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.

So the guys at work decided to all have a beard contest. It began in early November and will last until late December. Essentially the rules are simple. Grow your beard out, style it and get points. The beard contest can be followed by going to The 360 Office website.

Scott was able to get a couple of shots of my initial beard styles on Monday and Tuesday. More styles will come at the end of December at the closing of this years contest. Enjoy!

I was putting up lights on the house yesterday and found myself wanting to stay up there longer than usual. When it’s roughly 40° outside (and windy) and you’re putting Christmas lights up on the house your instinct is to put them up quickly and get inside. But when it’s 75° and sunny, getting off the roof is not first in your mind.

Another thing that was far from my mind was Christmas. Although it was November 18th, the weather made it feel more like September 18th. So as much work as I was doing to get prepared for Christmas, it was hard to think Santa was coming in about a month.

I also meant to take some photos from on top of the house while I was up there. From on top, we have quite a sweet view of the back of Target, the front of the new Office Depot (off in the distance) and miles and miles of rooftops. If I think of of it before it drops to 40° on Wednesday, I’ll climb back off and snap a few shots to share.

The McClure family is on their way to a full recovery from Pertussis (more commonly referred to as Whooping Cough). A few weeks ago, Mikayla’s school had several kids diagnosed with Pertussis and sent home notes warning parents of the seriousness of it, warning signs of it and asked to have any kids acting crazy to get tested immediately. Long story short…I took JK, Kennedi and Mikayla in to see their pediatrician. Mikayla was tested and we were notified the very next afternoon that she was infected.

The whole family was put on antibiotics immediately and Juli and I were asked to get our immunization shots updated to aid in preventing future breakouts. So, here we are. Back to a road of normalcy.

On a more positive note, Mikayla (after being released from a 5 day quarantine from the general public) shot a three-pointer at Saturday’s basketball game. Their team (The Storm) devastated their opponents (Triple Threat) 35 to 5. Go Storm! In addition to winning their Saturday game, The Storm took second in the pre-season Biddy Ball tournament that ended last week with The Storm losing to The Dream Team.