Patrick raced his first criterium on Saturday at the Golden State Race Series. He finished in a solid 7th place. Sunday he came back and finished 4th to take home a bag of swag that included a GSRS jersey, a water bottle and a JBL backpack. We’re proud of our new roadie!

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One year ago: Camping at Bodega Bay Campground with the Wassermanns, Bakers, Petterle’s, Quigleys, Zinkeys and more, April 17-20, 2013.
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Emily’s soccer team, Sacramento Real FC Endurance competed in the International tournament, “Mayor’s Cup” in Las Vegas over the President’s day weekend. We took advantage of the locale to take the kids to Sin City for their first time. Soccer tournaments can be time-consuming, but we still managed to walk a good bit of the strip and take in a few other tourist favorites. The high lite of the strip for me is always the

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Patrick once had his own little corner of the internets known as Patrick’s Place. Occasionally at McClellandfamily.com (stated as if we have a full-time staff of 10) we come across some of the gems’s that were published there. At one time we simply deleted old stories to make way for the new. Now we have the ability to save them forever…he said to Patrick’s first girlfriend. Muahahaha!

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Yet another family website header bites the dust as we update to more recent pictures and perhaps fonts too.

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Patrick has always excelled at puzzles, so when we found this old video from 2009 we were quick to show off how bright our boy is. Or is it how dim you are? Watch the video below to find out which it is.

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Many people have a bucket list. Mine is a little different. I’ve decided to re-do items on my list as an adult. When I started cycling a few years ago this meant racing the Nevada City Classic again (which I have,) completing the Davis Double Century (which I haven’t,) and completing the Death Ride’s 5-pass challenge. This weekend I took on the Death Ride after some gentle prodding from Mike Nicholls, and Todd Schaffer. Cathy Paladini closed the deal a few weeks ago when she visited and told me that her daughter, Rachael wouldn’t be riding. This cemented the deal with this cheapskate: My entry was paid for.

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District Honor Roll, President’s Academic Award and a special commendation for winning the spelling bee as a 4th grader against 5th and 6th graders: We must be doing something right. Way to go graduate, Patrick! We’re proud of you. Now on to middle school!

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I’ve been having a blast lately going back and reading old posts (for some reason I’ve been focused on 2005 and 2006) and adding pictures to them.

Take a look at crazy cruise pictures from “Hot and Weary in Acapulco”, or look for a great shot of Les getting snockered in

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We’ve been blessed to have great neighbors who we can call great friends, but we’ve been wondering when the Alexanders (Jami and Rick) would invite us over to swim in their backyard. We last swam in this pool 15 years ago when the original neighbors, Steve and Jolene put it in. We had a relaxing afternoon sipping beers and enjoying great company while keeping our cool.

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