birthday celebration was a special time I spent with my friends and family!!

On Saturday the 18th of November, my family,

friends, next door neighbors family, my friends

from church and I celebrated my tenth birthday

at Grace International church.

First, we all woke up with excitement to celebrate

my birthday. It was going to be a really big party

because loads of friends and family were invited,

like my grandparents, my cousins, the next door

neighbor's family, my best friends from church:

Elizaly, Jackson, Eden and Lily and my best friends from

St. Patrick’s School: Anamaria, Angelina and Summer.

Next, we got dressed in our most finest clothes.

We didn’t wear dresses or high hills or earrings

though. We were wearing nice casual clothes,

like jeans, shorts, tops, jackets, sports shoes and

sandals. After that we all gathered around the table

and started to eat breakfast. Then, my mum and I

drove to pak’n’save to buy the cake, the balloons

and the party bags. After that we drove to Grace

International church.

My mum and my Sunday school teacher, Cecilia

helped sort out the room we were going to use for

my birthday party. While the party was getting arranged,

two Chinese men started to pump up a bouncy castle

outside of the room. It was so huge that it nearly touched the roof!

After the bouncy castle was pumped up, my friends

that lived inside the church played inside until my

family and my friends from school arrived. The first

to arrive was my grandparents and my two cousins

who came along, Fano and Margret.  I happily greeted

them and hugged them. They put there presents they

bought for me in the room on a small table in the left corner.

A while later, my friend from school, Summer arrived,

then Anamaria and then Angelina. I introduced them

to my friends from church. We all played, talked and

laughed in the bouncy castle.

After a while, we were all called to come inside the room

because the party was starting. Firstly my dad gave a

speech. Then my grandpa said a prayer in Samoan and

in english for the food we were about to eat and for all of

the people that was in the rooms blessings. Then we all

sang happy birthday and ate the food that was spread

across the tables we were sitting at. There was chicken,

chocolate sticks and bluebird chips. Then we cut the cake

and served it out to everyone of people that were in the room.

After we all finished eating, my friends and I went out to

play in the bouncy castle, while some adults stayed in the

room to talk to each other. Then it was time for my friends

and family to go home. I handed out the party bags and

thanked everyone for coming to my birthday. My mum,

dad and Cecilia cleaned up the room while some adults

took some of the food home.

My favorite part of celebrating my tenth birthday, was

when all my friends and family came to celebrate it with me.

Also because of the yummy food my mum bought for us.

I can’t wait to celebrate my next birthday.