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My name is Kaden Eggett. I was born in Ogden Utah in 2004, the move to layton, and now live here in Kaysville Utah. I have always love to play basketball football since a young. I went to elementary at Kaysville elementary. Then made it to Jr. high, and now going to Centennial Jr. high. I made the Centennial Jr. high basketball team, and we won the basketball Championship. Centennial is a great school and I love going to it everyday.

I am in a family of 7 counting me. My family goes on trips. This year me and my family went to Fiji, and stayed on a house in the ocean water. We had a blast. I swam with sharks, and dolphins, and that was super fun. 3 years ago I went to Paris France, with my family. I went to top of the Eiffel Tower and took the dopiest pictures ever. Those were the best vacations I ever had in my life, and I hope to keep on doing them.

I have a lot of favorite thing that I love to do. My favorite food is Pizza. I love cheese pizza. My favorite school class is photo, I love photo. My favorite place to visit is lake powell, I love that lake. My favorite trip that I have been on is when i went to Fiji, that was so fun. My favorite thing to do it play basketball with my friends. I love to do that. My favorite gum is mint extra gum. It is so good, and I love it.

I have a lot of hobbies. One of my hobbies is basketball. I love basketball, and I love to play it everyday of my life. I play davis high basketball, and we practice everyday. Basketball helps me through my day, because it is so awesome. One of my other hobbies is football. I love football. I play football right now to. Football is very fun, because I get to be will all of my friends every day. I love to score touchdowns. That is everything about my life.

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