Wintry in Happy Valley

Hello everyone. Well, yesterday was an historic day here in State College as we had the earliest ever recorded measurable snowfall. In all, about 3-4" of snow fell Thursday into Friday, with more on the way for the weekend. We never thought we would see the snow like in the pictures below, but Tanner seems ready for a fun winter!

Also, last weekend, we celebrated Tanner's 4th birthday (holy cow!) at Grandma and Pap Pap Lloyd's house in Ohio. It was great to see everyone, and the kids had a great time. Only one more week until the official day. Happy Birthday Tanner!!!


She's purr-fect, isn't she?




These kids like their cake. Seems as if Carsyn is getting some training in for her first birthday (only 4 1/2 months early!)


Tanner was pretty proud after he and Daddy built the Lego fire station and trucks he got for his birthday from Mia and Pop Pop Ligetti. And for those looking for Christmas or birthday ideas for Christopher, apparently he's obsessed with Legos. He's already eying up that police station!


And for the October winter blast...


View up the 'hood...


Wonder if it's going to come back and haunt us teaching Tanner snow ball fights

Fall is here!

Here's some pics of Tanner at Lowes making a fire truck. He loves these clinics so much and is really good at nailing the wood pieces together. Quite the proud builder!





And our little football fan! Carsyn was a trooper this past weekend tailgating at PSU in the rain. And despite a poor performance by Pittsburgh, she still loves her Black and Gold.

Back to School

Well, another fun summer has come to an end, but not without a few more great memories, including tailgating at the first Penn State game and going to the Grange Fair (for those of you not familiar, Grange Fair is the week-long Centre County annual encampment fair and is the largest of it's kind in the country - a sight worth seeing). As you can see, Tanner and Carsyn are doing great (so funny how much they love each other). Finally, Amber is back to school, so Chris can get his feet back into the kitchen : ) Hope everyone is doing well - see you all soon!


Hanging out in Tanner's bed...


See how proud Tanner is after building this "super-cool" tower (and how about that school-made tie-dyed shirt!)...


This was Carsyn's first ride in the wagon. Big brother was great in holding onto her as we cruised around the block...


Carsyn and Brady hanging out back...


This girl seriously does not stop smiling. Check out that shoe string hanging out of her mouth...


Funny movie of Tanner and his new discovery on the swing set...