Valentine's Day at our favorite place

Jake & I spent Valentine's Day in our favorite place--his new office. We took over all the things we've been collecting for the last few months & put together furniture, set out decorations & cleaned. It was so nice to see it come together after all these months. I love to see the decor make it more warm & welcoming.
We started around 4PM, packed up our cars & headed over with our kids. We had hoped they would watch a movie while we worked, but that didn't last very long. After an hour, I took the kids home, got them settled, packed up the car again & went back to the office. We worked for a couple more hours & then went out for a bite to eat. We went back & cleaned things up good--the dirt just seems to be in the air. We've had it cleaned twice already, but the floors & counters were still grimy. The construction workers have some odds & ends laying around so we piled stuff in boxes so it looked ready for business & not like a construction zone still. We finished around 10PM & just are so happy with how it's turned out. I am so proud of Jake!!
Here's some photos of Jake's office. There are still some things to do (like hang photos, mirrors & clocks--marble for the desk in the consultation room--computers/tvs still to be hooked up--), but these are the ones I have for now to show off. I took them at night so the pictures came out darker than how it really looks. I'll post more when the office is more complete. Click on the photos to see a bigger view.








Waiting Area in his office. There is a wall fountain that still needs to go on the wall by the tree.









Reception Area


















The main bathroom--I love glass tiles!





Supply Room--still empty. We need those boxes!!










Hallways to the operatories



Sterilization Room (Lab at the end)

IT'S THE BIG DAY!!

Tomorrow is the first day for Jake's office to be open. It has been a crazy week & not everything has fallen into place. The office is so close to being done--lots of little odds & ends and landscaping left. Nothing that would hold back Jake from doing dentistry. However, it would be nice if the UPS truck would deliver his supplies!! Jake & his staff were there Friday at 8AM ready & waiting for the UPS man to show up. The hours ticked by & they finally called to see when it would arrive. They couldn't get through to who they needed to talk to & left messages. At about 2PM, the truck pulled up next door, so his front desk gal, Jenny, ran out there & talked to the guy. He told her he came at 9:20 & 9:40, but there were only construction trucks there so he thought no one was there to take the boxes. Are you kidding me? He didn't even walk into the building & check. Jake finally got a hold of someone on the phone locally & they would not agree to send the boxes back to his office. The boxes are in a trailer surrounded by other boxes so he'd have to wait until Monday. Hello...that's when he is opening his office for business. It didn't matter how much Jake pushed they wouldn't budge. So, his patients have been moved back to the afternoon & they are keeping their fingers crossed that the truck will show up first thing in the morning so they can unload 40 boxes, unpack, sterilize & set up before the first patient arrives. It will be a hectic day, but it's ok. This is what we've worked towards.

Busy Times, but Wouldn't Change It!!

For the past several months we have been working on Jake's office--getting it designed, picking out all the details, watching it go from a dirt pad to being framed & finally almost seeing the finished product. Jake is just days away from opening up his own dental practice!! This has been such a long wait for him. Since he returned from his mission back in 1994 he has looked forward to when he would be the owner of his own dental office. I am so proud of how hard he has worked. Everything didn't just fall into place for him, either. We graduated from college in 1997 & here we are 11 years later. However, I don't think we would change any of the trials, stresses or experiences that we faced to have made it go faster. It has been an amazing ride & I know we are both stronger for all that we have gone through.
His opening day is scheduled for February 16th. He will be open on Mondays & Fridays and then continue to work at Willowtree the other days until his patient load increases enough to be on his own completely. It's hard to believe that his office will be ready by then, but things are cruising. All the equipment is going in now, carpet is finishing up and the cleaning crew comes in next week. We are so happy with how it looks. It's not the easiest job to design the inside of a dental office (Jake has put a lot of trust in me), but we really like it & have gotten several comments on how good it looks. I will post the finished product once it's completed.


This is Jake's business card. We are working on getting them out to businesses & individuals & hoping it brings people into the office. Anyone interested?--give us a call. =)

Funny how kids think

This morning at 6:30 AM, Brooklyn comes into our room. She walked around our bed to my side & I hear this THUMP. Next thing I know she just starts bawling. She makes her way to my side & tells me she hit her nose. She apparently ran into the foot board of our bed with her nose. I picked her up & pulled her into bed with me. I held her for a little bit & she kept sniffling. She sits up & tells me "Mom, my nose doesn't work". I wasn't sure I understood her so I asked her "What?". She repeated it again & I just started laughing. Jake let out a chuckle--I thought he slept through this whole ordeal, but I guess her crying did wake him up. I realized her nose had gotten stuffy from crying so much. The only way her little mind could explain to herself what was going on was that her nose just stopped working & she couldn't breathe through it anymore. What a funny little girl. I love how your little mind works, Brooke!!