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  For everyone who thought I’d end up homeless... you were wrong. #dadlife #saturday #stuff #homeownership #garagecleanout #yesallthisstuffsparksjoyforme

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  Huge congrats to this TJ boys cross country team who placed 1st in their division this morning at the Lake Highlands Invitational! @1017.leo @kev.6776 @dtx.jmtz @tjpatriotscc (Yoan and Enrique, I don’t know your handles!)

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  The harvest moon rose over Max Goldsmith Stadium tonight as Lewisville, led by their dynamic junior quarterback Taylen Green (a defector from Allen U), dominated McKinney Boyd 41-16. #fridaynightlights

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  Week 2 - back at the ol’ Tom Landry Stadium shooting for the home team yet again #fridaynightlights

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  the most underappreciated fall sport #crosscountry

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  It’s that time of the year again... started off Week 1 with a classic Dallas ISD matchup between South Oak Cliff and Skyline. SOC pulled off the dramatic comeback victory, but Skyline proved they still have one of the funkiest bands in town. #fridaynightlights

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  My screenwriting and directorial debut featuring TCA dad Tony Romo and Coach Mike Singletary co-starring alongside the King twins as fake dads, my amazing wife @kemcwh, all our kids, and a bunch of amazing fellow @tca_alumni_addison alumni who generously volunteered their time to create the perfect tailgate scene. Little Bro even snuck in a cameo appearance going after Tony’s chips. @eclakley @kristincgray @cbillman223 Thanks to @draftrmedia for helping on the crew.

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  Seven years ago, @wscottcheney and @rebeccacheney, freshly arrived from Chicago, walked up to us in the zoo that was group connect and wrote their names down on a clipboard (see fifth photo). In the years since, they have truly become family (and according to our will, if Kelly and I died, our five kids would literally become their family 😬). Now they and their 4+ kids are stepping out to start a new home group, providing a place of belonging for new members of Northway Church. Never have I experienced true biblical community like I have over the past 7 years with these folks right here. We’re gonna miss them like crazy, but are excited to see what God has for them in this new season.

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  Our second first day at @wdcschool - adding Little C this year

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  To all you TJ kids starting a new chapter in college today - we love you, we’re proud of you, and we’re praying for you!  Seek the Lord first, stay focused, work diligently, meet people that are different from you, make mistakes, and remember that in the end, all we have is grace.  We are always in your corner. @dav_07 @ronald._.05 @rojas.sofiaa @___aj.____ @lissagalvan_ @jayygutierrezz @friitzyyy @uglyjesus._ @loganbruce7 @itspepei @juanromano21 @bryan_castanedaa @aidanl_6 @deandre011 and anyone else I missed.

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  #title9trip - Part 4 of 4

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  #title9trip - Part 3 of 4 (in the fourth picture, @thejakegreen lost his Apple Watch while cliff jumping into Lake Crescent, but his heroic scuba-diving stuntwoman wife @nikkitomlinsonla dove down 30 feet to retrieve it!)

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  #title9trip - Part 2 of 4

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  In last year’s “Summer of Love,” we saw three of the original six Road Trippers tie the knot and @kemcwh‘s 8-year reign as the only Road Trip wife come to an end. Last week, a new era began as the 14th annual trip was the first ever to include wives. #title9trip - Part 1 of 4

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  #waylatergram Part IV of #McwhorterMidwesternMayhem - returning from Chicago with a stop at the O’Dea’s in Tulsa

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  Assistant @jeremypopelevison waits for the elevator before an early morning shoot yesterday at the Hilton Granite Park in Plano.

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  Where it all begins - a little late night soccer in #nwdallas with @danielleon1979 @susannacarrera and the #TJsoccerfamilia. It’s great to see @dennilson.d out there running around on that repaired knee getting ready for his senior season. #TheTimeWeHaveHere

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  #mcwhortermidwesternmayhem Part III

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  sisters

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  #mcwhortermidwesternmayhem - Part II (featuring the Museum of Science and Industry, Maggie Daley Park, Lake Michigan swimming, a little public urination, and Cars 3) - thanks for @northclarkcreative for all the Chicago insider tips

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  A few weeks ago, we took a family road trip to Chicago via St. Louis. I spent most of my “down time” finalizing details for the publication of #TheTimeWeHaveHere, so I didn’t really mess with managing/posting photos from the trip. So here they are a couple weeks late in four installments. - Part I #mcwhortermidwesternmayhem

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  Capturing the beautiful people of #nwdallas at our 8th annual #tvctransform with @tvcdallas and @kristencollie - A couple of moms told me they’ve been coming for 5+ years and have the prints from each year all framed together on the wall.

