have a summer summary to write, but I’m not very good with my sentence forms. Can someone help me put a variety of sentence forms in and help me with any mistakes? Any help is appreciated! BTW: the awkward caps locked words are just words that i really didnt feel like changing into katakana. sorry!

私は夏休みにMASSACHUSSETTSに７月１日
から７月5日までかぞくと一しょにいました。
MASSACHUSETTSにひこうきで行きました。
始めのひこうきの中にいるのから、とてもドキドキ
しました。ひこうきは楽しくて面白かった。MASSACHUSSETTS
についた後で、りょうしんの友達の家に行って
ホームステｲーをしました。あそこで、新しい友達を作りました。
新しい友達と一しょにSIX　FLAGSであそびすぎて、何も食べませんでした。
次の日NEW　YORKのSTATUE　OF　LIBERTYに行きました。
STATUE　OF　LIBERTYはしまにありますからふねで行きました。
天気はとてもあつかった！ふねで行っていた間に８人は気ぜつしました！
７月４日のINDEPENDENCE　DAY色々なきれい花火をみました。
私の母のおたんじょう日もいわいました。いいRESTURANTで食べて、
おたんじよう日を歌った、CAKEもありました。７月５日、くうこうに
行く前に、友達MALLで買物をして、たくさんふくとおみやげを買いました。
楽しったから、買えることはさびしかった。さびしかったけど、
友達からはなむけをもらって、うれしかった。MASSACHUSETTS
は本当に行ってよかった！とても楽しくて、MASSACHUSETTSに
いたことをぜったいわすれません！

TRANSLATION: During the summer break, I went to Massachuseets from July 1 - July 5th with my family. We went there by plane. It was my first time being in a plane, so I was very excited. The plane was very fun and interesting. After landing, we went to my parent’s friend’s house and spent our home-stay there. There, I made new friends. With my new friends, I went to six flags and played a heck of a lot, and ended up not eating anything. The next day, we went to new york’s statue of liberty. The Statue of Liberty is on an island, so we went there by boat. The weather was super hot! Eight people fainted on the boat as we were going there. On July 4th, Independence Day, I saw a variety of pretty fireworks. We also celebrated my mom’s birthday. We ate at a nice restaurant, sang happy birthday, and also had cake. On july 5th, before going to the airport, we went to the mall and bought lots of clothes and souvenirs. Because it was fun, going back home was sad. A bit depressing, but I received a parting gift from my friends, so I was happy. I’m happy I went to Massachusetts! It was really fun and I wont forget my visit to Massachusetts.
Thanks for the help, guys! =.= I actually took a test to skip a year of Japanese 3, so now I’m a little worried about my sentence forms…I REALLY REALLY appreciate your help and corrections!

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