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Well, as most of you know Wes is back from Alaska. I haven't had time to make an entry. The weekend following his return, we went to a festival in Vidalia. We did very well. It started on Friday night and went through Sunday. It was held at the same time as the Natchez Hot Air Balloon Festival. Emma Grace liked seeing the "big balloons". She was ok with them as long as they stayed their distance. Grammy took her to sit on the bank of the Mississippi River so she could watch them and as they would get close and make the noise they make when they pull whatever they pull (you can tell I don't know much about hot air balloons) she would climb her Grammy. She didn't like that noise, but other than that she LOVED them. She missed them Saturday morning when they landed all around us. Wes picked on Tammy because she had to go use the bathroom and all they had there was port-a-johns. He told her to be sure she took her phone in case they landed on top of it. We plan on going next year too. The place we stayed in was something to be desired, so I am already looking to make reservations at the hotel right down the street.

While we were gone, Jarrell was able to get our dirt work done on the house. Wes says we will be sitting high on the hill looking down on everyone. They also got our temporary pole hooked up, so we have electricity. Right now, we are waiting for the forms to be set and concrete to be poured. It was suppose to be done this week, but the other house that Aaron is building wasn't able to get it done last week so they are getting it done this week. We went to Monroe this past weekend to pick out a few things. We bought our front door and kitchen sink. We also found the flooring for the entire house, but we forgot to take the plans. We will have to go back. We also picked out faucets and toilets. We found a good deal on kitchen appliances, but are holding out on the after-Thanksgiving sale at Lowe's. A guy there told us that he has heard they will have a package deal. We just have one problem; we will be at Disney World. He said we can call him and pay for it over the phone, and they will hold it for us. We also found another kitchen set that was at a really good price, but he said if they run the same deal at Lowe's like last year then it will be cheaper than the other place. We are trying to decide on kitchen countertops. We found some tile that we would like to use, and we found some granite tiles we liked. We just need to make a decision on that. Emma Grace loves going down and running around on the dirt. When we pull up, she says "go see my room". Grammy told her that the other day, and she hasn't forgotten it. Hopefully, Wes can put some photos up soon of the dirt. We will be taking pictures along the way, and hopefully we will have time to post them.

We took Emma Grace to Boo on Main Street tonight in Winnsboro, which was a waste of time. By the time we got there, everyone was gone. They started it at 3:30 and by 5:30 everyone was gone. We weren't able to get there until 5:30. People were complaining about how early they started it, so may be next year they will not start it so early. It makes it hard on people that have to work, and some kids don't get home until 4:30 from school. We will take her to a few houses trick or treating tomorrow night, and we will post a picture of her in her costume tomorrow night. She looks so cute in it.

This weekend we have a show in Natchez, so I have to get busy. We will leave Friday afternoon. The show starts on Saturday and runs through Sunday. Wes has been able to get the catalog of items we do on the EG Creations site. It doesn't look as well as we would like it, but he will try to work on it at a later date. I don't know how to do it or I would work on it. If you go and look and see something you like or have a question, just email us. We have done so much more that isn't listed. We try to take pictures of everything, but I forget most of the time.

Well, I better try and get Emma Grace to bed. She has started saying and repeating so much lately. It amazes us at the stuff she can do, and how much she changes everyday. I cannot wait to take her to Disney to see the princesses; however, she will probably be scared to death of them. Oh, well, gotta go.