Somewhere Slower - A family gap year, embracing the simple and the slow

Wilkie at 6 Months Old

Six months already! We can hardly believe it. Michael and I both feel this has been the quickest six months

Every year, for the past seven or eight years, Sara Welch has taken photos of the kids during our summer

As parents we are constantly evolving our parenting style. There are always new things we want to do, old things

July 27, 2017

We call it Soobie’s Island after my grandmother. Despite all the places we’ve been it remains the most special place

If Marlow had her way, we’d all be moving to Noosa. She was on the verge of tears yesterday

Our sweet baby boy is three months old! Time seems to be on fast-forward these days. The three month mark

One question we are regularly asked is ‘What should we pack for our family gap year?’ Or just, ‘what should

We have been fans of Edinburgh artist, Emily Hogarth, and her wonderful papercut creations for a while. Emily uses a cut

May 9, 2017

It’s a curious paradox that Wilkie, our most placid of babies, was born on the stormiest of nights. Thunder and

Wilkie’s birth was always going to be different. For one, we planned a home birth, something I had always liked