Whenever I talk about hospitality, I inevitably start with a story from our wedding. In is sermon, our minister, Richard, talked about the difference between hospitality and entertaining. He suggested that entertaining is white table cloths and fancy place settings; it’s about impressing people. By contrast, hospitality is sitting on the floor eating off paper […]
A few years ago, as our youngest child was moving out of nappies, my husband and I looked around and realised that while we had some good friends, we weren`t priorisiting that side of our family life. It had been years since we`d really made any new friends, and we weren’t local to most of […]
I recently read an article entitled 7 reasons your wife is stressed out all the time by Samantha Rodman and clicked on it because hey, I’m a wife and it’s easy to get stressed out. What I read quite honestly, horrified me. Four (and a half) of the seven reasons given related to the perceived judgement of […]
This weekend, I’d like you to try something: get your kids (or borrow one if you don’t have your own) and get a big sheet of paper (don’t worry, I’m not going to ask you to craft!) No, what I’d like you to do is ask this child to list all the things they wish […]
I have been blessed in my life to have experienced a couple incredible “bucket list” type experiences. One was just recently when we swam with elephants at The Mondulkiri Project and one was a few years ago, at The Bush House in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa. To say that we were in awe by what we […]
Salted Caramel Popcorn – YUM! If you haven`t tried it yet then where have you been?? Today it`s all about our family fave, Salted Caramel Coconut Popcorn – yes, all the goodness in ONE recipe. Inspired by a recipe for Vanilla Honey Salted Caramel Popcorn, this popcorn is deliciously crisp and sweet (but not overwhelming) with […]
Annabel Crabb once wrote, “If as a mother, there’s one little tip you can pass on to your daughter that might help her enjoy a productive, happy and neurosis-free life, I reckon it’s this: don’t tidy your room.” And I wish I’d taken a photo of my living room yesterday afternoon so you could see the incredible […]
What to do in Cambodia? Well, so very, very much! And Cambodia with kids, wow! What an amazing adventure. When we decided to head there I spent a lot of time scouring the internet to put together our itinerary. I found it immensely helpful to see what other families had done however most of the […]
Thinking of a family holiday to Cambodia (with or without kids) or just daydreaming about your next holiday? If you love adventure history food beaches animals and food (yep, I know that’s on here twice) ….then you really should visit Cambodia (with kids, if you have them)! family holiday to Cambodia We just spent 23 […]
The other week I found myself looking into some team sport options for my kids. I’m a first timer on this front and so I found myself in some of the most unexpected conversations. During one conversation in particular, I was assured multiple times, that their club was not competitive; that the children would not be […]