We went to Lake Afton in the new trailer and had a great time. We took Jeffrey and his two friends, Timmy and Devin. The weather was windy the first night and the next morning, but great after that. The trailer worked great.

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Jeffrey had another concert Tuesday. This time we got to see the orchestra and the glee club.

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We had Christmas at the Van Campen household a little late this year. Peggy had some heart bypass surgery over Christmas and is recovering nicely. We are all grateful to be able to celebrate Christmas this January. We all got together and feasted and opened presents.

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This was the best cruise excursion I’ve ever been on. Open bar all the way to and back from Playa Mia.
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We returned form our Carnival cruise on the Carnival Conquest today. What a great time we had! Everyone had so much fun we are finally resting. It is tough to have that much fun for 7 days in the warm sun. Not really. We did it!

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I thing the theme this year had to be giving Penny a hard time about her mashed potatoes. Aparently Mathew (who was not in attendance this year) made a comment about Penny’s rubbery mashed potatoes to his mom, Jo Dee a few days prior. Penny took this to heart and decided to prove them wrong. She took a big ol’ pot of homemade potatoes and everyone had to remember the potatoes of yesteryear and a lot of comments were made. Not all the comments were positive. Did you put any butter in them? Is there any salt in there? Did you make them today? It was all tounge in cheek of cource. After dinner three of us got to move the refrigerator from the garage to the basement. I honestly didn’t think we were going to make the turn at the bottom of the stairs, but we prevailed. Minor damage to the house and a slight modification to the railing, but all in all a suceesful endevour.

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