Richmond Marathon and Maymont

Our friends, Jason and Shaylee (and their baby Zoey) came and stayed with us this last weekend.  Shaylee ran in the Richmond Half Marathon on Saturday and did an awesome job! After the race, we took them to Maymont where Zoey loved seeing all the animals!

University of Richmond

Since we've been here, we've heard how beautiful the University of Richmond's campus is.  We finally went and walked around and we definitely agree.

Bryan and Ann's visit

Todd's parents came to visit us!  They were only here for the weekend but we were able to fit in a lot of different things.  We spent time showing them around Richmond and went to Charlottesville.

Maymont and The Dooley's Mansion

Monticello

 

 Carter Mountain for some apple cider and donuts! 

Thanks for a fun weekend Bryan and Ann!

Happy Halloween

We had a great Halloween this year. We dressed up as Princess Peach and Mario for the ward party.

After some delicious chili and corn bread we headed out to the parking lot and enjoyed the "trunk or treat" with all the little kids.  My mom sent me a pack of glow sticks to hand out and they were a hit to say the least!  We ran out so fast so next year we'll just have to bring more!

We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!!

Luray Caverns

Todd and I decided to take advantage of our time off and go out and explore a few weekends ago.  We went to the Luray Caverns in the Shenandoah Valley.  The drive there was beautiful with all the leaves changing colors and the Caverns were pretty awesome as well.  It is all underground with different formations everywhere.  They have what they call the "Dream Lake" inside the cavern.  The water is perfectly still that it creates a mirror image of the stalactites hanging from the ceiling.  

They also have a Garden Maze so of course we did it! Todd was like a little kid again running around! He loved it!  Unfortunately my camera battery died during this part but this is what it looks like...

   

Belle Isle

I love it when Todd has the weekend free of studying!! That means we get to go out and explore this beautiful state of Virginia!  A few Saturdays ago we decided to get on our bikes and ride around Belle Isle.

 It's been raining a ton here in Richmond so the river was very full! 

Boating, one last time

While Todd and I were both in Utah, we were able to go boating one last time for the year.  It was so pretty up the Ogden Canyon and around the dam.  The leaves were changing colors! I love Fall and I can't wait to see the leaves out here in Virginia! 

Todd did it all.  I was only brave enough to get in the water once to surf! (It was a little chilly!) He hasn't lost any of his wakeboarding skills while being out here in Virginia.  He was still able to land all of his tricks!

 My brother came with us and since he's a pretty big kid he usually brings his own lifejacket.  However, this time he forgot! But it didn't stop him from getting in the water!! 

Thanks Gilbert family!!