We Are!

We made our annual trek to State College, Pa for a Penn State football game.  We picked the Ohio State WHITE OUT for this year's game.  This is what we saw during our flight to Harrisburg - We did a big circle from Harrisburg, southeast into Lancaster County before coming back to land.  We crossed the SQ right above the Wrightsville Bridge.  It was so cool to show the kids Chickies Rock from the air!

This year we got to have dinner with my life long BFF.  Beth and Myles met us at Lancaster Brewing right next to our hotel.  Myles and Ra are also life long friends.  They first met in utero!  Lol!  Really, they met when Myles was born.  Ra visited him in the hospital before they went home.  These two boys always seem to pick up where they left off, just like their mommas do!

Love her and miss her terribly!

Andy went out for coffee and came back with this...Oh yeah!  Such a nice change from all the "Gator" themed stuff around here!

Some of the scenes along the way from Harrisburg to State College.  I miss the beautiful farmland that I grew up around.

No ride to PSU would be without seeing all types of crazy fans with flags, magnets and even lion tails hanging out the back of their trunks!  Sis has convinced my mom to make her a lion's tail to go with her lion hat for Christmas!

After a pit stop for ham loaf in a tiny little one horse Amish town (the same one I stopped at with Dad for our hockey weekend), we headed over the mountain and came in the back side of State College.  If you look closely on the right side of this picture, out in the distance, you can see Beaver Stadium.

Before we left to drive up to the game, I saw on FB, that my dear friend Chad was at the game with his brothers.  I sent him a message so we could meet up when I got there.  We exchanged phone #'s and Andy and I walked over to tailgate with the Mussman clan for awhile.  It was so good to see him.  I think it's been almost 15-19 years since we last saw each other in person!  Chad and I were really good friends in high school and he even sang at our wedding.  He was a part of the Christian group FFH back in it's early days.  We were known to be big supportive roadies, traveling 4-5 hrs. from NY to see them sing in Lancaster!  It did my heart good to actually have a conversation with him in person!

I also got to see my friend Jeff who I use to teach PE with at Conestoga Valley.  I am lucky to see him every year because he's got a season ticket for a suite!  Lucky Jeff!  It was great catching up with friends!

Pregame performance by the Blue Band

Decked out in her Nittany Lion had and sporting her PSU sweatshirt.  She was dressed in her cheerleader outfit all day, but it got too cold at night so I bundled her up.

She didn't last much into the first quarter.  I guess that's to be expected since kickoff was after her bedtime!  Oh well.  She did lift up her hands to clap while keeping her head on Nanny's lap when the Lions scored!

What a heartbreaking game.  Poor officiating was the big take away from this game.  The result was that changed the game in a negative way for PSU.  Both errors led to a total of 10 points for OSU.  Just sad to see the lengths that the B1G will go to so they can keep OSU on top.  After everything that's happened, these players deserve better.

Andy was in charge of breakfast before we headed out to the airport on Sunday...PSU Dunkin' Donuts for the kids, Turkey Hill ice cream for him and a Turkey Hill Green Tea for me.  

The hardest part for my kids is saying goodbye to Nan and Pap.  Sissy cries - SOBS - every time she has to say goodbye to them.  She wears her heart on her sleeve and just can't hold it back.  She (and Ra) cried in the car on the way to the airport.  It just breaks your heart to witness.

On the flight home Sis had a great "Kendallism."  She told me that she loved Nanny & Pappy more than gymnastics!  Now, if you know my child, that's A LOT!