e-mail addresses

Peggi had a great idea, to re-enter the email contacts that Carol had posted in April 2006. Those that are not listed, and wish to have it included, please send a post. Thanks Peg!

Shirley St. Clair smstclair@msn.com
Bunny St. Clair (& Jim) cruize@theofficenet.com
Rod (& Karla) St. Clair StClairs1983@msn.com
Nancy (St. Clair) & Rob Seimears robnnanc@aptalaska.net
Peggi (Hickman) & Rick Lippincott moonlitedaze@comcast.net
Rian (& Gina) Hickman rhickman@centurytel.net
Mike (& Candy) St. Clair csaintly@yahoo.com
Wes (&Velda) St. Clair velda@rubensteins.com
Clair (& Beverly) Klock cbklock@cascadeaccess.com
Carol (Klock) and Max Williams Carol@TopPropertiesWenatchee.com
Lyle Reeve Papa4NnC@aol.com
Sharon (Hickman): blackwitch@charter.com
Nikki (St.Clair) Holmes holmes3000@verizon.net
Jay St. Clair stclair.jay@gmail.com
Glada St. Clair gmbstclair@gmail.com
Laurie St. Clair laurie-stclair@utulsa.edu
Lisa (St. Clair) Dean deanld@msn.com

Jay and Glada St Clair Contact

Hey everyone! Rian just got off the phone with Jay St. Clair back in Tennessee, and HAS HE GOT SOME INFO TO SHARE. He's compiled info and photos, so we hope to hear from them soon. He's planning on sending us a CD. As soon as we get this, we'll put them on the blog. EXCITED!!!
Love,
Gina and Rian

Christmas Trip

Hello folks,
Been enjoying the new photos and news from Carol, Joanne, Rian and Gina, and Bunny. What fun to share huh! We sure do have an awesome extended family. Our family decided to take the ferry up and spend Christmas in a hotel in Juneau to see Casey and meet his girlfriend, Heather. We got a room with a kitchen and shopped for a prime rib dinner on Christmas Eve, the day we arrived. It was different, but fun. We brought a little ceramic Christmas tree with us and had a delicious meal and great conversation. We spent the day after Christmas shopping for a new car and got a nice little used Baja with under 20,000 mi. on it. Hoping for much better gas mileage and it is fun to drive too. Our weather has warmed up now and it is raining more than snowing. We usually get some real cold, in the teens, weather this time of year, so this is as unusual as the huge amount of snow we got in November. Wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year. Love, Nanc

Wes and Jacquelyne Hickman

Last October, Jacquelyne came down to visit her brother Wes in Coos Bay. These two beautiful kids belong to Rian Hickman. She stayed with Wes for a bit, then went and visited their Grandma Marian Sanders in Reedsport Oregon. She and her friend Liza, stopped by here on their way back to BC. Jacquelyne will be 24 years old this month on the 22nd, and Wes is 26. They're both very responsible, and loving people. Wes is a commercial fisherman, and Jaquelyne works with the elderly, as an art therapist,having educated herself over a two period with her own personal finances. Proud of these two yungins'! Jaquelyne is showing up on our door step tomorrow afternoon to pick up a pick up, that Rian has fixed up for her. He took it all apart and put it back together, so she would have a safe, sound vehicle. We can't wait to see her drive away in her first car. We'll take some pictures while she's here and send them on.
Love to all,
Gina and Rian Hickman

Wes Hickman and Dell St. Clair

As requested by Peggi, here is the photo of Wes and Dell circa early to mid 50s. Rian is not really sure of the year. Maybe someone can enlighten us as to an exact date. Wes is standing and Dell is the one on the motorcycle.

We will go through our pictures of the family, and put them in a bit at a time.

