ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!

Believe it or not a year has already flown by. We celebrated our ONE year anniversary on November 7. We didn't do much, but we did get to eat fabulous cake from Maxie B's, who made our wedding cake and cupcakes. The gave us a complementary cake for our anniversary. It was so yummy! It has been a quick year and we can only hope that the rest our years together slow down!


The top of our cake, it was Red Velvet inside.


Side angle.

Happy Birthday OB!!!!!!!

October 10, 2010 was OB's first birthday. Hard to believe she is one!! For her birthday, Frank made her Tilapia for breakfast, her favorite. I used my craft skills and fashioned her a birthday hat. Needless to say she was much happier with Frank's creation than mine.


Looking pitiful and mad.


She looks like she is all head and two little sticks for legs!


Showing me what she thinks of all my hard work.

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!!!!!

Everytime we go to Pittsburgh to visit Frank's friends and family, I make him do touristy things. He always agrees. This year we went to the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium. We had so much fun, it was a nice cool day, and there was hardly anyone there. This made for a great trip, no fighting to see the animals.


Since there wasn't anyone around, we were yet again forced to take a picture of ourselves. I think we are getting better.


This lion laid around for so long, we were about to just move on, then finally he decided to get up and let us see how big he was!!!!


The lion's girlfriend, she sat there the whole time just checking stuff out.


It was feeding time while we were there, so the elephants were just waiting around.


The Giraffes stayed away until we were about to leave, then one came over trying to figure out how to reach some leaves in a tree. One would think this wouldn't be hard for a giraffe, but he had apparently already eaten the ones he could reach.


I wonder what the orangutans were meeting about.


Gorilla, deep in thought, contemplating life.


Penguin doing everything he can to stay under the waterfall.


Just thought this was a pretty sea thing!


The Polar Bears played in and out of the water for us.


I think this sea lion was posing just for us!


This was the longest and most steep escalator I have ever seen. In Pittsburgh there are hills everywhere. This was the escalator to take you to and from the parking lot to the Zoo. It made me dizzy to look up or down.

Braves game in Pittsburgh!

Luckily this year when we headed to Pittsburgh, the Braves were headed there too. We were able to see all three games. Too bad the Braves lost the first two games to one of the worst teams. Who knows what got into the Pirates. We had a great time. We sat behind home plate at all three games.


The ballpark.


The City. One of the most beautiful cities at night.


The Braves in their dugout.


Bobby Cox getting his farwell at PNC Park. He was given a $5000 check to support Homeless Pets, his charity of choice. He was given this same gift in Minnesota in June while we were there.

2010 Reunion

Every Labor Day we head to Pittsburgh to visit with Frank's family for the annual reunion. The same people come every year and there are alot of them.


This is the immediate family.


This is all that were left at picture time. A ton of people!!!

The LOOT!!!!!!!

I said at the beginning of summer I would post all the vegetables that came out of the garden. This would be impossible, but here is a weeks worth of veggies. We have eaten healthy all summer long.

All the tomatoes for a week, we have given many away. You can only eat so many tomatoes!


Our mouths have been on fire with all the peppers!


Squash and Zucchini have become our new best friends. Stir fried, grilled, and shredded up and hidden in just about everything we eat.


Cucumbers are having a tough time, but they are still coming.


Just thought this was a pretty picture of our peppers!


Another pretty picture of a pimento pepper.


Sadly, the broccoli and the swiss chard did not survive. Now we know, don't waste your money. They are too hard to grow. The broccoli got cabbage worms, GROSS, and we couldn't get rid of them. The swiss chard never got any bigger.

100 Years of Land Ownership!!!!!

On July 3, 2010, we went to Frank's family's home in Roxboro, North Carolina to celebrate 100 years of land ownership! Amazing! 100 years ago, two brothers who were just out of slavery bought 290 acres of land in Roxboro, North Carolina. They were able to pay it off in 2 years by growing and selling tobacco. Family from all over came to celebrate. There were people Frank had never met. The elders in the family talked about the history of the family and land. It was very interesting.

This is Theresa "Russa" Hughes. She still lives on the land, Frank and his family used to come here every summer to visit.


Everyone enjoying all the GREAT food.


The original owners of the home and one of the brother's that bought the land. Remnants of this house still stand next to Russa's home.