From the archives of the former Emily’s Corner come these gem’s to remember…

• I got to go to Disneyland and California Adventure with my mommy and daddy. It was really fun. You can see all the pictures in our L.A. Vacation Album. This was my first time at Disneyland. I want to go again.

• Pink Princess: From the ages of 3 to about 5 I refused to

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As a Christmas present, Santa brought us tickets to the Egyptian exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. We finally used them in March. Steve loved it, Lisa tolerated it and the kids ran through it as fast as they could.

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Let’s face it, if they give me lines, I’m going to write the other way. And if they don’t force me to make a certain face in ANY photo I.D. I’m going to make my own face. My kids are fast learners.

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Our Halloween started out early with a trip to the Fog Willow Pumpkin Farm. We picked out several pumpkins, ate hot dogs and then settled into lawn chairs and blankets for a movie showing. Great fun!

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Independence day was celebrated at the cabin with the Wassermanns and Petterle’s. Also Les, Dan, the Killers (Honestly, Amy when all three of us are together in one place at one time, can’t we manage to get a photo together?) Eva and Roger joined us with the kids for a couple of days too. It was a full house, but we had a fun week. We entered the usual float pulled by Mike’s jeep in the parade. Steve road the unicycle in the parade for the first time.

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On father’s day, I could think of nothing better to do than to spend the day at Folsom Lake with my two kids and 5 other father’s, all family and close friends. We had a blast and the day went by way too fast.

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Remember when McClellandFamily.com looked like this?

I had several different versions of this header and the photo would change based on where your mouse was on the page. I thought I was pretty slick. In retrospect, it was a clean interface that tied in well with the

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Gretchen and I are healthy, all things considered. I await knee replacement but prefer to play with pain as long as I can. Gretchen, the smoker, walks the dog every monrning before work. In my eyes she still looks good.

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The Killers made it up to our cabin for a fun-filled weekend of skiing and sledding. All of the kids took a lesson for a few hours and then joined us on the slopes at Donner Summit for the rest of the sunny day of skiing. Sunday was spent sledding just down the street from our cabin. We had a great hill with some super-fast runs all to ourselves.

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