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Archive for December, 2009

Penny adopts a new dog

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by Clayton

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Penny adopted her a nice new dog. Jax is a Siberian Husky. All white with blue eyes. He was at the Humane Society where Penny has been volunteering .  She really likes him and he is a hit with the rest of the family also. He is 1 year old, so there is still a lot of puppy in him.

There are a few pics and a short video in the rest of the story.

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Christmas 2009

Posted on December 27th, 2009 by Clayton

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Here are several days worth of pictures. We had Christmas with Steven and Chandler on Wednesday, Penny, Clayton and Jeffrey on Christmas morning, Chris and Steven and Brandy, that afternoon. Then Christmas with the whole family at Grandma and Grandpa Van Campen’s house on Sunday.

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Birthday at the gig

Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Clayton

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Penny planned to have a celebration of Clayton’s 50th birthday at the gig on the 19th at Bourbon St. Bar & Grill. I was totally unaware of this plan. They caught me by complete surprise! It was fun. She brought out a cake in the afternoon and revealed it during our first break. Awesome.

She invited several friends out just for the party. It’s nice to know I have so many friends.

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