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Hey y'all.

My name is Kirsten Pittman. I am currently a student at BYU-Idaho in Idaho. I have never blogged before so please be patient with me while I learn. A little about me is I am a Marriage and Family Studies student and have been loving it. I will be starting my own family in the next few months and am excited for y'alls thoughts that go along side with the things that I'm blogging about.



Throughout the next few months I'll be posting weekly posts concerning different topics that we discuss in my Family Relations class. At the top of my blog you will see some extra pages attached. They are links to my fellow classmates blogs, go check them out!

Share with me your thoughts throughout this semester with me on the topics we discuss, I want to hear and learn from you as well!

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