Sandwiched in between Thanksgiving and Christmas, in this season of gratitude and merrymaking, our little family has its own special day of celebration.

A whole decade now. Today marks the 10 year anniversary of our move to New Zealand!

We have poured our hearts into crafting a new life for ourselves here. Aotearoa has worked its way into our souls as we have worked our way into it. Deep gratitude for our new lives here (hmmm, is it still considered new after 10 years???). Dreams, adventure, fruition as each day unfolds (with lashings of tedium - it is real life here too after all). But I'll take it all for the opportunity to grow our family here.

Our kids are Kiwi as. We probably never will be, but we still feel we've found our place. We're enamoured. Arohanui.

(This picture was taken just as we were leaving Colorado. The children look tiny!)