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Grateful for the little slices of life that make up every day

June 18, 2013 BritMumInNZ 2 Comments Sarah

A new chapter is about to start in our lives, with a huge move from New Zealand to Santa Barbara, California within the next couple of months. Time will be filled with all the logistics of moving and keeping our three children (and ourselves) as emotionally stable as possible. In the meantime, it is simpler […]

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#FMSPhotoADay | 7 – 13 June

June 12, 2013 BritMumInNZ 3 Comments photography, Sarah

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LOVING #FMSPhotoADay Challenge | 1 – 6 June

June 6, 2013June 6, 2013 BritMumInNZ 1 Comment Loving & Not Loving, photography, Sarah

Loving joining in with FMS ‘Photo A Day’ challenge this month. There’s a different theme for every day of the month and it’s fun to be a little more observant of the every day (and the not so every day!). Here’s the first six days of June… 1 June – B is for… had fun […]

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Slices of life from the past week | 23 – 30 JUNE

June 30, 2012 BritMumInNZ 5 Comments photography, Sarah

23. MOVEMENT Nothing beats the thrill of play-time with Daddy! Alice catches some air whilst playing with her Daddy at the playground! 24. ON MY MIND My oldest daughter turned nine this week. Her past, present and future has been very much on my mind. 25. SOMETHING CUTE Alice, my youngest daughter – and little […]

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Slices of life from the past week | 16 – 22 JUNE

June 22, 2012June 30, 2012 BritMumInNZ 5 Comments photography, Sarah

16. OUT AND ABOUT | Photo a Day JUNE Whilst I enjoyed my once every six week hair cut and ‘time out’ for me, Dan took his girls to Junglerama for an indoor play experience (it was wild and windy outside). I met up with them later on. They’d had a lot of fun! 17. […]

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Loving Slices of Life from my photos a day for June 10 – 15

June 15, 2012June 15, 2012 BritMumInNZ 7 Comments Loving & Not Loving, photography, Sarah

10 JUNE | BEST THING ABOUT MY WEEKEND Last weekend, seeing my hubbie enjoy one-on-one time with each of his three daughters was the highlight of my weekend. Personally, I was feeling tired, recovering from a cold, a little wobbly with PMT and not up to much at all. I was so grateful to him […]

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Photo A Day JUNE 1 – 9 | Slices of Life

June 9, 2012 BritMumInNZ 4 Comments photography

I love taking photographs and joining in with ‘Photo A Day June‘, with a different theme every day, adds a little spin to my domestic, home-schooling, mothering duties. I normally snap the pics on my phone camera (which isn’t great – a little grainy and difficult to focus at times), but when I have the […]

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