Love to all,
Gina and Rian

A Visit with the St. Clair Clan

Okay, I don't want to be a blog hog, but we've got some catching up to do. This last Saturday, being money hungry fools that we are, we went and picked up a load in Vancouver WA to deliver to Weyerhaeuser in Springfield. The load we picked up was...Tapioca Starch! What does Weyco do with Tapioca Starch, I asked? It's a bonding agent for paper. Ya learn somethin' new everyday. Anyway, we were only three miles from Uncle Dell and Aunt Janice's place at delivery point, so we dropped in for a visit. Aunt Janice wasn't able to be there...working and all, but Uncle Dell, Rod and Karla, their daughter Erika, Wes and Velda, and their daughter Christina were all present. In the photo of the St. Clair men are from left to right, Rod, Uncle Dell, Wes, and Rian. Velda, Wes' wife (very sweet gal) mentioned that she hadn't been able to notice the similarities in the St. Clair men until she saw them all together. I hadn't either! I always thought Rian held the Hickman biological features, but seeing them next to each other...they do look alike! And sound alike!
The St. Clair women from left to right are Karla (Rod's wife), Velda (Wes' wife) and Gina Hickman (me, Rian's wife), and in the back is Erika (Rod and Karla's daughter) and Christina (Wes and Velda's daughter). Pretty good lookin' bunch of females! These are the women that put up with this roudy bunch of St. Clair men.
Erika's husband Nick, is stationed in Iraq, and we wish the best for him and his safe return.
Rian wants to add, that he loves his Uncle Dell more than he can say. Uncle Dell and Rian's dad, Wes Hickman were best friends. Rian's dad passed in 1958 from a logging accident when Rian was a mere 6 years old. He has always looked up to Uncle Dell as THE man figure in his life. Dell's kids were always admired, and seemed more like brothers than cousins.
Rod and Wes work together cutting timber, and are quite the characters, and extremely hard working men. Lance and Randy are very enterprising as well, and much to be admired. Everyone I've had the good fortune to meet in this family thus far have been wonderful, warm, and the most down to earth people I've met in my life, and am proud to be a part of the St. Clair/Hickman clan. Every single one, from Dottie, to Rian's mother Marian, and his simblings (especially Peggi) to cousins, Aunts and Uncles. There have been quite a few. And believe me, I was a bit overwhelmed with all the family members that I've had the opportunity to meet so far.
We only wish that Aunt Janice could have been there to complete the photo. She is a very hard working, and dedicated woman. We missed her being there. Next time!
Rian keeps a large photo of his father, Wes, and his Uncle Dell in our home/office to remind him of the kinship between those two. Family is priceless! We invite all the family members to stop by our abode to share our unconventional hospitality.
I feel very special being included in this authentic, and giving family. I thank each and every one of you that I've met for allowing a newcomer into your clan.
Love and Kisses to all,
Gina and Rian Hickman

JoAnne Reeve Checks In

Below is a "comment" received from JoAnn Reeve. I am putting it up as it's own separate post so it will be easier to find. JoAnne do you have an e-mail address I can add to our group list? Any other info you can share will be appreciated... about your life, children, family history you remember, how your genealogy fits in, etc. If you want to make posts, you can send them here in the form of comments or forward them to my direct e-mail and I will create a post for you. Be sure to include pictures if possible. I will be leaving on a trip soon, so use the following e-mail address. CarolWilliams007@aol.com Thanks, Carol (Klock) Williams

"I am your cousin-JoAnne Reeve we met years ago. I am a widow and live in small ca town near my daughter and grandchildren. I have just recently retired (Again!)Was called back in 2006 for 7 months. My grandson (13)& I just returned after 3 weeks in Texas visiting with my brother Lyle and his family there. Chat with you soon, JoAanne "

Last Summer with Bunny and Jim

Rian and I have some catching up to do for this blog...so here goes! First off...Carol, we wish you a safe and speedy recover!
Last July, Jim and Bunny came through and visited for a night on their way to Bunny's High School reunion. We really enjoyed their time here, and hope that either we can make it up to see them, or they are able to stop by again. We had a wonderful chat, and I got to know them quite a bit better. Bunny reminds me of Peggi. Straight forward and to the point. Jim is a funny and warm guy. Bunny was right that Rian and Jim have so much in common with the car and motorcycle issue.
They drove up in their Mustang, and arrived hot and tired, so we hope we treated them well with our unconventional hospitality. Absolutely loved having them here!

Much love to all,
Rian and Gina

Carol's Back Surgery

Click here to visit our personal website for pictures and commentary after my Balloon Kyphoplasty back surgery performed Thursday.
-Carol

Ho Ho Ho ! and Merry Christams

Ho Ho Ho! It is Christmas day -- Merry Christmas to everyone.
We received about another 4 inches of snow during the night. Jim is out "snow-blowing" and I shoveled a little bit...walkways here and there. Blazed a trail down to our river/creek -- it is a very small river, so we call it a creek most of the time. Everything is so beautiful, but it is warming up so the snow is getting really wet and heavy... gets stuck in the snowblower and Jim has a heck of a time.
Hope everyone is having a great Christmas.

The tree photo is looking out towards our river from my sewing studio deck. And of course our cabin.

Hope you are having a great Christmas.

Luv, Bunny

Fruit Salad

Here is Sally St. Clair's Fruit Salad from Bunny

I don't have amounts...this is just in my head.
Chopped unpeeled apples
Sliced Bananas
Chopped Walnuts
Raisins

Miricle Whip (yup... not cool whip)

Mix altogether

I added a can of mandarin oranges for our Thanksgiving salad; and you can add grapes or ??

Thanks for the Blueberry recipe from Aunt Marian. I have frozen huckleberrys... should be really good with them as well.

I would love to have the time to play with geneology. I have also talked to Aunt Marian and she has given me lots of information. But I just have not had time to work with it. I have a friend that does a lot with her family geneology and really enjoys her research. Would be great if you could keep us posted on what you find Shirley. I even have or had a geneology program for my computer, but have never even loaded it onto the computer.

