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

A week with family in Maui, Hawaii

When I turn sixty, I hope I can do exactly what my mom did to celebrate her birthday. She rented

It’s been five months since my last blog post. I’m sure most of the readers here have given up hope

March 1, 2018

It’s no secret that we have fallen hard for the surfing bug. Who would have thought this family of London

Our friend and photographer, Bridget Wood, stopped by earlier this summer to take some photos of our family for a

Though this was our third southern hemisphere Christmas (NZ in 2015, AU in 2016 & 2017), celebrating in the height

For the past week we’ve been barely keeping up with all of the children’s ‘end-of-year’ events. There have been carols,

I grew up in one of the prettiest corners of America—the Pacific Northwest—smack dab between Seattle and Vancouver B.C.. I

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