And now for something completely different: At a time of national pride and patriotism, the McClelland family brings you a special message from one of the great forefathers of our nation and a true friend of ours…Abe.

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In response to DB who asked about the widget of my Twitter reader: (Which I’ve placed a screen-grab of here so people will know what the heck I’m talking about in the distant future when it may not be on the top-left of my website.) Basically, it’s a custom designed widget using Sprout consisting of a photo of me holding a piece of cardboard and my Twitter feed placed over the top of it. The Sprout widget scrapes my Twitter feed which I update nearly daily.

To create the widget, I took a bunch of…

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This is from the McClellandfamily.com Archives (as told by Steve in the voice of Emily):

When I was barely walking and just mumbling a few words, probably at about 15 months, Daddy left me alone, supervised only by my attention span and a 5 color playdough set. When he returned to clean up, the playdough was

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So there I am pissed off at work, looking for something to punch when I notice the glass electric meter… damn! Had to file this one under “anger” anyway.

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What an incredible day we had today! Two last-minute dives were an unexpected treat. Last night at dinner I realized that our flight was more than 24 hours away and I could dive again today. As for Lisa, she was dived out. Too bad: she missed a doozy.

As Lisa and the kids slept, Jojo the dolphin, a local regular, paid a surprise visit to

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We were off to the dive shop early once again so we could get a two-tank dive in again today. This was Lisa’s first duo-tanker, and I was glad to have her along. There’s just something comforting about having your…

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Lisa and I took our first Scuba dive today in Grace Bay on the leeward coast of Provinciales. The location was called cathedral due to the shape the box canyon that drops to about 100 feet. The plan was to dive just over the edge of the shelf and hit a depth of about 60 feet, but we ended up doing a 40 minute dive to about

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I thought it was going to be simple to sum up our second day here: breakfast, beach, scuba class, dinner, sleep. And in fact the beginning of the day started out just like my summary. By dinnertime though, the action heated up with a tear-filled dinner, a father-daughter moment of a lifetime and some high-tech shenanigans that turned Emily into a ghost.

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The first day of our week-long vacation to Beaches Resort on Turks and Caicos was an extremely long travel day filled with anticipation. The kids were on edge constantly with an energy that overcame their lack of sleep. Patrick slept on the plane, probably more than anybody. The adults slept when and where they could: Beth on the hard

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Emily and Patrick dazzled the crowds at this year’s Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby competition with their unique hand-crafted racing vehicles. Patrick sanded until his

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