GILCHRIST FAMILY

Friday, April 24, 2009

Happy Birthday Andy!!

Last week was Andy's 27th birthday!! We didn't do much to celebrate because he had rehearsal until 11:30pm:( The opera is this weekend and so he has been VERY VERY busy. Andy's parents are here visiting so we are going to celebrate his birthday with them after the opera is over with. So I will post more about his birthday celebration later!! But for now here are some pictures of Andy on his birthday before he left for class!!

Friday, April 17, 2009

3 GREAT TRIPS

March was a very busy month for us and so far April has been too. The highlights amongst our business have been 3 great weekend trips to visit family. We first ventured to Cincinnati, OH, then we were off to Charlotte, NC, and last made a quick stop in Bloomington, IN for Easter weekend!! Read on for more details of each trip!

Cincinnati, OH

My Mom and Dad flew out for a visit with my sister Megan and her family in Bloomington, IN and we all decided it would be fun to meet up in Cincinnati and tour a new city. Justin, Megan’s husband, actually used to live in Cincinnati so he was a our tour guide!
We went to this amazing grocery store called Jungle Jim’s that has everything you could possibly dream of. Things such as camel steaks, wax lips, a 200 lb block of cheese, an olive bar, a bottle of hot sauce that costs $2,000 and last the finest award winning restrooms in America! This place has it all!!! We treated ourselves to Graeter’s Ice Cream and of course we had to have some Cincinnati Chili at Skyline Chili. We went to Krohn Conservatory a place where part of the movie Airborne was filmed and also walked along the Ohio River.
We had a GREAT time in Cincinnati!!!

Me and Andy in front of Jungle Jim's

My Dad at Jungle Jim's

My Mom at Jungle Jim's

Me and Andy and the famous Potties!!

Us after Cincinnati Chili

Me and Megan in front of Krohn Conservatory

Me and Andy at Krohn Conservatory

Us and my Parents

Justin took a picture of himself!!!

Me and Megan by the Ohio River

Mom and Dad

Grayer all bundled up

Charlotte, NC

My sister-in-law, Melinda, and her two boys came out East for a visit. We met them at my brother Rob’s house in Charlotte, NC. We had such a fun and relaxing time just staying home and being with each other. We played the Wii fit, we watched the movie Bolt, we ate amazing food which is something you never go without when Flori is the cook, and I think the best part was staying up late and talking. Grayer loved all the attention he got from everyone there!!
I am so mad at myself I did not take one picture all weekend.
But even still we had a GREAT time in Charlotte!!!

Bloomington, IN

Andy got the whole Easter weekend off of rehearsals so we decided it would be fun to go visit Megan, Justin, and Maggie in Bloomington, IN. I was sad to be missing all of the Easter festivities back home in Idaho so it was fun to have someone to celebrate Easter with.
Events of the weekend included: going to the farmer’s market, going to the Lily Library on IU Campus where we got to see an original edition of The Book of Mormon, going to a great Turkish restaurant for lunch, going to Chocolate Moose a great little ice cream shack, doing an Easter egg hunt, dying eggs, doing the Easter egg roll which I almost won but Megan took victory away from me, going swimming this was Grayer’s first swim he wasn‘t so sure if he liked it or not, and of course going to church on Sunday and hearing the wonderful Easter music and then having an amazing Easter dinner!!
We had a GREAT time in Bloomington!!!

Having a great time at the pool

Me and Andy with The Book of Mormon

Our cute little family on Easter!!

Sunday, March 22, 2009

TWO MONTH PICTURES

Earlier this month we took Grayer to get his pictures taken. We were afraid he would sleep right through it but instead he was wide awake and was being as cute as can be!! See for yourselves...

Monday, March 16, 2009

Grayer's Blessing

We decided to bless Grayer while we were still in Idaho so that the majority of our families would be able to attend. He was only 7 days old and so obviously these pictures are not current. I meant to post these pictures like 2 months ago right after we got back, but I kept forgetting because I was trying to keep up with the speed Grayer was growing and posting those pictures. (He is growing way too fast!)
The little white outfit he is wearing was Andy's when he was a baby. We actually wanted to bless Grayer in the same little white tux that Andy was blessed in but it was WAY to big for him at only 7 days old, but it was still neat to have him wear another outfit that used to be Andy's. I thought he looked so adorable!