I’m a home body.  Through and through.  Few things make me happier than routine and familiarity.  In all honesty, the best part of traveling for me, is coming home!

But I have always wondered what it would be like to make somewhere else ‘home’ for a while.  I’ve wondered what it would be like to take our family over a grand and beautiful  ocean…and make our home somewhere else for a bit.  Not permanently.  Not indefinitely.  But for just enough time to expand our horizons and strengthen our ties.

I don’t imagine that it’s always easy navigating a new place as a couple.  We all cope with new territory a bit differently and it’s hard to know what kind of impact that sort of distance can do to people.

Stephanie and Mike have done just that though.  They moved across a grand and beautiful ocean to start a life in a brand new place for awhile.  They navigated the changes and the challenges…and they came out better than ever on the other end.

They also planned a wedding in the midst of it all.  I met with them during their briefest of visits back to Canada over the holidays.  We drank coffee…laughed hysterically…then said goodbye for another four months!

But now they are home…

A little bit wiser…a little bit more British…and a little bit closer to their much anticipated wedding day!