The wedding of cousin Tom Pollard to Adrienne Earl in Farmington, CT was the site of a McClelland—Pollard reunion of sorts. Steve made the flight with father Tom, brother Dan and his girl, Anna. Other west coast Macs who made the trip to witness the wedding were [Read more →]

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.

I spent 6 days in Illinois recently as a haunted house enthusiast and owner 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 [Read more →]

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 [Read more →]

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 [Read more →]

Mike and Jody Wassermann received a phone call one Saturday night in December. A woman in New York was about to have a baby and they had been chosen as the adoptive parents. The couple flew to New York the following Monday and witnessed the birth of their baby girl the day after that. [Read more →]

Dan McClelland is neither an inlaw nor an other. But he was the first McClelland to submit a story for McClellandfamily.com. (Thanks, Dan!) Here is his update.

With the nightmare that was marriage behind me, and a good year and a half to clear my sinuses, I’m comfortably embarking on [Read more →]

After more than 40 years, the pre-prisoner-of-war letters of James P. McClelland made it into the hands of his son Tom recently. It seems that with the passing of a cherished family member, possessions are [Read more →]

As told by Emily after school…
I started kindergarten this year and I really like it. I’m the shortest one in the class (but the other Emily is [Read more →]

Second-time grandparents, Jim and Lesley McClelland proudly announced the birth of Gabriella Napolitano, born May 16 in San Jose at 6:50 a.m. to proud parents Joy and Anthony Napolitano. (Jim is seen here in a file photo.) Baby photos to follow.

The joyous bundle weighed in at [Read more →]