Another year, another regatta! As we've been doing for the vast majority of my life – and all of Amelie's – we spent the Saturday of Auckland Anniversary weekend at the Mahurangi Regatta. We woke up to drizzle at ours and my mother reported that it was raining at theirs (they're about an hour north of us), … Continue reading Our yearly regatta tradition
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Our Hawke’s Bay photo diary
Hi! As you know, we spent a couple of weeks in Hawke's Bay over Christmas, enjoying time with family, catching up with friends, and celebrating our ten year wedding anniversary. We haven't been down there in nearly two years, and we haven't spent such a long time down there in absolutely ages, so it was … Continue reading Our Hawke’s Bay photo diary
Photos from our family Christmas(es!)
We got to celebrate two Christmases this time round! A four year old's dream, am I right? My family are in Auckland and Northland, and Hayden's family are in Hawke's Bay, so this Christmas we decided to spend Christmas in Hawke's Bay and enjoy a little holiday at the same time. To that end, we … Continue reading Photos from our family Christmas(es!)
Five things in December
Pōhutukawa (affectionately known as Aotearoa's Christmas tree) December. December. It feels like such a long time ago! I'm really having to cast my mind back to think about what was going on then! This always happens to me, I think it's the Christmas/New Year/summer haze where days and weeks kind of all run into each … Continue reading Five things in December
10 years
10 years ago, in Te Awanga, New Zealand, this happened... 2010, Hawkes Bay Look at those kids! So happy, so young. This was the culmination of a big year for us, one in which we were planning our wedding in conjunction with planning our move to New York. We got married at Elephant Hill, a … Continue reading 10 years