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  Cool story - I’m up in Plano this morning shooting some new hire headshots for Granite Properties - a commercial real estate company. One of the people I’m shooting is Yudy Maldonado @dreamer026. Making small talk, she asks me if corporate work is all I do. I tell her no, my passion is actually documentary photojournalism, but I do this to pay the bills. I briefly mention #TheTimeWeHaveHere. She tells me her parents immigrated from El Salvador in the 1980s during the Salvadoran Civil War, she went to TJ, graduated in ‘05 with Willie Ruiz (one of the voices in the project) and saw the project on his Facebook page. It made her cry, and she shared with all her family and friends. Really encouraging to see the way this story is reaching the public and having an impact.

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  Today we played in the mud and bought ice cream from a Nigerian man named Godspower. Today was a good day.

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  “It’s easier if you have long arms... Abraham Lincoln would probably be really good at this.” - Clara - Las Tres Chiquitas killed it on their first trip to the climbing gym today. They started out a little timid but 5 hours later (long after dad’s forearms gave out!) they were still climbing like spider monkeys.

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  a little Saturday service with the @tvcdallas home group helping brother @joshlagunez and his pops wash some vans @dallasedu #pp

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  new business cards #summertimeprojects

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  I am moved to see #TheTimeWeHaveHere on the front page of this morning’s @dallasnews (link in profile). While there are bigger fancier papers out there, the Dallas Morning News has always been “The Paper” for me.  I grew up reading it on the breakfast table every morning, and the photo essays I saw there, like @davidjleeson and @cheryldiazmeyer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work from Iraq, contributed to my desire to become a photojournalist. #TheTimeWeHaveHere is a story about my hometown, my neighborhood – so it is an honor to have it featured in my hometown newspaper.  A huge thank you to DOP @crankybrooklynite and editor-in-chief @mWilstory for trusting me as a freelancer and giving these pictures more space than I ever could have hoped for (Sunday 1A and 18 photos over 4 inside pages, bilingual online interactive, Spanish language podcast, and Spanish language print publication!). An even bigger thanks to photo editor @mhamtil for pouring his heart and soul into this project before it ever had anything to do with his official paid job. Ultimately though, this story isn’t about me or the Dallas Morning News.  It’s about a group of young men who were courageous enough to share the most intimate details of their lives in hopes that their stories might encourage others and foster greater understanding in our community. So the greatest thanks will always go to @ernes2mtz, @dav_07, @jromanoo10, @sergio_mendez04, @deleon__11, @c.orbelin10, @hugo_avina7, Coach Wolveck, @rojas.sofiaa, @___aj.____ and the rest of the #TJsoccerfamilia. (also, phot cred goes to @rebeccacheney because I’m in Chicago!)

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  Bryan Gamez, who emigrated from El Salvador in 2014 to escape gang recruitment, describes uncertainty he and other immigrant students at TJ experience as they await the outcome of asylum cases. - Look for #TheTimeWeHaveHere tomorrow morning in the Sunday edition of the Dallas Morning News and on www.dallasnews.com.

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  “after school, that’s when the real work for us begins.” - After almost 2 years of work, #TheTimeWeHaveHere, a multimedia documentary project about the Hispanic immigrant soccer players at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, is set to be published online and in print this week by @dallasnews. I will be sharing one short vignette per day between now and Sunday when it will appear in print.

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  “They’ve never had anything free in their lives...” - TJ varsity soccer coach Mark Wolveck and inclusion ESL teacher Willie Ruiz discuss the culture shock their immigrant students experience. - After almost 2 years of work, #TheTimeWeHaveHere, a multimedia documentary project about the Hispanic immigrant soccer players at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, is set to be published online and in print this week by @dallasnews. I will be sharing one short vignette per day between now and Sunday when it will appear in print.

