tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246135712008-08-18T23:02:59.547-04:00Follow the family Taverner's adventures as they return from life abroad!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-91246777600113661382008-08-16T10:17:00.003-04:002008-08-16T17:16:12.470-04:00

Happy 11th Birthday princess, I'm glad your day was so much fun! As soon as your friends head home you can have a little nappy-poo, silly girl. We love you bunches and bunches and you fill our hearts with joy. Thank you for being such a wonderful you. Hugs & smooches, Mom, Dad, the boys and the furry family members too. XOXO

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-25530801306883979832008-07-16T10:06:00.004-04:002008-07-16T10:22:53.854-04:00

There is nothing like riding on a perfect summer evening and Mae had a great lesson last night! Here's my horsey-girl!! Oh good grief Kilts, WAKE UP!Huh? Okay I'm awake now! Aren't I handsome? Oh-oh, Mae's got the giggles! Jumping time...woo hoo! Yeeeeehaw! All done the hard stuff, time for a hack home Off we go!

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-33960576161178817322008-07-15T12:27:00.004-04:002008-07-15T12:38:01.591-04:00

IT is all uphill from here!It IS all uphill from here!It is ALL uphill from here!It is all UPHILL from here!It is all uphill FROM here!It is all up hill from HERE! A special mantra for a special girl.  http://www.kahlilla.com/index.html

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-80885383974152139262008-07-09T10:45:00.002-04:002008-07-09T10:49:49.528-04:00

If you have never viewed this, please do yourself a favour and click on the link to the first installment (click on the highlighted word "photobombers"). Cary (given the idea by Jocelyn) is working on a second and I can guarantee you should make sure your bladder is empty and you are not consuming a beverage while viewing!  Enjoy! List Of The Day: Photobomber Pic Of The Day

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-21530857435019972482008-07-01T20:18:00.009-04:002008-07-03T08:17:18.428-04:00

Here's to the greatest country in the world...I may be slightly biased. ;o) Happy Birthday Canada and Happy Canada Day!

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-43118576014799055942008-06-29T22:04:00.003-04:002008-06-29T22:22:18.730-04:00

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm 64. Of course we will. Happy Birthday Mommy! XOXO Where else would you rather spend your day? Happy Birthday Darling/Mom/Grandma! Hurry up and blow them out before the smoke alarm goes off!!

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-659081277716233892008-06-13T10:31:00.003-04:002008-06-13T10:45:12.097-04:00

of Tim's HAIR!! He went for a haircut yesterday and decided it was time to take it a bit shorter. He was looking at pictures from our trip to Vancouver and he kept yelling out, "what the hell happened to my hair????". In the last two months it has been rapidly going and he was in danger of having the dreaded "forehead island"....EEEEKKKK! While in the chair yesterday he told the lady to take it

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-38016645640024919752008-05-07T16:36:00.003-04:002008-05-07T16:37:59.842-04:00

Old dog, new tricks! :o) YAY ME!

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-90704426900011064992008-05-06T12:48:00.002-04:002008-05-06T12:52:19.852-04:00

Guess who is a yellow belt?? Well done Grasshopper, we are so very proud of you!! :o) Cam passed his first belt grading 5/5/08!Proud boy! Breaking out of Dad's choke hold...hehe!

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-43031861975249280802008-04-28T15:15:00.003-04:002008-04-28T18:46:49.444-04:00

I'm having a "how" & why" day! Mondays can do that to a person. ;o) How did I end up 3rd or sometimes 4th in line for the shower in the morning???? Stinkin' kids! I'm soooo over lukewarm showers **grumble**. I guess this is why parents get up so early?? Why will my brain, especially on a Monday, not function normally until I have some caffeine on board?? How did it go from 25 degrees and

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-30226866283747923532008-04-17T11:51:00.002-04:002008-04-17T12:03:54.855-04:00

Two peas in an Aspie-pod. :o) 14. ACK! How did that happen?? Happy Birthday Fred, you make us so very proud and we love you bunches. Even if your feet are bigger than Mom's, you are almost taller than Mom and you eat us out of house and home. Still wouldn't trade you for the world. :o) Have a great day big guy, can't wait to eat some cake with you later! **smooch smooch** **hug hug** Love from

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-58297757904611475202008-04-17T11:25:00.003-04:002008-04-17T11:39:33.006-04:00

The Ottawa Citizen headline summed it up pretty well: "Mercifully, it ends for the Sens." (photo by Wayne Cuddington, The Ottawa Citizen) Alfie said it all: "The way we played down the stretch, we just couldn't turn it around. We just didn't play well at all going in. Not much more I can say." Sigh. Being swept is so not cool. Especially after last season. Blah. Happy Golfing boys. 'Til next

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-21336510768591283872008-04-15T11:11:00.004-04:002008-04-15T11:52:42.788-04:00

You can see our little blob of snow in the middle of the pic! Our house has the last snow in Scugog me thinks!! We don't get very much sunlight on the front of our house, only a brief bit in the morning, and for some strange reason we seemed to get the largest dump of snow this winter!! Even the neighbours commented on how high our snowbanks were compared to everyone around us...weird! So there

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-84581164727629149462008-03-30T17:42:00.004-04:002008-03-30T18:43:12.396-04:00

Miss Maeghan had an exciting day today, her first horse show at the stable where she takes her weekly lessons! This was her first show since arriving back in Canada and she had to do a Dressage test and a Jumping round judged by the owners of the stables. Ian Roberts, one of the owners, is a former Canadian Olympic eventing rider and judged the Jumping test so what a great experience for Mae!

