Today was an extremely exciting day. Today was the first time that David saw me as a a patient at the dental school! I followed David downtown and didn't have to sit out in the waiting room with all the other patients thankfully. I enjoyed the special treatment. It DOES take a long time, but I really had fun seeing David in his element with all the other soon-to-be dentists. David did a great job with me got my teeth super clean. He also found two spots on my teeth that need to be fixed...bummer. He said that they're not true cavities yet though...so he will just seal them up for me. I think I'm going to like having a dentist as a husband... however, I'm not sure if David will like dealing with my constant questions while I'm in his chair. :)

Tonight Katherine Thorpe and I went and saw the third Twilight movie Eclipse! We loved it! Can't wait for the next one to come out already! Thanks for going with me Katherine!

Michael Buble!

Shame on me...it has been two weeks since my last blog. However, it's been a busy two weeks. I have finished my 4 hours of grad school for the summmer now! The two week class wasn't too bad. It took quite a bit of work, but I'm glad to have it done and actually feel like I learned something. Barstow work is still going good. I have one more week to work swim club and then I will teach a class called Divalicious.

This weekend was really fun. On Friday night we worked in the yard all night and then went to our favorite pizza place...Pizza Shoppe. On Saturday morning I got busy and ran with Deuce, sprayed our house for disgusting bugs inside and out, vacuumed out my car, and then washed it. By that time I had a heat headache, so then I relaxed inside and watched the soccer game and read. Saturday night we went to Mya Kohlmier's 2nd birthday party. Mya is the daughter of one of David's friends from school. Back in April I gave David tickets to Michael Buble and Saturday night was the concert finally! We ate downtown after the party and then headed into the Sprint Center for our first concert in KC! He was really good and has an amazing voice! He sounded just as good live as he does on his CD's. We had a great time and it felt like it was David's birthday all over again!



Here's some of our most recent pictures of Deuce. He's a big boy now and can ride in the back of the truck without his crate!



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Here's a video from the concert!

Class...Again...Ugh.

We had a nice couple of days after our anniversary. I went to work half days (real hard I know) and honestly, just layed out and tanned while the kids played in the pool. David's week in the clinic finished up nicely and I'm still holding out hope that he will blog his new clinic life. :)

I had a one hour weekend grad class this weeeknd, so I had class on Friday night and Saturday morning and day time. It was fine and I'm glad to have it done.

On Saturday night we went to Grayson Foster's one year-old birthday party at Adam and Becca's house. Two years ago, if someone had told us that we would be going to one year-old birthday parties AND having a great time at them, I don't think we would have believed it. Regardless, that's where we were and we had a WONDERFUL time. It was fun to hang out with friends and relax. Adam and Becca, great job with the party!...and Becca I still want that mac n' cheese recipe! Here we are with Jason and Jessica and Mitch and Nicole.



After church today we had a great lunch with some good friends from Sunday school. We went to the Holy Land cafe with Wes and Lindsey, Matt and Dianna, Mitch and Nicole, Chris and Sarah, Erick and Anna, and Mark and Lisa. Big group! Sorry, no picture from lunch.

Tomorrow I start my two week masters class in the mornings. Ugh. I'm not looking forward to it at all because my syllabus said to plan for HOURS of homework each night...hard to do in the summer for me.

2 Year Anniversary

We can't believe that we have been married two years already! Our two-year anniversary was yesterday and we celebrated by going out to dinner. We went to a restaurant called Figlio's on the Plaza and got to sit outside on the balcony. We enjoyed talking about the last two years and what the next two might be like. We've moved, started school, got jobs, changed jobs, built flower beds, pulled up carpet, gotten two pets, and explored a new city. We wouldn't trade these two years together for anything in the world. The next two years of David being in the clinic and me cotinuing to work and finishing my masters seem pretty exciting and something to look forward to, but we definitely have not wished away these first two and will always look at the last two years as some of the funnest times in our married life.

What did we get each other you ask? We got each other the little Deuce dog himself. Our living, breathing present to one another.







David's first day in the clinic was today. He saw two patients and everything went well. Hopefully David will have time to blog about it this weekend.

Lots of Family in Town

Wow what a crazy long weekend! We had tons and tons of family in town for David's white coat ceremony. Mom, Dad, Tripp, Kathy, Mike, and Ben all came into town Thursday afternoon and we grilled chicken and made homemade ice cream! Yum!



Ben, Mike, and Dad just hanging out on the back porch.



Tripp and his growing nephew.



Making ice cream in the yard.

On Friday David had his white coat ceremony, which was a ceremony to show the change from mostly classes and lab work to primarily patient care. He is now going to be seeing patients every day in the clinic. This part of dental school also lasts two years just like the last part. We have been looking forward to this part basically since the beginning. The massive amount of classes is over, as well as the massive amount of tests (minus the studying this summer for his first round of boards in August). The pressure is different now. He is in charge of patients' dental care and is hoping to truly "do no harm."



Dental school friends at the ceremony.



The guys.



Outside the school after receiving his white coat. It says, "UMKC School of Dentistry, David Rainwater."





On Friday night we all went and ate dinner at Spin Neopolitan Pizza and then went and played putt putt. We played at the Mission Bowl off Johnson drive and it was the craziest course any of us had ever played. The course itself was incredably nice, but so hard! There were legitimate water hazards and rock traps! Anyone who wants a challenging course, play there. It was hilarious and we had a great time.

On Saturday morning the Rainwaters left and my mom and dad and Tripp stayed to celebrate Tripp's birthday (which is Tuesday). We went and ate lunch at Oklahoma Joe's and then they helped us put of blinds in the living and dining room, which look great. Sorry, no pictures. Then we went and ate dinner at the Power and Light District at The Peachtree restaurant. Afterward we came home and had cake and gave Tripp his birthday presents.







Thank you everyone for coming up. We had a wonderful weekend with everyone and appreciate you so much. We couldn't ask for better families. John and Sarah, you were greatly missed! Here's a video of Ben being "pack leader."