Kennedi Archive

With the first day of school hanging over everybody’s head, our house is getting geared up with new school supplies, backpacks, clothes, lunch bags, and shoes.

Probably the easiest part of getting prepared for this coming school year was placing a single order through Target for all of Mikayla’s school supplies (including a stylish backpack and lunch bag). No lists, no multi-store shopping, no hassles.

Mikayla is entering 4th grade this year and is looking forward to catching up with friends, making new friends, enjoying recess and learning new and exciting things.

Kennedi is starting preschool this year! She will be attending preschool at St. Francis on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. She is all geared up with new shoes, clothes, a huge backpack (comparatively speaking). She is excited about showing off her new shoes to her teacher and making new friends.

Photos of each of the girls’ first days of school will be posted later this week. Check back to check them out. are available for your viewing pleasure.

Edit: I uploaded the last days worth of photos from the trip. This final day entailed the park, the Oklahoma City Zoo, and Eskimo Joe’s in Stillwater. See the photos using the links below.

Edit: Uploaded more photos - Dallas Natural History Museum, Adventure Landing and Visiting the Thompsons in OKC. See them below.

Edit: Uploaded some photos of the Dallas Zoo. See them below.

Our trip to Dallas/Oklahoma was pretty awesome. In addition to going to Jamie and John’s wedding, we also explored several cool attractions including the Dallas Zoo, the Dallas World Aquarium, the Dallas Natural History Museum, Turner Falls, the Oklahoma City Zoo, the park, Eskimo Joe’s and many excellent restaurants. We were away for a total of six days and drove a total of 957 miles. We took many photos of the trip and I am still in the process of uploading them to the site have one last set of images to upload before I’m done. Take a look at some photos of our trip (more photos to be uploaded later):

• Turner Falls
• Dallas World Aquarium
• Dallas Zoo
• Dallas Natural History Museum
  & Adventure Landing
• Visiting the Thompsons in Oklahoma City
• The Park, OKC Zoo and Eskimo Joe’s

Last Sunday the kids and I went outside for a little fresh air. Mikayla practiced her guitar, Julian played with his Radio Flyer and Kennedi painted our driveway with water. Check out some photos of them playing outside. Make sure to drop us a note to let us know you enjoyed the photos.

This past Saturday was an excellent day for playing soccer and the Orange Crush did just that. They came out strong during the first quarter. As the season comes to an end, I thought I’d share a few photos of Mikayla playing soccer and let you preview some of the sideline action too. Check out these photos of Mikayla playing soccer and leave a comment for us letting us know if you enjoyed them.

I realize it has been a couple of weeks since I last posted anything but it isn’t because of a lack of activity, more like a lack of energy. I thought now would be a good time to pass along an update for the past couple of weeks.

Mikayla
Mikayla had several basketball practices and games. All games played over the past couple of weeks have been won with Mikayla guarding and blocking like a real WNBA player. She has had several tests at school too. All good reports and grades of course. Two Sundays ago, her and I went to the annual Father/Daughter function for Little Flowers where we danced, played games and had a lot of fun.

Kennedi
Over the weeks, Kennedi has continued her passion for baby dolls, reading, dress-up clothes and eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Her strong will and independent spirit still keep Juli and I on our toes at all times. She continues to improve on her colors and shapes.

Julian
Aside from the continuous coughing and drooling, Julian seems to be in good spirits. His crawling is improving and now he is able to move along the floor quite well, still in army crawl position. His nine month check-up is scheduled for early February.

This year Juli decided we needed to have photos taken of the entire family…to show off the kids and document their remarkable growth, personality and good looks (from Juli of course). Take a look through the McClure Family Photo Gallery to see some updated photos.

Juli stumbled upon a cool site on Friday. Thanks to the folks at OfficeMax, you can now turn anyone into an elf. Take a look and see for yourself. It’s easy and only takes a few minutes. In addition to making anyone into an elf (that you have a digital photo of) you can also call an 800#, make a voice recording and add that to your message. Ingenious. Hope you all enjoy.

• Dana and Sophie
• Dana and Juli
• The McClure Family
• The Hein Sisters

I was going through some photos on the computer tonight and thought this would be an excellent time to share with everyone. These photos are from about September 2007 to the present. More photos of the McClure kids will be up closer to Christmas, as we have more family gatherings. Let me know if you enjoy them.