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  In 2016, according to the UN, there were 56.52 homicides per 100,000 people in Honduras. Cesar Escobar describes the first time he witnessed one as a 6-year-old. - After almost 2 years of work, #TheTimeWeHaveHere, a multimedia documentary project about the Hispanic immigrant soccer players at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, is set to be published online and in print this week by @dallasnews. I will be sharing one short vignette per day between now and Sunday when it will appear in print.

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  Much of 15-year-old Cesar Escobar’s northward journey through Mexico was spent cramped in the back of a tractor trailer cab with two women and their children, but at times, to avoid risky checkpoints, they would set out on foot. - After almost 2 years of work, #TheTimeWeHaveHere, a multimedia documentary project about the Hispanic immigrant soccer players at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, is set to be published online and in print this week by @dallasnews. I will be sharing one short vignette per day between now and Sunday when it will appear in print.

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  I guess Merle Haggard hasn’t been to Muskogee lately. #McWhorterMidwesternMayhem

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  Former TJ soccer player Cesar Escobar, who just graduated in May, describes a tense encounter with Mexican authorities on his 2015 journey as an unaccompanied minor from Honduras to the U.S. - After almost 2 years of work, #TheTimeWeHaveHere, a multimedia documentary project about the Hispanic immigrant soccer players at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, is set to be published online and in print this week by @dallasnews. I will be sharing one short vignette per day between now and Sunday when it will appear in print.

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  We sent Auntie Sarah off today with an adventure to the #LLELA and the fourth installment of the #mcwhortermunicipalinfrastructureinvestigation.  After climbing the #LewisvilleDam and seeing the point from which most Dallas drinking water originates, we did something few Dallasites have ever done (and something I’ve never done in 27 years in this city) – intentionally swam in the #TrinityRiver!  And it was glorious. (I guess we’ll see if one of us comes down with E. coli or Giardia in the next few days!)

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  Astros starter Framber Valdez figuratively takes one on the chin - giving up a 4-spot and exiting in the first - while shortstop Alex Bregman literally takes one on the chin - exiting in the third for four stitches courtesy of a Shin-Soo Choo grounder off the mound.

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  Surviving the summer heat by introducing the girls to the psychedelic world of @photoshop with a little digital art and creative writing. Nothing will ever beat #kidpix though!

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  watching #kaboomtown with our @tvcdallas home group on that grassy hill at Brookhaven College.

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  Tryna stay cool over here at Polk Park

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  For a lot my insta followers, this is no big deal, but my fellow gringos might be as surprised as I was to learn that a lot of Hispanic kids, after losing a tooth, expect a nocturnal visit not from the Tooth Fairy but from a little rat named “Ratoncito” who steals your tooth and leaves you a treat. Just one of the many new and wonderful things @bertharamirezz09 has taught the McWhorter family! (although technically @dav_07 was the first to enlighten us). Also, shoutout to Bertha for making a late night Target run after a long first day of work to make the magic happen for little Eva.

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  stump grindin’

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  another beautiful morning at #bachmanlake with TJXC.

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  Fellow redheads Little Bro and @edyguiza29 practice their English language vocab together on the sidelines of today’s #TJsoccerfamilia summer league game. Player/coach @danielleon1979 is doing a great job training this new bunch in soccer and in manhood!

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  Tonight started out happy for Elvis and the boys... not so much for the finish.

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  Minutes after taking the oath of office, new Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson speaks to the media about his plans to address a recent spike in violent crime.  Johnson was really thrown into the deep end today with an active shooter event at the downtown federal courthouse unfolding just an hour before his inauguration. On assignment for @dallasnews

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  To feed a gaggle of girls two weeks ago at Ellie’s 7th birthday party, we ran to Little Caesars and picked up a couple of Hot-N-Readys.  Tonight in Royse City, at the birthday party of one of Ellie’s classmates, we were treated to authentic Mexican barbacoa de borrego – meat from one of their own lambs which they slaughtered by hand yesterday and slow-cooked for 24 hours in an underground pit. #crossculturaleducation #farmtotable #thebirthdaygirltoldmeshedidntliketheseveredhead

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  On the job today in #MidlothianTX - always enjoy the opportunity to partner with other small businesses

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  This is where I am happiest - in the backyard with our @tvcdallas home group celebrating our #TJHS seniors (and @danielleon1979’s 40th birthday!) tonight with a classic cookout.

