Lagoon

We had a great season at Lagoon. Our last day there was spent in cool temperatures and without the hassle of mid-summer crowds. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Ritzman for the season passes! We really enjoyed our time.

Basketball

In this video a typical summer morning with Dada is captured. This summer Munchkin developed strong skills in dribbling and shooting a basketball. He's a natural!

Basketball from Taylor Hadfield on Vimeo.

Mannerisms

"Get me a drink. Snap, snap" said Munchkin to his adoring parents.

The Fall of Mobile-Dentistry

As an assignment in my last semester of school, I was supposed to perform a "Nacho's Grande" sized community service effort. Two of my closest friends and I coordinated efforts with a local dentist and offered dental care to residents of long-term care facilities. Things went so well that the dentist involved in this project offered us employment as hygienists who would practice mobile dentistry.
It took a lot of hard work, but he kept speaking of a pay rate that would make our efforts well worth our time. We performed many in-services for the staff at various care facilities and spread the word of our new practice on our free time. Things were growing slowly, but surely. The practice was finally to the point where a hygienist could work a day treating patients and make pay similar to what is usually seen in a full weeks time. Then, the plug on mobile dentistry was pulled!
After our biggest day the dentist sent out an e-mail simply stating that he was financially broke and needed the income that the hygiene portion of the practice was producing.
A month later I was still waiting for payment regarding services already rendered. He then told me that our practice was bankrupt and he would have to revert to an "average hygiene salary" for my time. I didn't accept his low-ball deal and held all of his equipment hostage until he could muster up my full payment. It took a couple of weeks, but I won. I finally received full payment for my time with Mobile-Dentistry. What a head-ache that was!
Floor and I took all of his equipment to his home late last night and ditched it on his front porch. Smell ya later, Mobile-Dentistry.