I went to San Diego

My favorite Christmas memory was when I went to San Diego to see my cousin Ashley and her husband Michael, with baby, Vivian.

We packed up and said "good-bye" to my grandparents. Then we were off. We were cramped in our car, which was very hot. Crystal and I spend most of the time getting carsick.

We finally got to Ashley's house. Ashley has two cats; Tiger, a gray with white stripes, and Jason, who is jet black with creepy eyes. Tiger is the one I like, but not Jason. He made me have an allergic reaction, and I had to take terrible-tasting medicine.

Just about every minute of the day baby Vivian said, "uh-oh." It was driving me crazy. But the next day, Ashley took us to Lego Land and Sea World. My sister became jealous at Sea World because I got drenched, and she didn't get wet at all!

When our vacation time was over (thank goodness!) we left their house in a hurry due to a fierce rain storm. We got into our car and began our eight-hour drive back to Stockton. I was never so happy to get home in my life.

The next day my grandparents came over. My grandma gave me a new sweatshirt. It was a nice gift and made that awful vacation seem better. Until...my mother washed the sweatshirt, and its dye made all of my underwear turn red! Oh, well. There's always next year.

Kevin Murray
Age 9