New Years in State College

Tracy and I visited Gwen and Mike and the kids in State College for new Years this year. We had a great time. The kids enjoyed playing with their presents, Mike made a great warm fire, and Gwen and Mike both made delicious food. It was nice and snowy too, I like the snow. We went for a few walks, and also went to see the ice sculptures being made downtown as part of the New Year’s celebration. Gwen snagged herself a swell sculpture of her own!

Then after that we went to the Penn State Michigan State NCAA Basketball game. Penn State played really well in the first half, and was up 47-40 at the half. But then #5 ranked Michigan State rallied going on a 10-0 run to start the second half and never looked back as they won the game. Still fun though. After we went home and played Cards Against Humanity for New Years. Then sleep.

Here’s a few photos.

ice carving
2014 Ice Sculpture
ice carving
Ice Dragon
ice carving
Polar Bear Chair
ice carving
Ice Buddha
ice sculpture
Too Cool
ice and gwen
Gwen and her ice
basketball
Penn State BBall
basketball
Foul Shot

December Ice Storm

The ice storm that hit Rochester overnight didn’t turn out all that bad, and if there had been a little more snow on the ground to make it less dreary, it could have been downright beautiful. It looks like we got between 1 to 2 inches of rain in the past few days, and with all the snow melt from last week’s storms there is quite a bit of water out there. I took a little time to walk around a bit, and here are a few photos of the ice on the trees.

ice trees
Ice on the Trees
ice on trees
Ice on the Trees
ice trees
Ice on the Trees
ice storm
Ice Buds
ice yard
Ice on the Trees
ice storm
ice on the Bushes
ice storm
Ice Bushes
ice trees
Ice Trees