Lots of Good Cheer!

What a wonderful time of year to slow things down, take stock of all of our blessings and show our friends and family how much we care...sounds corny but so true. I got a great hug today from Shane who is looking forward to heading to his uncle's farm in the country for the holidays and maybe helping his uncle calf the cows..

However you may celebrate and whatever your plans for the holidays, we wish you good cheer.

Dr Mark, Barb and Team Rykiss

Coming Soon...our new and improved website!!!

We are very excited about our new and improved website. Hopefully it will be easier for you to navigate and collect the information you need. We had lots of fun taking new photos with Carmen (Carmen's Photography in Stonewall) and here's a sneak preview of one of our staff. It was a gorgeous summer day (infrequent this year) and Holly and Marc had run over to Safeway to grab some lunch. Clever Carmen added them later to this photo....Can you spot who was added? See you soon at www.rykiss.com

Who Knew Dr Mark was a fashion trendsetter?

http://www.refinery29.com/trend_spotting/trend_watch_pile_on_your_misma.phpEven though we've gotten our fill this past week of black platform booties and oversized blazers, one trend that's caught our attention makes the standard fashion world uniform a whole lot fresher. Whether it's rhinestones, leather and beads, woven strips, bands of silver and gold, or studs, piling on a clash of mismatched bracelets is a fun look you really can't get wrong. In fact, this lovely lady we spotted in the front row at United Bamboo gets it really right, mixing up highlighter pink, a woven friendship bracelet, and a pile of rhinestone bands (fyi: our friend Jenny Kang, a market editor at Lucky, has been sporting her own line of rhinestone bracelets accented with chartreuse cord!). Trying out this look is as simple as digging in your jewelry box, but if you need to fill in some gaps, we've found some inspiration to get it totally mixed-up perfect.

Lake Life

One morning before anyone was up, Barb and I walked the road at the lake and encountered this beautiful deer.

What a treat to be by the water and surrounded by so much incredible wildlife.

Visit from Alexander

This is my friend Alexander. While in for his check-up on Monday, Alexander showed me his bracelet collection. He noticed my bracelets, which are all gifts from patients, when he first came to see us.

Now Alexander has begun a collection of his own with bracelets from all of his family trips. What a cool idea!

Summer has finally arrived! Yahoo!

Hope you are all having a fabulous summer! Barb and I have just returned from the lake. The rain has subsided and the nights are hot and heavenly. We are seeing lots of old friends who have been away studying or travelling this year. Lots of braces coming off and braces going on before school! Did I say that? Yikes, a few more weeks and it's back to school.

These two gorgeous girls popped in this summer for a retainer check and a visit.