Pepper is 3!

To start the week off on the right foot:

Pepper turned three yesterday! Here is what he looked like when he first came to live with us, in November of 2006:


He only weighed 10 lbs, thanks to having worms - here he is the following March:

Pepper deciding that he was coming on our honeymoon with us:


Pepper after vanquishing a snapping turtle - or so he thought, we didn't have the heart to tell him daddy vanquished it (legally, and with a license):


and Pepper with his best dog buddy, Oscar: