Laverty Family

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Tracy's 1/2 Marathon

This weekend I was able to accomplish a goal- a 1/2 marathon at Towson University. It was a great race especially since I was able to run it with some good friends. The course was a trail run that was fairly flat.

This picture was taken about 7 miles into it. The race was a out and back type of race.

Elinn and her husband ran it together and they made a great team. This year, Elinn and I have been helping each other by watching each others' children while we run. What a dear friend she is and I'm glad we could accomplish our goals.

The whole gang- Steven, Elinn, Jody and Tracy. At the end we were all a little dehydrated. What a hot day- it was in the mid 80's when we ran. I ran it in 2 hrs. 7 min. Now I think I will rest awhile and eat a well-deserved chocolate cookie that the girl's and I made.

Alison's Spring Concert

Alison and her first grade class performed a Spring concert for all the parents this week. What a cute program. Alison had a solo in one of the songs- she did a great job. We are so happy for her.

You can see the video at http://www.vimeo.com/11407678

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Easter

Alison and Lauren with cousin Scott.

What a beautiful Easter day we had in Virginia with cousins and family. We went to Jeannine and Leon's church to hear them sing in their choir and then we went over to Mama Jean's place for a luncheon. After lunch the children had a great time at the egg hunt. Then we went to Jeannine and Leon's house to celebrate Sarah's Birthday.

Bailey, Alison and Lauren looking cute in their Easter dresses.

All our girls.

We celebrated cousin Sarah's 12th Birthday with cake and icecream.

Nadine, A. Jeannine, Leon, David, and Ned all in front of the Sample home.

The girls all played with their new bubbles they got in their Easter baskets.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

You Pig!

Dad, Mike, Dave, Dave and I all got to go on a boar hunting trip in Gonzales, Texas last week. We called it our Red Neck Adventure. This was the first time we have been together in a very long time. We all had a great time and we all got to fill up our freezers at the same time. I even got to shoot my first boar with a bow.

Here is a picture of the last hog I shot. I shot it at 150 yards while it was at a dead run.

We also got to see some buffalo, elk, oryx, deer and even a zebra. Here is a picture of two elk that we were able to get really close to. It was a really fun trip and it was great seeing everyone.

If anyone would like to come over for some pig, let me know! We have a lot of it!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

more hot cocoa please

Here are some images of our latest and largest snowfall in Maryland. We got about 3 feet and there is another storm on its way. We've all been having a great time sledding, playing on the "mountain" right in front of our house, drinking cocoa and playing games.

Our deck looked like the Sahara desert, but with loads of snow instead of sand.

This is what we opened our door up to on Saturday morning.

Steve with the girls reading by the fire.

Alison, Lauren and friend Kailyn playing in the snow.

Steve, Lilly and Bailey went for a little sled ride (this picture was before the storm).

I have been very neglectful for not putting Lauren's 5th Birthday party pictures up. So, here you go- Princess dress up party with lots of pink + sugar + friends = Positvely Perfect Party

The girls all decorated and frosted their own princess sugar cookies.

Lauren is such a sweet girl. She is a little mother to Bailey and Lilly. She has many friends and her best friend is Alison. She loves anything fancy- just like her favorite character Fancy Nancy. Her favorite colors are pink, purple and white. Painting and working with glitter glue are her mediums of choice. We are a blessed family to have such a Lauren girl in our home. We love you Lauren.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Disney World!

This January we went to Disney World and met up with Grandma,Papa and the Moe family. We had a great time despite the cold weather. Here are a few pictures of our adventures with Mickey!

Our family at the castle

The girls in a tea cup

The four cousins. Taima, Sai, Alison and Lauren

Hanging out with Cinderella. The girls were so excited to meet her! They all dressed up in princess regalia. Lilly loves to point at this picture and say "Lalalala" (Translation: Cinderella. In baby babble)

The castle at night. It really was a magical place

We got to meet quite a few Disney characters. Here we are with Woody and Jessie.

We gave the girls each some money to spend at Disney World. This was Lauren's must-have purchace. She looked very cute.

Becuase of the cold weather, the crowds weren't that big and we got to go on a lot of rides.

Grandma and Papa with the Disney grand kids.

Here's Lilly looking cool on our drive home from Orlando

Lauren enjoying her lollypop on the drive home.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Christmas 2009

Here are a few pictures of our Christmas.

This is one of the pictures from our winter snow storm. Supposedly it was the worst storm since 1919. Steve got stranded in Atlanta during the storm and ended up driving all the way back home in the snow storm. He made it back safely and even got and interesting journal entry out of it!

We had our neighborhood Christmas party at our house. Its such a blessing to have great neighbors.

Here's another picture of our neighborhood Christmas party.

We drove up to Massachusetts to spend Christmas with my parents. We even got some sledding in with papa and cousins.

We went to the Boston Aquarium. It was freezing cold outside but everyone did really well. There are seals behind this glass that you can watch swim around. Both Steve and I remember going here as kids and coming here with our kids brought back memories.