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Race for the Cure

It's that time of year again where wearing PINK is a must!  We are excited to announce our involvement in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.  This is the fourth year our office has done this as a team and we are hoping to make it our biggest year yet! 

We would love to have you as part of our team!  To sign up click here.

Also, as part of the excitement we are incorporating our contest into this years fun!  We need ideas for our costumes for the Race.  Take a picture in your craziest pink outfit and post it to our Facebook wall or tag us in the photo.

You can dress yourself up...

You can dress your dog up:

You can dress your dad up:

Just send us your ideas!  The winner receives a $35 dollar gift certificate to Dick's Sporting Goods!!!

*If you don't have a facebook just bring your picture into the office and we'll put it up for you.

Can you name this famous cartoon couple?  If so you're on your way to winning this month's contest!  Check out the contest board at your next appointment and match up the famous cartoon couples.  Winners will recieve a $15.00 gift certificate to the movies!  Contest ends February 28th.

Staff Christmas Pictures!

You're a mean one... Mr. Grinch!

We thought we'd share our fun pictures from our staff Christmas Delivery Day! Isn't Dr. Richard's costume amazing?! What do you think about Buddy the Elf next year? :)

Happy Holidays everyone!

What a bunch of goofballs. :)

Happy Holidays

All of us at Michael Richards Orthodontics would like to extend our warmest wishes for a very happy holiday season.  We hope whatever you're doing is merry and bright!




 

UTAH VS BYU RIVALRY

The month of November means the annual "Holy War" between Brigham Young University and the University of Utah.  Come to your appointment with your team colors on and receive an extra ruble!  The contest this month will be to guess the score of the game.  The person who comes the closest to the real score will receive a $15.00 gift certificate to the college bookstore of their choice!

The Many Faces of Dr. Richards

Dr. Richards has us laughing everytime he walks in the door this Halloween week!  Check out the do's he's been sporting and then vote on your favorite!

Simon Cowell

Hillbilly Rockstar?

Halloween Treats

Happy Halloween from all of us at Michael Richards Orthodontics!  Here are some more tasty treats that are also "brace-friendly"!



Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies!

1/2 cup pumpkin
1 cup Spice cake mix
1/3 cup chocolate chips


Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium mixing bowl, stir together pumpkin and cake mix until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by rounded Tablespoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes or until firm and no longer gooey. Makes about 12 cookies.
*If you make your cookies very big, they will take too long to bake. If you are not in a hurry, bigger cookies are okay.

Cheesy Corns

Combine the taste of cheese pizza with the look of candy corn and--abracadabra!--you've got one crowd-pleasing snack.

DIRECTIONS

Heat the oven to 450º. 

Cut two small round prebaked pizza crusts into wedges that resemble the shape of candy corn. Top each wedge with rows of white, orange, and yellowish cheeses, as shown.

Bake the wedges on a cookie sheet for 8 to 10 minutes, then let them cool for 5 minutes before serving. Makes 16 to 20.



R.I.P Pudding Cups



Spider Bites

These creepy cookies are as fun to eat as they are to set out for hauntingly hungry guests. This recipe is adapted from The Braces Cookbook by Pamela Waterman. The spider legs are made from licorice; check with your orthodontist to see if these cookies are appropriate for your family.

INGREDIENTS:

•1 cup vegetable shortening

•1 cup granulated sugar

•2 tablespoons water

•1 teaspoon pure vanilla

•2 eggs

•2 cups all-purpose flour

•1/2 cup cocoa

•1 teaspoon salt

•1/2 teaspoon baking powder

•1 package black rope licorice, cut into thin 1-inch pieces

•1 small tube of white (or color of choice) frosting

•Toothpicks

DIRECTIONS:

1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2.In a large bowl, combine shortening, sugar, water and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Add eggs and blend.

3.Slowly mix in flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder at low speed. Drop tablespoon helpings of mixture onto ungreased cookie sheets and roll each helping into a ball.

4.Bake for 9 minutes. Let cookies cool for about 10 minutes.

5.Using a toothpick, create four small holes in either side of each cookie, then push one end of a piece of the cut licorice into each hole, creating the “legs” of the spider.

6.Once all eight legs are in place, create eyes or decorate at will using the white frosting.

Braces off Celebration!!!

Check out how excited Corbin was to get his braces off!

"Would Your Rather?" Contest and Celebration Videos!

   

Would you rather have really stinky feet or a snort every time you laughed? Would you rather be the bull rider or the clown? Would you rather eat a bottle of ketchup or mustard?  How about a whole bucket of peanut butter with nothing to drink or 10 lbs of cheese?

Would you rather win the game "Would You Rather?" or a gift certificate to Target for $15? Either way you'll be a winner if you're chosen for this month's fun contest of "Would You Rather" questions!  Enter in the office!



And just for your enjoyment we are attaching a video of some great patients dancing it up to CELEBRATE the day they got their braces off!

And this is cute Francie who couldn't be happier about her beautiful new smile!