A Saturday Adventure

Todd and I decided to go running along the Floodwall down by the James River on Saturday.  Our run soon turned into an adventure and we enjoyed exploring the area! We found the old Manchester Bridge, which is now tore down and has climbing routes on it.  We're excited to go back and climb soon!

Parts of the old bridge

Todd climbed part of it but his hands were freezing so we'll have to go when it's warmer

Downtown Richmond

A Great Monday in Utah...

We were able to go skiing at Snowbasin (a resort we love and miss dearly!) while we were home.  We had a great day skiing with family and friends! 

After skiing we headed to the Jazz Game! We are huge Jazz fans and we're very excited to be able to go a game! My dad got us his company's seats right behind the basket! 

We love D Will!! 

Rich and Brityn Bennett must of had a great Monday as well because we saw them at Snowbasin and at the Jazz game! 

I know it's blurry! (They were on the other side of the court)

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.