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MOM AND DAD: Without my mom and dad where would I be in the world, here i’ll tell you I wouldn’t exist. Mom and Dad are important they feed you, care for you, well they should do this stuff for you. They spend a lot of money a month I don’t know how much they spend because I don’t keep track but it’s a lot. Can’t forget about Christmas and you’re birthday getting you presents, Oh I almost forgot about vacations they pay a lot money for that stuff too. Not only that they work hard almost everyday to keep us fed.

COUSINS:My cousins are very important because now that Preston and Braden moved to Esko and I don’t get to see them very often. Ethan and Levi they live like right above Iowa so I also don’t get to see them very often maybe once
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Grandma Paula is on my mom’s side she is married to my Grandpa Bruce who does farming. Grandma Paula is very nice she takes me to football games. Grandpa Bruce is kind and also works hard, he basically works year round on the farm haying,feeding cows, posts, works during calving season I don’t want to talk about that, yeah, he basically does that all year round. He makes some great food especially vinegared cucumbers. My Great Grandpa Delmar he served in World War ll he didn’t get deployed though. He like everyone of my grandparents is very kind but he’s been getting sick a little bit lately though which is very unfortunate. My grandma Lorraine who is married to Delmar is like I said very kind. Lorraine was very hard working she doesn’t work much anymore because she is a little old. Grandpa Tom is hard working when it comes to bear season he guides bear hunters. He used to do a lot of hunting but he doesn’t do as much anymore with age catching up to him. Grandpa Tom is on my dad’s side first one so far from my dad’s side which is the hunting side of the family. Grandma Jackie is on my dad’s side too. Grandma Jackie is a good cook like basically everybody's grandma’s are, grandma Jackie makes good chocolate chip

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