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  I was born at 9:33 a.m. in Mankato, MN.
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  Awhile after we moved to St. Peter (when I was about 2) My brother and I started going to daycare with one of our neighbors. Their family became really close with ours and we still see each other all the time. I also met my "twin" Kenna who is still one of my best friends.
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  The bus picked me up from daycare, then I started Discovery Days with Miss Joanie and Miss Helen.
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  with Mrs. Wettergren
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  with Mrs. Borchert
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  with Miss Wenner (now Mrs. Nixon)
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  with Mr. Hartfiel and student teacher Miss Sarkanen
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  with Mrs. Hinton, but she was on maternity leave so we had Mrs. Carlson (Josie's mom) and Mrs. Morrow
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  with Mrs. Preheim
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  with Mrs. Keller
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  We got our dog Boo, whom I figuratively can't live without now.
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  We went to visit one of our former Gustavus Friendship Family students in Sweden for Midsommer.
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  I was the oldest one there by far, but I stuck with it. This led me to doing school gymnastics which I'm really grateful for.
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  I went alone with a bunch of kids I didn't know to Europe for three weeks. We went to Germany, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, England, France, and Switzerland.
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  Dad took my sister and me to New York for a few days over break. This was also when I saw my first Broadway show which was incredible.
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  Spanish trip to Costa Rica.
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  Working at the grocery