Haggerty Happenings

Baseball & Softball

2010-06-30T12:45:00.002-04:00

This spring, Katy and Shjon played baseball and fast pitch softball. They both loved it. Bill was the coach on Shjon's team and Shjon thought that was really cool. Katy really enjoyed playing on the girls fast pitch team. They played competitively and ended up taking 1st place for the season! She was so excited of course.

2010-03-01T12:50:00.000-05:00

We went on an awesome trip between Christmas and New Years. We went to Philadelphia and saw the Liberty Bell, Independance Hall, and lots of other cool stuff, then we went to Boston and walked the Freedom trail. It winds thru downtown Boston, and is really cool. Our last stop was New York City. We saw the Statue of Liberty, the WTC memorial, and where they are building the new one. We went to time square and saw where the ball would drop on new year's eve. Then we went back to VA and spent 2 days with Bill's dad, and brothers. It was an awesome time. We learned and saw alot of history about how this country became a free one. It was awesome. ~ freezing cold, but awesome!!!

Goodbye Hair!

2010-03-01T12:38:00.000-05:00

Katy got her hair cut, and we were able to save it and sent it in to locks of love! She loves having it short, and I was so proud of her for waiting until it was long enough to give away.

2010-03-01T12:31:00.000-05:00

We had "snow" much fun a few weeks ago, we got about 4 inches of snow, and the boys made the most of it! They made snow angels and this snowman that was over 6 feet tall. We hardly ever get snow here, and knowing it would all melt away really fast, we had a good time while it lasted!

2010-03-01T12:27:00.000-05:00

Jayden's Columbia Cyclone 18u travel team played in the championships this weekend, in Columbia, SC. They played 4 games to get them to the finals, then won the championship 3 to 1! Congratulations!!!! It was so exciting to watch them all play together.

Our Family

2009-12-06T21:46:00.002-05:00

We just got fall family photos taken by my friend, Tracy Seconi. I'm so excited about them, because we went somewhere and had them done on location for the first time. I'm sending one out in Christmas cards that's different than these, but these are a few of my favorites.

This Summer in South Dakota

2009-12-03T22:30:00.003-05:00

We had a great trip out west this summer. The kids and I drove out to Utah, and spent 3 weeks all over the state. On our way home, we went to The Crazy Horse Monument, Mount Rushmore, and the Badlands while we were in South Dakota. It was awesome.

2009-12-03T22:27:00.001-05:00

Please don't die of shock, but I'm actually updating this thing! I have to be the worst ever at this, and I'm sorry. I am gonna try and add some pics later, the last two times I've tried, I had errors and just haven't gotten back to it. Anyway, I just want to say our Thanksgiving was wonderful, and now we're getting ready for the holidays! I hope all my blogger friends are happy, healthy and staying warm!

Welcome to Nassau!

2009-04-14T09:09:00.003-04:00

We sailed all night to get to Nassau, and spent all day saturday there. Here, we walked into town to see the shops, and a small part of the city. We sailed right past the Atlantis resort, it is awesome! On deck, one of the chefs carved this ice sculpture in about 20 minutes, it was awesome to watch! We went scuba diving on this day too, but I don't have any pics of that yet because I just took a little waterproof camera. It was a great experience for Bill and I to do that. We sailed out for about 45 minutes from the pier and the water in the ocean was as clear as ever the whole way out. When we got to the diving spot, it was only 12 feet or so deep. That night, we went to a formal dinner all dressed up and it was so much fun! We had such a great day seeing and experiencing new things! What a beautiful place!

AAHHH, Freeport!

2009-03-29T12:07:00.004-04:00

This day was kinda funny because we got to Freeport a little late, and alot of the excursions were cancelled. So, we planned to go scuba diving, and ended up switching to our dolphin encounter. So, I didn't do my hair or put on make up because I planned to be under water! Oh well, it was awesome. It was such a great experience to be so up close and personal with the dolphins. They gave each of us a kiss at the end, and it was a very informative time! Freeport was small, but really has blue/green water and white sand. We watched this gorgeous sunset from the deck of the ship while we ate a snack after getting back from our dolphin experience! Gorgeous!

2009-03-29T11:55:00.000-04:00

Sailing Away!

2009-03-29T11:38:00.005-04:00

Wow, we couldn't believe it, the time had finally come to take our cruise! We had such a great time and the only thing we decided was 4 days is not long enough! It was a little windy when we sailed out of Jacksonville, but we knew we'd be in Freeport the next day and all is well! ha ha

Pioneer Trek

2009-01-12T14:34:00.004-05:00

Jayden just went on the pioneer trek, Dec 29-Jan 1st. They had about 150 kids go. It is the first time they've done it in the winter because it gets so hot here in the summer, it is really hard to get through the trek without dehydrating. So, Jayden was a little cold! It was a great experience and I cried when I watched him come in to finish the trek. I was so touched by the spirit and so grateful that he went. There were several youth I knew there, and I was so proud of all of them! The people that planned it did a great job. :-)

Merry Christmas!!

2009-01-12T11:30:00.003-05:00

We had a great Christmas. I am just a little slow getting some pics on here. The best was getting Guitar Hero World Tour for the 360, and Dance Dance Revolution for the Wii. I love the DDR game! I'm slightly addicted to it, actually. The Guitar Hero is so fun because we can all play together. Even Shjon is learning the guitar and drums! Jayden put on Katy's Hannah Montana wig, and was rocking out. We were laughing so hard we could barely do the song! It is so much fun.

