My Mom and her cousin, Pam, have been visiting since last Wednesday. We showed them a little of Savannah on Thursday by taking them downtown to eat at B & D Burgers, our favorite burger restaurant, then shopped around. Mom and Pam wanted to see Paula Deen's, so we went into her store and found out that she would be in town tomorrow morning doing a book signing.

Mom and Pam woke up at 4 in the morning and stood in line from 6 am to 8 am to meet Paula and the gang: her husband Michael (which gave Mom a hug out on the street), her brother Uncle Bubba, and her two sons, Jamie and Bobby! And I couldn't go with them...I was so upset. However, Mom did bring Dusty and I an autographed cookbook with all their autographs in it! Friday night, Mom and Pam let Dusty and I go on a date, so we went out to eat, then picked the girls up and went to Cold Stone (best icecream anywhere!).

Saturday, we went to St. Simons for the day. We walked the beach, shopped, toured the lighthouse, and ate dinner at Mullet Bay. Yum!

Sunday, we hung around the house and went shopping. Then had dinner at Vinnie Van GoGo's downtown in City Market. Another one of our favorites! The four of us are sitting there outside eating our pizza when Mom slapped Dusty on the shoulder...Mom was speechless and we had NO clue what was going on, until we turned towards the street and saw a man bent over with his shorts down at his ankles, and NO underwear!!! Yup! How entertaining he was, trying to balance his takeout pizza, sunglasses, beer, and his shorts falling down...it was a scene!!! The poor man was so drunk and couldn't keep up his pants...who knows who all saw what! Thank goodness we got the back shot and not the front hahah!

Monday it was back to work for Dusty and I and when we came home, we had a nice homecooked meal (and some came from our garden). Mom and Pam fixed meatloaf, squash casserole, and mashed potatoes. And for dessert we had strawberry and kiwi shortcakes....yummy!

Mom and Pam went to Tybee Beach on Tuesday and shopped in the cute stores there. I was actually there too on a field trip with about 60 children from the Y. Wish I could have run away with them!

Wednesday morning Pam left to go back to Indiana and Mom stayed and we hung out when I got off work at 3. We took Paisley to the vet...good news, she is well! And she now weighs 2 lbs, 4 oz!!! She's growing! We had a wonderful dinner at Olive Garden. After dinner, we stopped by Pet Smart and bought Paisley a new crib...a house like Layla's. Layla looooves her house and I have not been able to find one anywhere for Paisley. It's animal print and when Paisley gets in it you can't even see her since the inside is all black and so is she! She seems to like it...I mean c'mon, it even comes with a disco ball hanging inside, what's not to love! (It's actually just a ball for the cats to play with since its meant for cats...just in case some of you were wondering it was a real disco ball haha).

















Dusty is back in the field. He left yesterday morning at 2 am....yup, isnt that ridiculous, and he will be back sometime around August 15. Please keep us in your prayers and we'll keep updating everyone with what is going on at the Egglestons!

P.S. We didn't take any pictures the whole time, but I think Pam did, so hopefully I can get some and post them on here.

Raincoats and T-Shirts

Dusty and I went shopping today and had to pick up these cute dog clothes for Layla and Paisley. This is the first t-shirt for Paisley. It was the first time we actually found something little enough for her to fit into...after all, she does only weigh 1 lb and 6 oz (hopefully she has gained some in the last few weeks). Layla hates going outside in the rain, so much that she squats in the bushes right beside the concrete so she doesn't get too wet. We found a little raincoat at Old Navy for her! She loves it, or acts like it anyway. We haven't tried it out yet in the rain, but I hope it works for her.

On another note, we picked 5 squash and 2 tomatoes from our garden today. Mom and her cousin, Pam, are visiting right now and tried out the tomato today. They said it was pretty good. Yea! I can't wait to try more!

Wow, What an update! Jan- July

Hey yall! Sorry we haven't written in a while, I'll try and be better this go round.
Since the New Year...it's sad, I'm sure we were doing something, but at the moment I can't think of what we did.

March 1, I dropped Dusty off at Ranger School at Ft. Benning, GA in a snow storm. Who would have thought that it would snow 6 inches or so in GA in March!? He was there a total of 62 days and went straight through the first time....goooo Dusty! We are all so proud of him. He graduated on May 1, then a week later, I graduated from Georgia Southern University on May 9. I will have my Bachelor's Degree in Child and Family Development at the end of August. I am currently finishing up my internship at a YMCA in downtown Savannah.

At the start of the summer, Dusty and I decided to grow a garden. We planted tomatoes, squash, and okra. All 3 are doing really well and we can't wait to taste the vegetables we grew!

In June, we celebrated our 2 year anniversary (6-9-07) on June 6 at the Chart House on River Street. We are so blessed and thankful to have one another in our lives. We truly love one another and love spending time together. We also celebrated that day by adding a new member to our family, Paisley. She is a teeny tiny Yorkie and is adorable (currently 1 lb, 6 oz).
It is so nice to live near the beach...we have been several times this summer with friends. At the end of May, we took a mini vacation for a couple days to Jacksonville Beach, FL. We didn't have the best weather, but it was nice to get away and relax with each other.

We celebrated July 4th by going to a Trace Adkins concert at Ft. Stewart with some friends and watching fireworks. Then the next day, we went to Jekyll Island with 3 other couples and had a blast laying out all day, then fireworks that night. This past weekend, we had Dusty's Aunt Trish and her four kids come visit. We had a really good time eating out, going to Tybee, playing baseball (wiffle ball), playing Wii, and more.
This coming Wednesday, my mom is coming to visit for a week with her cousin Pam. We are looking forward to more family coming to visit and hanging out.
Further down the road, we recently found out that Dusty will be deploying to Iraq in early December. We will keep everyone up to date as more information comes our way. Keep your calendars open so we can try to see everyone! Please keep us in your prayers and we thank you for everything!