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  #nwdallas #bachmanlake

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  Power outage in the McWhorter house. Hope everybody’s coming back on soon!

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  Khris Davis of the Oakland @athletics

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  Jeffrey McWhorter Photography Annual Global Leadership Summit at Northwest Dallas’ swankiest corporate retreat center #bachmanlake

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  Working on the @dallasnews print layout for #TheTimeWeHaveHere this morning with superstar photo editor @mhamtil who has shepherded this project (mostly on a pro bono basis) since February 2018. I haven’t really gone through this process since my photojournalism classes at @utaustintx, and I had forgotten how enjoyable it is. We’re getting close!

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  Catching up on a few family snaps from the past two months

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  Pretty solid 7-year-old birthday party

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  Shoutout to @dgreagan on her last day as the nature studies teacher at @wdcschool. She taught me nature studies at @pcsoftexas in the mid-90s and taught Ellie this year at @wdcschool. She’s also the mom of one of my closest lifelong friends @jhreag

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  Getting Captain America’s autograph - “He thinks I’m Dak,” Staubach quipped.

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  Dakota

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  🇨🇺 - Cuba - Part II

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  Enjoying a game as just a fan. Some of my favorite childhood memories were made in this beautiful Texas ballpark and I’m really going to miss it.

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  🇨🇺- Back in February, I had the opportunity to go to Cuba, thanks to @reid1000 and @hppres. While we were mostly shooting video (right, @charliejkaye?), I got to walk around and get some stills as well. Street photography has never really been my main thing; but when in Cuba, you gotta try to tap into your inner @webb_norriswebb. This will probably be the first of a few Cuba posts.

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  Thomas Jefferson High School senior Cesar Escobar, who emigrated from Honduras as an unaccompanied minor in 2015, is joined by his mother Rosa Escobar, coach Mark Wolveck, and many friends as he signs a letter of intent to play soccer at Austin College next year on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas. #TheTimeWeHaveHere - congrats @dav_07!

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  Summer’s comin’ #slurpeerun

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  @younglives Mother’s Day

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  Prom #TheTimeWeHaveHere

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  I find her like this every morning. Doesn’t every kid use a “sleeping hood”?

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  @thechildrenschorus at the Meyerson

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  Ten years ago today we went to Rudy’s BBQ and celebrated your 22nd birthday with the 3200 Duval gang. Tonight we took our four kids to Klyde Warren Park and Shake Shack. @kemcwh, I truly do love you more every year.

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  Springtime on campus at @texaschristianuniversity - pretending to be a college student again for a week really made me miss the glory days at @utaustintx

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  One year ago, Thomas and Ami Davis’ 3-month-old daughter Ellie died in the care of a licensed in-home day care facility in Frisco, Texas.  The cause of death was ruled as Sudden Unexplained Infant Death with possible positional asphyxiation, and investigators told them it was a tragic accident that could have happened in their own home.  The Davises don’t feel the day care facility was held accountable and are the subject of an investigative piece in today’s @statesman about Texas’ handling of day care facility deaths.

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  @dav_07 @sergio_mendez21 and @ernes2mtz went downtown to the @dallasnews Commerce Street headquarters yesterday to record a Spanish-only interview for Al Día reporter @jennymanriquec’s “Latinos Al Día” podcast. The podcast will be incorporated into a multi-platform bilingual publication of #TheTimeWeHaveHere coming in May. Stay tuned!

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  Dallas police officer Crystal Almeida, right, receives a hug from Chief U. Renee Hall before receiving the Theodore Roosevelt Police Award on Thursday, April 11, 2019. Almeida was shot in the face while making an arrest last year at a Northeast Dallas Home Depot - an incident in which her partner, Rogelio Santander, was shot and killed.

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  It was a beautiful night at the ballpark, and things started out well with a 3-run shot from @elvis_andrus1988, but the relief pitching fell apart as Oakland’s Khris Davis “khrushed” his league-leading 10th home run to put the A’s out front for good. Also, the Rangers paid tribute to Dirk with a “41” on the back of the mound.