If You're Going to San Francisco!

Here is a separate slideshow from our trip to Modesto and San Francisco. What a great trip! We got to see where Allison lived in Modesto, Pebble Beach, and all the great sights in San Francisco (a great and very unique place to visit).

Evin, Kayla & Maddox

Summer Recap

We're Back!!!

We had a great summer, but as always, it wasn't long enough!
Maddox is continuing the change every day, we cannot believe how much he has grown this past year.

We took a number of great trips this summer, including; Atlanta, the Outer Banks, San Francisco, and a quick trip to Kansas in July. Other than the trips, we spent a lot of time outdoors enjoying the weather, swimming, playing baseball and going to baseball games.

The summer went really fast, and we are back in the swing of things this fall. Maddox is at the same school but has moved up a class, Kayla is still teaching with Durham Public Schools but is at a new school (Forest View), and Evin is still working with Duke Athletics.

We are enjoying our time here in Durham, and looking forward to another great year! Here are a bunch of pictures from our summer vacation.

Evin, Kayla & Maddox

Memorial Day Weekend

Over Memorial Day weekend, we headed down to Atlanta. It was about a 6 hour drive, which we realize is about the max for Maddox (and Evin and Kayla). In Atlanta we visited the world of Coca Cola (Kayla even let Maddox sample some of the 60+ soda varieties made by Coke from around the world). We also went to the Georgia Aquarium, where Maddox enjoyed seeing all the different marine life. It just so happened that the Braves were playing in town, so we also made it to a baseball game. They played the Blue Jays and won 4-3 in an exciting game! The weather was nice with just a few raindrops. Overall, it was a great trip!

On Monday, we concluded our Memorial Day weekend with a nice day at home, catching up on some sleep, grilling, and playing outside before beginning another week. Evin and Maddox went and bought fishing pools, and practiced casting in the back yard. Being the experienced fishermen that they are, it will be very interesting to see how this whole fishing experiment turns out...........We'll keep you posted.

Below are the photos from our trip to Atlanta. Click on the slide show to view them individually and to view the full screen slide show.

Hope everyone is doing well.

-Evin, Kayla & Maddox

Spring Time!

Sorry it has been so long since our last post. We have vowed to do a better job keeping up with our blog...........

Springtime: We started spring with a trip to Asheville, NC over the Easter holiday. While there, we spent our time in its unique downtown area. We also spent a week in Kansas at the end of April. We visited Kansas City, Claflin, and Wichita, where Evin’s mom had heart surgery. She is recovering well and we are glad we were there to support her through it. Kayla had her dreams come true on mother’s day: she was wished a happy mother’s day by Oprah Winfrey. We attended Duke’s graduation where we saw and listed to her give the graduation address.

Maddox's 3rd Birthday!

On Friday, January 9th Maddox celebrated his 3rd Birthday. Here are some photos from our exciting evening!

Beck Christmas Vacation

Happy Holidays! Sorry for the delay in getting our pictures posted on the blog, but it has taken us a couple of weeks to get into the swing of things after the long holiday break (and I don't know if we are quite there yet).

We had a great trip to Kansas. We had the chance to see a lot of people and had a really great time. It was an awesome Christmas and we really enjoyed the time we spent with family and friends!

We also had a great New Year back here in Durham. Although we did not do anything real exciting, we did at least make it until midnight.

Let us be the last to wish everyone a Happy New Year!

-Evin, Kayla & Maddox