On any other day, you can’t get the kids up and moving to save your life, but this morning at 3:30 am, Patrick sprang out of bed and even the normally slow-to-rise Emily was up with a minimal amount of cajoling. They were excited beyond belief.

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Patrick takes some last-minute tips from coach and dad, Steve before his first roller race at Hot Italian.

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Now there’s an easy way to add a post to McClellandfamily.com: Sara and Wes hand out the birth announcements for their new baby boy, Hunter, and I scan it and slap it up. Hunter William Norman tipped the scales at 8 lbs, 8 oz. and 21 inches. He was born on February 8th, 2011 making Lisa and I great aunts and uncles for the second time and making Les a great-grandparent also for the second time. At his little brothers baptism on March 6th, Wyatt, 2, loved showing off his new bro and never missed a chance to cuddle him or kiss him.

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Sent from Steve’s iPhone

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Long-time friend and cycling guru, extraordinaire, Vince Gee (2nd guy through in this video) dismounts at the obstacles. This race, at Lange Twin Winery in Lodi, is part of the Sacramento Cyclocross Series.This was the first Cyclocross race I had viewed in probably 25 years and the first CX race Patrick viewed ever. Vince unfortunately flatted out of the race.

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I think I’m going to start a web site of funny photos of my kids sleeping. I have so many of Patrick; in a laundry basket, Cheetos on the face…too many to name. Emily? I think it’ll be the sleepwalking videos. Watch out future boyfriends.

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Patrick won his elementary school’s Spelling Bee today after only studying “for about, like…I don’t know…20 minutes?” Lisa reported that the tension in the room was palpable as Patrick and three other finalists misspelled their words and were all called back up for another round time and time-again. In fact, Patrick had three attempts at the winning word, finally nailing it in what his principal quipped may have been “round 42.”

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We are sad to say we are leaving Steve and Emily home. Love you and we’ll miss you!(Steve’s note: Patrick got to go this time to make up for missing the trip in March of 2004 (he was too young, we deemed.) The whole family also went in December of 2006.)

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In the deepest recesses of the recycle bin we discovered a recently-tossed, two-page story, hand-written by Patrick, about our trip to Turks and Caicos in the Bahamas. The trip in February of 2008 is well documented on this blog but until now I believed that I was the only one taking notes. No one in this household, short of Patrick who was 6 at the time, knew that he was

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Patrick and I show off our costumes and makeup for Halloween 2010. Makeup’s a new trick for me. How did I do?

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