Dr. Dave

In just 6 more months this young baby face with braces will be a doctor! We are so excited for Dave to be done with dental school. On many occasions Dave's patients have commented on how young he looks or asked him his age. (Braces really tend to make a person look especially young.) In general, I think his boyish good looks :) have served him well, but as a doctor this trait may not be seen as a positive thing by his patients.

However, I suspect Dave has found ways to successfully intimidate his patients in the chair. I always tease him that he must be threatening his patients, shouting threats such as "If you don't open your mouth, sit still, and bring me a gift at your next appointment, this root canal may just turn into an extraction- with no anesthesia...bwaa hahahah"

Over the past year and a half Dave has been seeing patients; and he's received a multitude of unique gifts from patients, many of them being extremely generous. When I ask him why they gave him such a nice present, he always responds with some bland generality like "She's a really sweet lady" or "He's a fun, nice guy." He doesn't fool me though. I know how intimidating a person can be when they're coming at your mouth with a 2 inch long needle.

Here are some of my favorites that he has brought home:

A cute hand knitted hat for Lizzy.

Three pounds of delicious Golden Chanterelle Mushrooms that normally sell anywhere from $20-$40 per pound!

A 2 person kayak- we've had ALOT of fun with this one.

Jars of homemade blackberry jam.

A FarSide tear away calendar.

A cooler full of 8 pounds of fresh Alaskan King Crab Legs. We ate crab dipped in butter, crab pasta, you name it, for days.

Cinnamon rolls, but not your ordinary ones. They were a special family recipe with homemade cream in the center and deep fried.

Assortments of chocolates.

And my favorite- a Speed Racer POSTER. Haha- very random but a nice thought.