Well after having a fabulous sleep over with "Theo" we have decided that we are not going to adopt. It was a tough one...but we just couldn't see ourselves getting comfortable enough and confident enough to have him and Esther around...He sure is a GREAT dog though!!!

Theo's a buff boy

Theo getting some more leash and pottey reinforcement

he likes me...and I like him...but he still has to pass the tests!

This is Theo...we are currently "testing" him out to see if he would work for our family dog. Of course our main concern is interaction with Esther...so we are being very careful and smart! We have him for two days...then we are going to see if we are going to adopt him!

slurping up every last drop of goodness...well what's not on her face at least!

mmm...yummy!

SLOP!

Hahaha...she was hilarious...she loved it, but it was COLD...hence the silly faces!

oh...the joy...what will this be like!!??

Esther is confronted with a spoon with some ice cream on it...this is a first!!

The 'rents came down to pick up some bushes that they got off of Craigs list...lots of fun loading......................... :) But it was great to spend the day with them!

It was so nice out...we had a fun time of jumping on the trampoline!

The finished product...we got smart and decided not to battle the tiller with our arms the whole time, so we attached ourselves to it with a rope and put it around our butt so we could get some leverage. Amy just informed me that she thinks she got some bruises on her hips from it...definatly a work out! But now the garden plot is looking more like a garden plot!!

Esther and Momma came out to visit as I "tilled the earth"...that's farmer talk.

Getting crackin' with the tiller on loan from the Fishers. I never had a clue how much of a work out this is!! Amy also worked at it for a long time, really impressive!

Esther inside with momma while I am out working on the new gardan plot.

yard work day...pick up garbage and mow

One more from the California trip...nephew Jared looking cuter than EVER! Holding "baby Isaac". He's our little cowboy...and Bubba is the indian...because he "don like cowboys".

A doughnut birthday celebration day after the wedding for Bubba and Elaines birthday! Three birthdays on the same day March 12th, Grandpa freeman, Elaine and Jared!

And here is they happy couple...Ray and Connie Hill! Congrats!!

more waiting...getting tired

Esther and I wanting this trying to keep ourselves entertained...

Little Justin all duded up for the big day...looking fantastic in his driving cap.

Beautiful woman!

Esther and I are ready to get this party goin!!

And the Kuykendalls all dressed up ready for the wedding to start!

All dudded up for the wedding...yes...I am in a tie...and yes...Amy is GEORGOUS!!

Jesse and Jared all dressed up for the wedding! On our way to the church!

Jesse, Justin, and Jared...the three amigos

Here we are at the rehersal dinner...VERY good food...and great cake! I really must say...not to be stuck on myself...but I have a beautiful smile!

While the girls were getting their nails did...the boys all went for a walk...and Esther....oh and Cailfornia was NOT warm! I was very disappointed!

So we are on our way down to Modesto California to help Grandma Connie (Amy's Mom) get married. It was a LOOOOOOOONG drive! A packed full Suburban! 4 kids 3 adults!

Jared on the left...kid in the middle...and Jessie "Bubba" on the right at their swim lessons!

This is our chainsaw maniac "Bubba"...looks a little nuts!

And now for the post-cradle-cap-removal head washing

This is Esther's post-slop cradel cap removal... Good time: rub a little baby oil on her head...then scrape it off with a little comb!

We gave Esther her first searving of "slop" ("oatmeal") don't know if she liked it or hated it...it was just funny to watch her suckle the spoon...doesn't quite get the concept of a spoon...she'll figure it out!

You know how those old people tend to loose their sense of direction with age...We solved the problem by mutating the DNA in Granpa's forehead greese so that a compass would grow from the pores

Happy Birthday Grandpa Freeman! Happy number 58! Don't look a day over 40!!!

Great Grandma Gonseth getting to see Esther...a too rare of an occasion!

Brother-in-law BJ and their youngest (2 weeks younger that Esther) along with me and Esther who is looking a little out of it! Had a great time with all this familiy!

We got to enjoy an evening with a chunk of our family. Amy's sister and husband and boys came down for business but got pleasure instead! (This is a picture of Jared on the right and Jessie "Bubba" on the left)

The two ladies looking georgous! Amy wanted some more pictures of her on the website...she's so vain! Not really! ...she's just amazing...that's all