Merry Christmas!

We had a great Christmas this year! Our parents definitely spoiled us!

Todd and I both have brothers serving missions.  They called around the same time this year so Todd headed to his parents in the morning and I stayed at mine.  It was great to hear from them! Todd's brother, Devin is serving in the Argentina Cordoba mission and my brother, Nathan is serving in the Honduras San Pedro Sula Mission.  

My mom even had shirts made for all of us to wear for the occasion.

Todd and I gave Lenna a bike this year!! As many of you know, Todd loves biking and figured it's never to early to start!! 

 I love Christmas time at my parent's! They always get a huge tree each year! 

Lots of new ski's for the Gilbert family this year!! Both snow and water!! 

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!!  

Temple Square

Last Christmas, my dad gave all of us kids gift certificates for a nights stay in Salt Lake and dinner.  No one had used them yet and they were going to expire on December 31st so we headed down the day before Christmas Eve.  Todd and I went a couple hours early to go climbing at Momentum then met up with my family.  We had a delicious dinner at Thaifoon's then walked around Temple Square.  I think the whole world was there but we still had a good time!  

Lenna and Todd are trying to become good friends again, but he still cannot hold her without her facing away from him so she doesn't know who is really holding her.  Not living in Utah definitely makes it harder to have a good relationship with our niece.

I don't have any pictures of my sister, Erika and Andrew because when I finally pulled my camera out, Lenna had had enough so they headed back to the hotel.  

The next morning we enjoyed a nice breakfast and walked around the Gateway.
Thanks Mom and Dad! 

Bowling

Todd and I were both able to fly out to Utah for Christmas.  Todd went the week before me because I had to work.  The night I got in, Todd's grandma took us to dinner and bowling.

Grandma Avondet is amazing! She is 86 years old and goes bowling multiple times a week! 

We had a ton of fun and I ended up beating everyone with a score of 144!! 

Tacky Light Tour

We had heard about this from everyone here in Richmond so Todd and I headed out to see for ourselves what the Tacky Light Tour was all about! We just went to these two houses since they were so close and we were impressed! 

If you are ever in the Richmond area during December, you should look this up.  You can even hire a limo to ride around in.  (We opted to drive ourselves!)

Climbing

While we were in Durham we were able to go climbing! We miss the climbing gyms in Utah and are in search for a good one out here that isn't too expensive!  Our arms definitely noticed the lack of climbing for the past few months but we still had a good time.  

Duke University

Todd and I were able to head down to North Carolina this past weekend to experience Duke University Men's Basketball! Thanks to Nelson for getting us tickets and letting us stay at his place! 

Duke is an amazing team to watch even though they totally dominated good ol' Rick Majerus' team! The Blue Devil fans and students are crazy!  They have chants and cheers for everything! So fun!! 

The campus is beautiful and the buildings are incredible!! Unfortunately it was raining so we didn't spend too much time walking around. 

 And of course we had to see the medical school and hospital! 

Thanks Nelson! We will definitely be visiting again! 

Washington DC Temple

We finally made it up to the Washington DC temple to do a session.  

We got there in the afternoon so by the time we left it was getting dark.  

The temple is beautiful inside and out!!   

(Next time, we'll get a picture with us in it!!)