The beach+horses = fun

As summer break winds down for our girls, we decided one last adventure was in order.  Riding horses on the beach in Noosa has been on our list of adventures to try.  As we were researching places to… Read More

Ahh, to be 21 again!

It’s been a big week for our family! Our oldest, Sophie, turned 21 yesterday! What is so impossible about this is that she was this baby just the other day!    And, we were 21 not that long… Read More

Rocking right on into 2018

Well, maybe I should have said discoing into the new year!  Now that the holiday’s are over, we are fully embracing summer break.  Yes, summer in January still is throwing us off too!  Because our Sophie is working… Read More

Happy New Year

One of our friends in describing us to someone who didn’t know us said “When they say they are going to do something, like move to Australia, they actually do it…they don’t just talk about it!”  We took… Read More

So this is Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our family!  For the first time in twenty six years of marriage, we are not getting Christmas or New Years cards in the post so we thought we would send our love via blog! This… Read More

A long overdue update!

You know you are way behind with your blog when friends who aren’t on social media begin sending you emails asking if you are okay!  It has been an incredibly busy couple of months and trying to figure… Read More

Baby steps out of concealment!

There is something about stepping away from your life for a bit that gives enough space to see a bit more clearly.  It may sound silly to talk about stepping away from my life since our Brizzy (Brisbane)… Read More

What do you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

My dear friend Jeannette passed away this weekend.  I am so incredibly heartbroken.  She was this vibrant firecracker who ran a youtube craft channel and listened to Pit Bull, not necessarily two things you would put together.  I… Read More

Surprises

Life is full of surprises.  One of the biggest surprises of my life came in the person of my groom Lawson!  He was not what I was expecting.  It is safe to say that upon initially meeting we… Read More

Expat Growth

One of the interesting aspects of being an expat is viewing life, particularly our home country, from a position of distance.  We are looking from an outside perspective rather than an insider’s view in certain ways.  The growing… Read More