Mmm, that's delicious!

On Saturday the 12th of November, my family and I went to my uncle's house because he asked us to go over to his house   so that the gentlemen could have their meeting about my uncle's grave. We went to my uncle's house in my dad's van.

As soon as we arrived, we all hopped out of the car and went inside to see who was there because there weren't any cars outside. When we got to the front door, it was only my two uncles that were inside laughing. My sisters asked my uncle, "Where are the rest of the family?" He answered, "They've gone to the hospital because Mele has just given birth to a little girl." We thought that my uncle was lying to us but he wasn't. We were  all very shocked.

Later on, my other uncles came  over with their wives and their children. I was really happy because my uncles brought my cousins over which meant that we we could play volleyball. When we went to the front of the house to play volleyball, my male cousins went to the deck to cook the food on the BBQ. I was a little bit disappointed at my cousins because they didn't let me hit the ball. We played and played until the sky became dark.

After a while, three of my male cousins came and called us to go inside because it time for us to have some food.  We rushed inside because we were all so hungry. After we went inside, we all grabbed a plate and scooped our favourite food onto our plates. On my plate I had, a sausage, three small chicken  drumsticks and one small piece of hot casava. Together, my cousins and I said  food grace before we had eaten our food.

Afterwards we went outside again to play volleyball because the adults continued their meeting. My uncle was telling my other uncles that the grave has now gone up to $500 because we haven't paid for it in the last couple months. We were happy to go back outside and play so we could see who would win. Mele, my cousin was shouting, "Our team is going to win!"

Before long, it was time for us to go because it was time for my uncle to go back to the hospital for his rehabilitation, so I shouted out loudly to my family, "Bye, bye I will see you tomorrow!" They also said bye to me as well. We all waited until my uncle left the house so we could leave after him.

I was very tired after that game of Volleyball! I hope my team can win next time.

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand and use language features in our recount.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use past tense verbs to describe the weekend that I had with my family before my uncle went back to the hospital.