Georgia Aquarium

2009-01-12T11:05:00.003-05:00

On Dec. 22, 2008, we went to the GA Aquarium in Atlanta. It was a lot of fun. We saw so many different kinds of fish, and sharks! They swam over our heads in certain parts, and we thought it was so cool. We watched a 3-D movie and even had some hands on experience! Jayden touched some shrimps that were running around! Shjon touched whatever that spongey thing is under his hand, Katlyn was nervous and I don't think she ever actually touched it, but maybe for a millisecond! The Beluga Whale was awesome to watch. We saw Arland that day too, but I forgot to take a picture! (lame-O) He looks AWESOME and we had a short and sweet visit!

My Fave Pic!

2008-12-31T10:54:00.001-05:00

I didn't put this picture up before, and it mught be overkill to do it now, but this one is my favorite of the family photos we took in December, so decided to share it. Happy New Year everyone!!

Merry Christmas!!

2008-12-18T19:53:00.003-05:00

We want to wish all of our friends a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I am forgetting all the political jargain and just saying it how I feel! If I didn't mail you a card, please forgive me! We are so grateful for Jesus Christ and the example he set for us in giving us the ultimate gift...eternal life. We are grateful for this opportunity to reflect on his goodness to us, and ways to reciprocate it to others. Our lives are blessed so much by the knowledge we have of Him. Enjoy the season and have a blessed day!

Hockey!!

2008-12-18T19:34:00.004-05:00

Seeing as how I am quick like a tree, meaning very slow, I just realized I have no pictures of my kids playing hockey on the blog!! We just spent the weekend in Greensboro, NC for Blake to play 4 games. He is on the Columbia Cyclones Bantam travel team. He is enjoying playing with this team alot. Jayden is on 2 teams right now, the Columbia Cyclones travel 16u team, and the Columbia Wildcats High School team. He played 5 games last weekend, so it was a divide and conquer event! Both boys are playing hard, and enjoying the season. Jayden is in the top 2 pics, and Blake is in the bottome 2. Thought I better mention that since they are both the same # - 87.

Crazy Times!

2008-11-30T16:04:00.005-05:00

Sorry I haven't been very good at updating this blog through out the fall. We had Katy and Shjon in soccer, Blake in football, and Jayden and Blake in ice hockey. We have been very busy, and I don't even have all those pics downloaded yet.

Right now, I am in the process of getting Christmas cards ready to mail out, and hope to include a family pic, but it won't be one that I put on here if it happens! I finally rounded up the troops, and got some pictures done this past week. I think they turned out pretty good. We just put up our Christmas decorations this weekend, and the kids are excited of course! We hope all of our family and friends have a wonderful holiday, and I will try and be better about updating this blog!

Strom Thurmond Lake

2008-09-25T20:25:00.003-04:00

We spent a lot of Saturdays at the lake this summer. It was so awesome! The water stays about 78 degrees and is perfect! We have met some great friends here, and one really cool family, the Harriells have a boat! So, Jayden and Bill decided to learn to wake board, and I even did it a few times, well a lot of times if you count all the ones where I couldn't even get out of the water! Katy and Shjon used some trainer water skis, and did great with that, but need to be a little bigger to get the wake boarding down! All in all, lots of fun memories at the lake for us this summer.

Our New Trampoline

2008-09-24T21:00:00.003-04:00

We got a new trampoline, and Blake's favorite thing to do, is jump on it when we are having torrential downpours, which happen much more often than they did in California! He did not know I was taking these pictures, until the end, so it was fun to watch him enjoying the rain and the trampoline at the same time!

The Red Hill

2008-09-24T13:06:00.004-04:00

We went on the Red Hill to take pictures the night before we left Utah! We had so much fun with all of our family and friends! I am so happy to finally be finishing the summer posts and move on already!

St. George

2008-09-24T12:12:00.004-04:00

We loved visiting St. George. The temple there is so beautiful! I didn't know what a blessing it was to wake up each morning and look at it out my bedroom window! We also visited with Grandpa Blake. It is always so good to see him! This was the end of June '08.

Monticello

2008-07-30T23:24:00.002-04:00

The next stop on our escapade through Utah was Monticello. We did lots of things there with our family, such as hiking up on the mountains and fishing. There was a bear that showed up while we were fishing, on the other side of the lake. Pretty scary? Yes, indeed. However we all survived without any injuiries. We also found about a 5 inch water snake there too. It was quite the dangerous trip.

Hiking

2008-07-30T21:48:00.003-04:00

This is from when we hiked for dinosaur tracks. They were a little bit hard to see, but were there. We were with Grandma Nadine, and some more of our Haggerty cousins as well. It was also very, very hot.

Love was felt in Roosevelt

2008-07-22T14:57:00.002-04:00

We met John (Bill's little brother) and Kelly's baby "River", and Sean & Christine's baby Dylan while we were in Roosevelt. There was also Grandma Nadine, Grandpa Larry, and a whole bunch of other Haggerty's there.

4 Wheelin'

2008-07-22T14:37:00.007-04:00

While we were in Roosevelt, hangin out with some family, one of our favorite things to do was ride the 4 wheeler's with our cousins. We pretty much rode them relentlessly (every day we were there, i'm almost positive) and had lots of fun. It was mostly just the cousins riding them to hang out, but on the first day there were some parents that rode.

2008-07-17T16:31:00.004-04:00

We spent the whole month of June on vacation in beautiful Utah. After driving for 34 hours straight through to get there, of course. Anyways, we had lots of fun with our family while we were there. We started in Roosevelt, then drove to Monticello, and then St. George, staying at each place for about a week. We will put up some pictures from our adventure shortly.

First Post...(Finally)

2008-07-17T15:46:00.003-04:00

We're so excited to start this blog to be able to keep in touch with our family and friends! Any one who knows us knows that we've moved a lot, so we have friends and family everywhere! We've been in South Carolina for a WHOLE YEAR now, and we're having lots of fun!