Not enough hours in the day, days in the week, weeks in the month, etc. !!

Have a Merry Christmas and wonderful 2007 everyone.

Greetings From Shirley St.Clair

Hi from Shirley (daughter of Oba & Dorothy): Want to get this to all you St. Clair cousins galore before the end of the year so I can at least feel a wee bit timely!

In July, I visited Aunt Marian in Reedsport to talk St. Clair Genealogy. She made and served a fantastically delicious Blueberry Torte and shared her recipe which I have written down for any of you who might want to try it. You can see her holding the finished product next to the recipe below.

In August, hot on the trail of St. Clair Genealogy, I went to the Scottish Festival in Winston. Being so near Tenmile, I stopped by to see Uncle Harold and Laveta. As you can see from these pictures, our rough & tough eldest St. Clair guy was looking fit and feeling good. He most definitely looks 20 years younger than his 81 years!

Since September I have been taking weekly genealogy classes to learn methods. One of the many things I have learned is how challenging and time-consuming it is to track down information even with the many sources available on the internet. I am so in awe of how Aunt Marian traced the St. Clairs back to Alexander in 1698. She did all this by regular mail, following leads and dead-ends, and once completed she gave us each our personalized heritage histories. She did all this (a really monumental task) without the benefit of a computer or the internet. Thank you, Aunt Marian, for your foresight and diligence and for caring.

My goal is to track our heritage back to Scotland; to see if I can figure out what part of Scotland bonny Alexander hailed from and actually go there eventually.

Shirley

PS: Dear Bunny - Will you please share your Mom's (my Aunt Sally's) recipe for fruit salad that you fixed for Thanksgiving.

PS: Dear Nancy - I was so pleased to see the pictures you posted of your Mom (my other Aunt Marian - Bud's Marian). Please tell her "Hi" for me.



Aunt Marian's Blueberry Torte

Crust: 1 stick oleo
1 cup flour
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Mix well with pastry blender & press into 9 x 13 pan. (Aunt Marian used a pie pan. Worked great!)
Bake 25 minutes at 350 degrees.
Cool completely.


Filling:
1 pkg cream cheese (8 oz, room temperature)
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Whip until creamy, fold into:
2 cups Cool Whip

Spread onto crust. Top with:
2 cans blueberry pie filling

Chill and serve with Cool Whip on top.
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When Aunt Marian made this for me, she cooked up frozen blueberries instead of using canned filling and used real whipped cream instead of Cool Whip. It was absolutely, positively wonderful!
...... Shirley

Greetings From Marian Sanders

Marian sent me the following note to post for you all. Carol

I loved hearing about all the Thanksgiving doings (on the blog). We had quite a crowd here. I made the turkey, dressing, and a large shrimp salad. The rest brought all sorts of side dishes. Enough for several days eating. Jason made 10 - 12 pies from scratch plus many other things. Great eating and gathering. Seventeen in all came.
Love,
Marian

Season's Greetings From Clair

Hey St Clair clan,
Since this is my first blog entry ever – I will give a short history of C & B (Clair and Beverly). Clair born 1951, Beverly 1940, Married in 1976, daughter and son, 6 grandchildren, 2 sisters-in-laws and brother-in-laws, lots of eclectic friends.

Beverly worked in education of all types from juvenile corrections to Jr. Hi to adult nutrition – retired OSU extension. I worked conservation education – outdoor school for kids and presently Soil and Water Conservation District for adults. Put in 12 years of full-time farming (Blueberries, Raspberries, Marions and Boysens) during that time and another 14 yrs of part-time farming .

Beverly likes to garden and visit a number of older folks that need visitors. She writes a bit and paints a lot since retirement. She travels to Tennessee to see our daughter and grandkids twice a year. I like work because the jobs are so diverse. Chocolate is an essential food group for me and tea for Beverly. I have a 3rd part-time job as naturalist on a small cruise ship (60 guests) in Alaska, Baja and on the Columbia River(Lindblad Expeditions). The company offers staff space available on trips all over the world and we take as much advantage of it as possible. I am headed for Ecuador and Galapagos Islands next Wednesday and return Christmas eve. We have been to Antarctica, Europe, Central America. Beverly isn’t going on this trip and is holding out for Europe and Scandinavia. Would travel more but the only thing holding us back in having to work for a living and available cash. Sound familiar?

Come visit - we would love to hear what makes life exciting for you. We can fill in the details on our short history !

Life is fine – Everyday is a Great Day - just that some are Greater than others!

Love to all, Clair and Beverly

You can click on either image to enlarge.

Christmas Jigsaw Puzzle

Click below: Santa's Jigsaw - animated flash ecard by Jaquie Lawson www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=ER13610552

Enjoy!
Karla St.Clair
(Rod's wife)