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1 Fish 2 Fish Gold Fish Betta

The Goldfish that Sophia won at the carnival died in about 3 days. That was sad. We picked up a replacement fish that can actually survive a small tank. Sophia MIGHT have been slightly influenced by her father in naming the new fish Betta Ray Bill.

Out and about

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Heather and I attended the Red Bull Air Race this past weekend. It was a blast. On Saturday I attended with Sophia and met up with my cousin by marriage, Blake. On Sunday Heather and I watched the actual race. We had a good time. I took some photos.

Sophia got her ears pierced

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Daphne is making do

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Who knew sitting on Tweety's head could make you so happy?! Daphne. Daphne knew. We've come to enjoy the Willowbend Mall play area as opposed to Stonebriar and it shows on that sweet little face.

Quick Labor Day weekend run down

Saturday: Smoked some ribs, including some beef ribs. Beef ribs actually seem pretty simple. I just did the same thing I do with pork ribs with a slightly different rub and without the final hour on the open rack in the smoker. Sunday: Community pool party, which was an absolute blast. There nothing quite like splashing in a pool with your family. I came up with a fun anecdote that I'm pretty proud of. While looking at someone's 2nd story home addition Phoebe remarked, "I'm jealous!". The home in question had a fully outfitted game room with darts, pool table, bar, projector, etc... My response to Phoebe was, "You don't have to be jealous, you just have to be friends." Sunday night the older 2 went to have a sleepover at the Hansen house (a friend of the older 2 lives just over the back fence.). Monday: We had a streak grilling party with family. Everyone brought a cut of steak and I grilled em. I think I hit everyone's temp request, which ranged...