Happy New Year!

This year, we decided to pull out our chocolate fountain
and throw a New Years Eve Party.

We welcomed in the New Year with
great friends, food, and fun!

Christmas

Christmas Eve: 

* Family Parties * White Elephant Gifts * Christmas Pajama's * Christmas Treats and Movies *

Christmas:  

* Presents and Breakfast with the Gilbert's * Talking to Elder Kapple calling from Honduras * Visiting Grandparents * Seeing Cousins, Aunts and Uncles * Ice Skating on my Grandma's Pond * Presents and Dinner with the Kapple's *    

Unfortunately, later Christmas night we had to pack our bags and say our goodbye's.  We had the red eye flight back to Virginia so I could work the next day.  :(

However, we had a wonderful trip home and a very Merry Christmas!   

Home for the Holidays.

We had so much fun in Utah this year for Christmas.  It is good to see both our families and spend time with them.  

Some of the highlights...
Skiing

Bowling with Grandma Avondet

Visiting with Grandparents
Getting my nails painted by Lenna
Flip's Gymnastics for Claire's Birthday
Jazz Game (and seeing Ty Burrell from Modern Family)
Kangaroo Zoo with Lenna and Henry

Breakfast with Friends

Winter Hikes

Tacky Lights.

December in Richmond has to include the Tacky Light Tour.
Thanks to the Stewart's for joining us.
The last picture was my favorite house.
If I lived next door to one of these houses, I would do the same!

Merry Christmas.
We fly to Utah tonight! So excited :)

White Elephants.

Before we all head home for the holidays, we enjoyed some Christmas Parties.

And of course, they included white elephants gifts,

which are always a good time!

First, one with all the girls, then with the 2nd years.

(Sorry Brockbanks, you left before I got a picture!)

Thanksgiving.

We enjoyed Thanksgiving here in Virginia with friends from Utah.

All of us graduated from Ogden High School and now live in the East.
We had a full house with 9 adults and 2 kids but it was a lot of fun.

We started the day with the first annual Gilbert Turkey Trot

and ended the day with Dance Central on the Kinect.

Med Ball

This year we decided to go to the Med Ball. 

 It took some work to convince Todd to go but in the end he enjoyed it.  We had a lot of fun dancing the night away!