Happy Birthday to the two women that matter most in my life: my mother and my wife. Whether it’s a blessing or a curse that these two share the same anniversary of their birth, one thing’s for sure: It makes it easy to remember. So while I’m currently “on the road” and unable to take place in the celebrations of these two birthdays, I can’t help but think of the two woman who have most helped make me who I am today.

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Just goofing off at the computer one day. Then dad gets the idea to give a wet willy. House rules: if you get caught you must submit for “the finalization”, a final dose of dominance -hot breath in the victim’s wet ear!

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After skipping the California State Fair at the Cal Expo for two years running, we managed to drag our tired feet through the scalding heat and hit up the event this year. Overall we concluded that we hadn’t missed much in the years that we skipped, but we did get a few good family pic’s for the photo albums.

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Emily’s gone away to a 4-day summer camp with the Girl Scouts near Calaveras Big Tree. Here’s the email-letter she sent home. Before she left home, Emily made Lisa and I both write her a note and then kiss the paper below the note in a circle. This is the “paper” that she refers to (and that she’s holding in the photo.

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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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It’s Lisa’s birthday once again, and she’d love to hear from you. Drop her a note below to wish her a happy birthday. But first, look at that picture and tell me that she doesn’t get more and more beautiful every year.

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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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