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-91946376805499433562008-03-30T17:29:00.004-04:002008-03-30T17:42:21.515-04:00

Sooooo, did you all turn off your lights and non-essential stuff last night? I hope so! We lit lots of candles and spent a very quiet and peaceful hour with no computers, no t.v.'s, no noise. Bliss. I think the dog and cats were a bit confused but that's okay..haha! I wish all of my neighbours could have gotten with the program and I must admit it did irk me to look out the windows and wonder why

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-90420114185373622492008-03-30T16:22:00.004-04:002008-03-30T17:20:26.346-04:00

Mae, Delsin and I spent last weekend at Buck Lake with our neighbours and friends Paul & Carolyn to experience making maple syrup first hand! P&C have built their own sugar shack complete with evaporator and tap trees on land they own around their cottage/home and have, very cleverly, named their product "Tree Pee"! Despite very chilly temps, the kids and I had a ball collecting syrup from

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-64477498825174030352008-03-20T23:45:00.002-04:002008-03-21T01:14:25.174-04:00

So much for Spring arriving today, it's been cold and blowing with snow flakes flying around for good measure! I drove home from my night class in a blustery snow squall, the snowplows were out in force salting the roads and the wind is howling outside the windows as I type this! It seems to be the winter that isn't going anywhere fast! We started March Break off with a bang (or in roared the

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-44259489739307904212008-03-04T14:23:00.004-05:002008-03-05T00:49:59.995-05:00

I think I am not the lone Canadian hoping that Conrad Black will soon be someone's bitch! After his disgracefully lenient sentence being issued we can all sit back and smile knowing that he didn't fully get away with it. He is now prisoner number: 18330-424. How sweet it is. That's what you get for renouncing your Canadian citizenship you putz!! Funny that the media was having trouble finding

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-60377155955507501642008-02-29T21:21:00.002-05:002008-02-29T23:01:41.447-05:00

I figured I should pop in an extra post since I only get to do this every four years! :o) Can you believe the next time I get to do this Connor will be almost 18?? **shudder** It's been another busy week chez nous and I'm glad to see Friday! Mother Nature decided to take advantage of the leap day to slam us with bone chilling cold, down to -29C with the windchill, and whip up some wicked snow

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-5999766275425707482008-02-26T12:22:00.005-05:002008-02-26T12:48:31.450-05:00

Well, after my whining about the kids growing up too fast and milestone after milestone flying by, Mae goes and reaches another one! After an 8 week delay from our first trip to Toronto to try on pointe shoes (everything was too big and they had to order in "diddy" sizes for her), she finally got to do her first ballet class "en pointe" last night!! How exciting! I think it was actually more

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-32008332107603345422008-02-22T08:49:00.005-05:002008-02-22T09:51:51.517-05:00

I have the flu and when my darling Delsin came down for breakfast this morning and I told him that Mommy wasn't feeling well he offered a solution: a magic kiss! He came to me and kissed me on the back of my hand and then planted one on my lips and announced that he has "magic feel better kisses". I feel better already! Wednesday, on the way home from school, we had an interesting conversation,

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-31742696180780588362008-01-10T16:12:00.000-05:002008-01-10T22:51:26.688-05:00

You couldn't tell by looking out my windows...sheesh! Welcome to "The Great January 2008 Melt"! What a change from a few weeks ago when we were digging out of two huge dumps of snow! BEFORE: AFTER:BEFORE: AFTER: The wind was so wild overnight Tuesday that I half expected to wake up in Oz with a pair of feet sticking out from under the house! The crazy winds continued yesterday and at one point

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-88365185601799807212007-12-24T21:28:00.000-05:002007-12-24T22:05:04.779-05:00

A glimpse at our day so far, we have three very excited kids and one who is tolerating all the fuss pretty well...haha! Wishing you and yours a happy day, I hope Santa is good to you! Laura, Tim, Connor, Cameron, Maeghan, Delsin, Oscar & Schat (plus "special guests" Norm, Janette & Bug) Tim preparing the "snog"...tastes good, bad for the liver! Cheers!!Self portraitTime for our family

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-74698015939533689742007-12-07T12:39:00.001-05:002007-12-07T12:43:27.765-05:00

I saw this on another blog...too funny! I LOVED Gladiator...hee hee! You can bet if someone killed my family I'd be opening a big can of whoop-ass too...maybe just not as epic as good old Maximus. :o) And number two was Captain Jack Sparrow. Mr. Depp. **puurrrrrrrr** Which Action Hero Would You Be? v. 2.0 created with QuizFarm.com You scored as MaximusAfter his family was murdered

Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644092246028113377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24613571.post-41912915503057283972007-12-05T23:17:00.000-05:002007-12-05T23:24:53.251-05:00

And they're mine, all mine! I'm one lucky lady! Connor 13yrs, Grade 8; Cameron 12yrs, Grade 7 Delsin 5yrs, SK; Maeghan 10yrs, Grade 5

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