The Van Becks: Where does the time go?

Wow - I can't believe it is Feb. already! January just flew by! We have been busy with all sorts of stuff - I feel like I always say that, but I guess there is always something going on.

We have been enjoying the outdoors a little more; sledding, snowboarding and just playing in the snow. Last week we watched Teague a few days and it was great! Olivia and Teague are almost the same age, so they had a blast. They both love to read books, so we did a lot of that as well as coloring, playing play-doh, playing kitchen, etc. It was nice for Olivia to have someone her age to play with.

Ethan and Avery's school fundraiser was this past weekend and it went very well. Mike and I both had to help organize it and work at it. It was a long night but it was a lot of fun too. After the event, we went to Mike's class reunion, which made for an even later night!

Yesterday we spent most of the afternoon and evening at Auntie Debba's for the superbowl. The kids love it at her house - they have so much room to run around! We left when there was about 4 mins left and we missed the best part of the game!! We are bummed too because Mike left again yesterday for another week long trip for work :-( He hardly ever has to travel for work so twice in one month is kind of hard on us! We do have some fun things planned again though, so hopefully it will go fast!

This weekend I am really looking forward to my annual GNO (Girls Night Out) with about 15 of my closest girl friends from high school. We all still keep in touch and try to get together a few times a year - we always have a great time.

Here are some recent pictures of what we have been up to:

Avery wanted to take pictures - here is one she took of O and I.

Avery snowboarding for the first time

Ethan snowboarding

Olivia can never miss the action. Here she is dressed just like her big brother as they were playing "Motorcycle Tricks" in the living room. It is amazing that we haven't had more stiches in our house with all the rough housing they do! At least this time they had helmts on!