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I've been dreading this dentist visit for months.

I've had hurty spots in my mouth for a long time, and it's been even longer since we've seen a dentist. I just knew I was going to have 14 cavities and two root canals, and they were going to look at me with disgust and ask me if I even brush my teeth ever, or do I just rub sugar on them?

So when my cute lady dentist pulled her mirror wand out of my mouth, foot-pumped my chair back up and told me the diagnosis, I couldn't believe it:

Sealant on one tooth!

They gave me some Sensodyne and told me I just have sensitive teeth. Heck, I'll take sensitive teeth over my 16 imaginary rotten teeth. I am sore on my gums, because I don't floss correctly. Apparently, the right way to do so is to dig and dig until you cry, and then dig some more until your tooth falls out. I did not know this.

In other news, we hosted Education Week at our house this year. Just kidding, but we did have Kendy, McKay's sister stay with us for the week. McKay's parents were here every second they could be. McKay's dad teaches three classes at Education Week up here at BYU, but I like to think it's just an excuse to fly up here to see Tyler.

An "In Case You Forgot About Texas" present.

Kevin taught in the Marriot Center this year, which is the biggest venue at Education Week. I enjoyed bragging about it.

He was a little nervous.

But he did great. We knew he would.

Hinckleys, Hinckleys and more Hinckleys. And a Cox.

McKay's parents showered us in food. Here's a McFlurry (and a Tyler frantically trying to steal it).

A tower of onion rings at Red Robin.

(Not pictured are visits to J-Dawg's, Noodles N' Company, Little Caesar's, P.F. Chang's, BYU Catering, etc. I am very much looking forward to living close to them again.)

Marie and her two kids, Evelyn and Edison came up for the week as well.

Aunt Kendy had toy cars for both these boys, and it worked for a while, until Tyler decided he wanted both.

Don't be fooled, that's not a hug.

Evenlyn got silly-shy during picture time and took shelter between the couches.

Tyler and Grandpa had a grand time spinning crouquet balls on the coffee table. It reminded me of this:

Which then reminded me of this:

We had a great time with everyone, thanks for coming out to see us on your various trips!

I'm going to go take some Tylenol now.

Ole! It's showtime!

Well, it looks like McKay will be this guy for the rest of the summer, tooting his horn for Tahitian Noni! It's a health food company based here in Provo, and he got an internship in their research department!

YAY!

We are one step closer to graduating!

And, if nothing else, it gives me license to sing this song as much as I want for the next three months:

Big Band Dance!

Last Saturday, McKay and I went to a forties-style dance for an early Valentine's, and it was a blast. It was all World War II/Wartime themed. Synthesis played all night, and there were a few people who sang songs from the forties for us, like "Moon River" and "It Don't Mean a Thing" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." I went a bit crazy getting myself all dolled up. McKay did try to find a pair of suspenders, so I wasn't the only one!There were also a LOT of very talented swing dancers there as well. I wish I had some pictures or better clips of them, it was amazing! McKay and I were one of the less coordinated couples, but we still had so much fun.

Here's Synthesis, the big band.


Some fun "advertisements" at our table.


Here's us all dolled up (okay, me all dolled up). You can't tell in this picture very well that I've got an awesome victory roll on the side of my hair, so I added a little clip where you can see it in motion (I need validation, I spent an hour on it!), and also a clip of the music. If you look on the right side of the clip, you can sort of see some of the swing dancers who were really good. They were the only ones brave enough to be up dancing while everyone else was sitting and enjoying the singing :)




I can't help adding this too: a couple of my friends and I went to a warehouse sale for Shade Clothing, and got everything for 75% off and even more! This was my loot!

Museum

This last week, Tyler and I went to the Bean Museum with a bunch of our friends. The museum is basically someone's huge collection of stuffed exotic animals. Kind of a gross hobby, but fun to look at, especially with a 1 year old, who is just starting to realize that animals are different from any other inanimate object.

This baboon was pretty much the greatest thing the museum had to offer. It was a battle tearing Tyler away from it.

These wolves were pretty cool too.

Before I started recording, Tyler was calling the lions "gogs" (dogs), but I think he could shy in front of Hailey (the girl next to him).

For some reason, Tyler LOVED these deer, almost as much as the baboon. Not even a Bengal Tiger could get his attention away!