Our original itinerary did not include Iceland, but when we were getting our plane tickets, a stopover in Iceland was actually cheaper! ...

Lisbeth had told us about Godisflyget-a candy store in an airplane! And it was on our way to our Airbnb! We hadn't mentioned it to the...

Making our way to Copenhagen! We could either take a ferry or giant bridges-Sofie suggested bridges, so definitely going with that. We...

Look at this hero-doing all of the driving and not looking at the scenery. So we would talk about how not cool it was. Pay no attention...

I love Italy. The language and accents and scenery...and the food! Growing up, we definitely embraced our Italian roots with traditions...

Made it from Thailand to Munich! We rented a giant van (there are not a lot of vehicles to rent that will hold 6+ people and luggage!)....

The not so exciting parts of travel...waiting to get into our hotel room! Our flight out of Bangkok to Munich was just after midnight-so...

July 25 marks a spectacular 15 years of marriage!

Hooray for the beach and a whole lot of no plans! We flew from Chiang Mai to Koh Samui with a quick stop in Bangkok. A whole plane ride...

Van decided that she was going to stay at the airport. Our villa had a pool and a bunch of frangipani trees-love this flower so much!...

Nine hour flight from Oz to Bangkok! It was during the day, so the girls were ecstatic to have hours of uninterrupted screen time. By...

/Violet/Van/Lena. She tells us that she plans to continue to go by Violet when she starts school in September. She certainly has lots of...

More airports! Our airbnb in Sydney was a super cute old building, just a short walk to Coogee beach! Headed to the Opera House! Hello,...

ooh! almost forgot this picture- It's Taranaki from the plane! Love that mountain. We had just a few days till we needed to fly out (with...

Pauline, my lovely boss from clinic drove us to Greymouth to catch to train to Christchurch. KiwiRail! I love train travel. Coloring...

The girls at their last swim lesson with Pat-she is such a fantastic teacher! End of school term Matariki (Maori new year)...

We didn't have any big trips planned over the last few weekends before we left Westport, but we had some good local fun. June 21-dropped...

The lack of toys and bikes have made for some great imaginations and sister/family time! There have been comic clubs, cooking clubs,...

Yay for JOSHUA!! So happy to be in this life with you! So good thing we didn't have anything big planned, cause 4/6 of us went down with...

This mug came with the house and has been a running joke about me (Josh.) I'm not actually retired but its been fun pretending! Then...