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What’s Old is New Again … Or is it?

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Family

Reading Nights

We love to find free family outings in our area. One of the things we recently found and started doing is taking the kids for bedtime stories at a bookstore called, “a Real Bookstore“.

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Cup of Java Please

You know, coffee is a funny thing. Some people love it and some people hate it. I however fall somewhere in the middle.

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Brayden

Brayden The 2 Year Old

Our youngest, Brayden turned two! We asked him how old he was and he said, “old”. Ah, if he only knew. He loves anything that moves, so we decided on a ‘Thomas the Train’ themed party.

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Events

State Fair of Texas

Well another year, another State Fair of Texas. Let’s see, what did we do this year.

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Thoughts...

Dennis Ritchie RIP!

As I said on Twitter the other day.

“Little late here, but RIP Dennis Ritchie. Your book started me on my way to my CS Degree and love for Unix. Forever Thankful!”

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Up, Up, and Away

Can you really go wrong with Pirate Balloons? Me thinks not, Arghhh!. We attended the Plano Balloon Festival over the weekend. This is our 3rd straight balloon festival with the kids.

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Blake

A Captain and His First Mate

Blake took his maiden voyage on our boat over the past weekend. Even though it was 105°, he wanted to go. We took a lot of sunscreen, a lot of water, and a couple of spray bottles.

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Family

Blake and Brayden’s New Cousin!

Welcome to the family. My sister Renee and Jerome, who live in Paris France, had a beautiful baby girl today. Welcome to the world, Léa . Blake and Brayden now have a girl in the family to love, adore, and protect!

Léa Adèle Ginestet

Born August 14th at 00h11 (12:11 am) 3,3 kg (7,3 pounds)

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Twilight Festival

The City of Allen had a Twilight Festival at Joe Farmer Recreational Center over the weekend. Even though at 7 pm the temperatures were still 100° plus (just like the entire rest of July) we decided to attend.