New Years Eve

Happy New Year!

I had a fantastic time ringing in the new year! Jeremiah and I decided to spend new years eve at First Night here in State College. We had mouth-watering and delicious burgers at Chili's for lunch before checking out all the ice sculptures along South Allen street. There were ice sculptures of dinosaurs, a bratwurst, reindeer and a sleigh, as well as some iconic Russian architecture.

Ice sculptures

We painted a couple pottery mugs at 2000 Degrees. I painted my mug a pale yellow and stamped different insect shapes around it - caterpillars, ants, lady bugs, butterflies, and even a dragonfly. Jeremiah painted his mug all black. Our mugs will be glazed and fired in the kiln so that it will be microwavable. We had a great time painting the pottery and are planning on going back to 2000 Degrees again on our year anniversary this Sunday.

After painting our mugs, we headed up to the Penn State Ice Pavilion to ice skate. Neither of us could ice skate so our "ice skating" mainly consisted of us clinging to the side of the rink and moving slowly along the perimeter. We didn't fall (surprisingly) but, I was called a "road block" by a bunch of young boys, and in between clutching random people in the rink for balance, accidentally stumbled into this father's photo as he was trying to take a picture of his young daughter. Jeremiah looked absolutely hilarious on ice skates. In the few minutes he spent inside the ice rink, he must have threatened to go back off the ice at least 4 times! We had a great time in the ice rink overall...mostly spent laughing hysterically.

Penn State Ice Pavilion

Before heading home for the evening, we went on a romantic carriage ride through downtown. We had to wait an hour and a half in line for it but, it was well worth it! The carriage was pulled by two strong dark colored horses with extravagant black and studded harness wear. Inside the white carriage was a warm blanket to warm our legs. We fought over the blanket a little before settling in and enjoying the ride. We strode around downtown and saw quaint strings of lights strewn along crowded streets.

I was falling asleep on Jeremiah's shoulder on the bus ride home. Here's to the end of a perfect day.

Cheers