Happy Fall, Y'all!

It's my favorite time of the year! Cooler weather, leaves on the ground, carving pumpkins, and FOOTBALL... I love it! We are thoroughly enjoying the beautiful weather and the 4-1 Carolina Gamecocks who just upset the former #1 Alabama. GO COCKS!

On the way to the game in the BIG van...

The "Trifecta"

History in the making!

Our Pumpkin Family


Now... countdown to CHRISTMAS!! :)

Pittsburgh, PA

Oliver Family Beach Trip 2010

My family takes an annual beach trip to Garden City, SC every July. It's a week we look forward to all year. We have many fun traditions such as... Painter's ice cream, Sam's Corner, Conch Cafe, family cook-offs, Garden City Pier, etc. It's a week of family fun and relaxation. My little brother, Hayden, actually enjoyed the water this year and is quickly learning how to swim! My cousin, Ben, traveled from Texas to join us on the beach trip. It was a BLAST... full of food, family, sun, water, and lots of KARAOKE! We are already counting down the days until next July!


Ben singing Biz Markie...


Erin and Grant


Me and the hubby


Hayden and his "sand rock"


BEACHIN' IT!


Cousin love!


Brian, Jason, and Tony Catone


Shields, Erin, and I


Me and my boo!

Time Flies

Ok...so I have to admit that I was VERY slack on this whole blog thing, and our first year went by WAY too fast! I guess I was enjoying living it too much to blog about it. So, let me catch you up...

We bought our first home...



We celebrated our first Christmas in our home...






We celebrated our first wedding anniversary...






And now we are halfway through our second year of marriage! We've been enjoying the summer with many beach trips and lots of fun family time. School will start soon for me and I'm also starting grad. school in the fall. Maybe when I'm done with my Master's, we can start working on starting our family!

That's all for now... hopefully I can blog again before we start our 3rd year of marriage!

A Visit to our Nation's Capital

This one is for Grant and Erin who are HUGE fans of my blog... hehe! Here are some pics of our day of sight seeing in our nation's capital. It actually wasn't Jason's first time there, but it was mine. It was absolutely amazing to see all the places you learn about in school and see on TV. Everything about it was breathtaking... so much history and so proud to be an American! :)








Grant being silly...






Long subway ride after a long day!

Our First Game

For Valentine's Day, I got Jason tickets to the Charlotte Bobcats vs. Orlando Magic game. We ended up making a weekend of it and staying with some good friends of ours. We had a great "Valentine's" weekend! Here are a few pics...







Gerald Wallace...


Notice who that is... Michael Jordan! About 20 yards away from us- amazing!



The Bobcats may have lost, but we had an amazing time at the game and a wonderful weekend with our friends. Back to reality tomorrow...

Our First Valentine's

Technically, this is our second Valentine's Day together but it's our first MARRIED Valentine's. We received a ton of great wedding gifts, and one of them was a fondue pot. We thought it would be fun to stay home, fight the crowds, and make a romantic fondue dinner together. It was so much fun making the meal and enjoying each others company. We didn't need the fancy restaurant and reservations, just each other! Here are some pics... and Happy Valentine's Day!


Our decorations...




Gifts- I got Jason tickets to the Bobcats vs. Magic game next weekend and he got me a CHI... he knows the way to my heart! :)




My AMAZING husband...



The spread...