Michael McClure Family Commentary

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

We’re back from our trip to Dallas and Oklahoma. Photos and details of the trip will be coming in the next couple of days.

A couple of days ago, I came home to find Juli opening up a new toy. She went online and bought herself a step counter. You know, it’s one of those little black squares that attaches to your waist band and keeps count of each and every step you take. As the curiosity of this little square began to fill my mind, I started asking questions and ultimately Juli’s goal was revealed. Juli has a goal to walk 7,000 steps each day.

As of today her highest count is 6,934 steps.

A couple of months ago, I went back to Lucky Devil Tattoo and met with Ron about the possibility of getting some more work done. I was looking into having a phoenix flow in and around the open spot right above the existing koi tattoo he completed for me last year. In addition to the phoenix, I wanted to have some dogwood blossoms floating down, just like the existing cherry blossoms are falling on top of the koi.

After a short discussion, he wrapped some tracing paper around my leg and quickly sketched out the boundaries of the existing koi tattoo. We talked a while about some of the detail I was looking for in the phoenix and dogwood blossoms. A few minutes later, I setup my first appointment and walked out the door.

Saturday, May 3, 2008
I had my first sitting today. The illustration Ron came up with was outstanding. After Ron finished getting the artwork ready, I went back and we began. About 2 hours later, the outline of the Japanese phoenix and dogwood blossoms was complete.
(Session Time: ~2 hours)

The next session will probably be in August or September. At that time Ron said he would work on shading and some color. A third and final session (maybe around January?) will be needed to complete the coloring and touch-ups.

View all photos of the japanese phoenix tattoo outline.

Good afternoon sports fans. It is going to be another fantastic year for watching softball. This year Mikayla’s softball team has gone through a series of changes, for the best of course, and their schedule is posted below.

First, their team has moved from the YMCA to the Goddard Junior Softball Recreational League. Although the YMCA was a great way for the kids to be introduced the basics of softball, it just wasn’t the type of playing that these girls should be doing. The Goddard League is a bit more competitive, not as competitive as let’s say…Westurban, but more so than the YMCA.

Second, they have gone from a machine pitch game to a kid pitch game. This means this year they will do away with the machine pitch and have a kid pitch game. And guess who’s one of a handful of pitchers for the team this year? Mikayla!

So get out your lawn chairs, pack up some snacks and water and come out to Goddard to cheer Mikayla and the All-Stars on toward victory. See you at the fields!

All games posted below are at the Goddard Junior Softball Recreational League fields (get directions to the fields | see what field she is on) and are on either a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday night (p.m.).

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.

Julian turns 1 on Friday, April 25th! We are having a birthday party for him at our house that evening at 7pm. You are all invited to come and help us celebrate this momentous event. If you need directions to the house, please call us. If you plan on coming or would like to wish Julian a happy birthday, drop us a note. Thanks.

Update: Juli and I can hardly believe it has already been an entire year since Julian was born. He is getting so big now. He is crawling all over the house, climbing stairs, cruising around furniture and walking (with support of course). He has two bottom teeth and two top teeth (one of them is on the verge of popping through) and he has started eating real foods (not from a jar).