Oak Park Dental

This is the dental practice Brody will most likely be working for when he graduates in June. We visited it about 2 weeks ago and love-love-loved it. The dentist/owner is revising the contract right now and will probably have it to us on Wednesday.
It is a huge practice and Brody has the potential to do really great there. They get about 300 new patients a month! The economy is strong in Lake Charles, and the town is growing. The 2 dentist that are there are booked out for 7 months. So, they really need a new dentist and I know Brody will get tons of great experience there. A lot of the staff has been there for 15-20 years, so they are very efficient, professional, nice, and have it all together. The dentist/owner is probably one of the nicest guys ever. Every one of his staff, and people in the community just love him. He also seems like he will be a great mentor and will be able to help Brody with anything.
The town seems nice. The people were really nice and friendly. They are obsessed with eating good ol' Cajun food. Everyone we met talked about crayfish, gumbo, shrimp, etc. I'm sure it won't take us long to become Cajun fans ourselves.
We know there are other options that could work for us, but we both really feel like this is the best. We are excited to know where the next step in our lives is probably going to be.

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving in Houston this year. It was so fun for us to visit my family. Baylor had a blast hanging out and playing with cousins. We arrived in Houston Wednesday and stayed until Sundays. On Sunday Brody and I went to Lake Charles and left the kiddos in Houston so my parents could watch them, and we could check out a dental practice in peace and quiet. I'll tell you more about the dental practice in the next post, but to sum it up, it was great and the dentist and his staff were so nice. Here are some pictures from Houston. I just realized I don't have any pictures of Thanksgiving, but if you use your imagination I'm sure you could picture it. It probably looked similar to yours but just add a lot of crazy Jensens. I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday. Happy Thanksgiving!

Say Cheese

Well my little munchkin is starting to talk. He says most of the basics. He'll say, Mama, Dada, thank you, bath time, and my favorite, cheese. It's my favorite because of how he says it. He'll hold the "E" sound out for a long time and slur the "S". I'm sure you mom's know what I'm talking about. Cheese was his first word. You know you take a lot of pictures of your kids when that is their first word.

LA here we come

Don't be too jealous. It's not this LA.
It's this LA.We will be going to Lake Charles, LA. to check out a dental practice. The owner will fly us to Houston over Thanksgiving weekend and wants us to drive to Lake Charles, which is only 2 hours away, on Monday and Tuesday. My family is in Houston, so it works out perfectly. Brody is looking at a few other job opportunities, but I personally am rooting for this one to work out. We still have questions and concerns and are not certain this is the place for us, but we hope this trip will help with that. Brody also hasn't been offered the job yet, so it might not work out at all, but if anything we got a free trip to Houston and get to spend time with my family around Thanksgiving. Good luck Brody! I love you and am so proud of you!