Nothing’s ever easy! It’s become my mantra over the last few years. Ask Lisa. She’ll tell you. Ask bro-in law Mike. It became the mantra of both of us as we were building the cabin a few years ago. It all stems from the daily knee-deep crap that one must wade through to get things done.

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Here’s cousin Matt getting set up by Emily at the McClelland reunion. He’s not too happy at the end of this, but he was a great sport. This is the first of the McClelland family reunion videos that we’ll post (simply because it was the funniest.)

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Emily wants to goof off with the video camera? Fine. Here’s what we got one afternoon at Mike and Jody’s and a few late nights later. This one’s 9MB, so have patience while it loads.

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Tempting Fate

If I had the chance to do it all again I’d have to think,
‘cause life is like a recipe for a side dish or a drink,
and making just one minor change in earnest or in haste,
could wreck the meal you’re making and end up in a waste.

But…
if I had the chance to to it all again I wouldn’t wait,
I’d be the one to venture forth and ask YOU for a date,
but maybe this time when I lie upon that couch and

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I start 1st grade at the end of Summer. I think I’m ready because I did really good in Kindergarten. I even got an award for making it to school every single day.

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Watch the video and hear Patrick’s rendition of his favorite character’s theme song. Then listen to the original 1967 version.

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Emily clears up the topics of being too sweet to people, monsters, fighting bad guys and going to jail–all in one thought and just a few sentences.

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Steve spent 6 days in Illinois recently with neighbor and haunt enthusiast Victor Casillas at the Transworld National Halloween Party and Costume Show. The show, considered the premier event for all things Halloween was held at the convention Center in Rosemont, Il, and featured 100’s of vendors showing the latest animatronics, props and

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Realizing that the weather was changing (and more importantly, that babysitter, Jody was going back to work) the McClellands planned a last minute vacation to Southern California including Disneyland and California Adventure. (We have a photo album you can view.) Patrick stayed behind with Aunt Jody and Uncle Mike since he was under the

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Happy Holidays from the Elk Grove McClellands!

Here’s a quick update with what’s been going on with us this past month: Emily turned 5, and her princess party with everyone dressed up was a huge hit. We broke out the Halloween walls (the same ones we use for Santa’s workshop too) and created a castle in the garage.

I played Santa’s elf once again on December 14th for Costco. The job entails

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