Let's Go State!

Keith and Marisa arrived on Saturday morning to partake in a little bit of State College madness: Penn State Football. Almost immediately upon their arrival we got on our way. We hiked into the woods so that we could avoid traffic, and gained the extra benefit of a beautiful fall day in the midst of changing leaves. We remarked on how much we love fall in the woods.

I wanted them to meet with some of my State College friends as well as some of my visiting Harrisburg friends at various tailgates but, sadly, we only had time for quick introductions before we had to get into the stadium.

We stopped for a quick moment, however, to get Keith all set for his Penn State football experience, since he is our true fan.

Then, we took some pictures to remember the moment for the rest of our lives.

Once inside the stadium, however, Keith took off in excitement to get to our seats. I had to laugh as Marisa and I jogged along behind him.....

(Almost there!)

I loved the half-time show, which was based on various movie themes. This one is referring to Back to the Future (I think...). My favorite was the tribute to Rocky, where the band formed two stick figures with gloves that moved toward each other as if to engage in a boxing match, all while playing the Rocky theme. Very clever.

This is not to say that I did not love the game itself: Though Penn State was not up against a challenge, the stadium still went wild anytime our team did anything slightly good, and at one point I had to sit down because the floor was moving (I am not always good with heights, particularly when the floor is moving. Bring on the dizziness....).



The weather was perfect for a fall game--a little bit warm when the sun shone on us, with the perfect amount of chill in the air.

We returned home in the late afternoon and got comfy. I made some chili and some apple crisp, and we settled in for a few rounds of UNO and a movie. (We began to watch the movie after I told them they could leave, since I COULD NOT seem to win a hand. They got me, every single time....)



This morning we woke leisurely up, I made us pancakes, we went to church. Afterward, we picked my cousin Rebecca up and came back for homemade pizza with salad for lunch. We did some shopping just for the fun of it (though lovely Keith helped me find an external hard drive for my aging computer), and returned home for a final bit of chatting and being together (not to mention some brownies left over from the day before...). Then, sadness upon sadness, we parted ways so that K & M could get back to NJ and back to their real life.



Once more a lovely weekend of leisurely sibling fun.

(I have said it before and will say it again: When it comes to family (and many other things of course...) I am blessed. Blessed, blessed.)