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For the past few weeks, Ben and I have been getting up a bit earlier in the mornings and having coffee together at home before the day begins.
We mostly do our own thing - me writing in my journal, and him reading or doing some work - but the house is peaceful, the boys are asleep and we are together even in our silence. Rather than just getting up and rushing out the door, it’s been a much more calm and mindful way to start the day. It seemed to evolve, rather than there being a proactive decision made, but we’ve both reflected how much we’re enjoying the change in routine. And I feel like it’s made a difference to how the rest of our day unfolds.

Sometimes the littlest things can make the biggest impact. 💖

Do you have a morning ritual? Has anyone read ‘The Miracle Morning’ by Hal Elrod?

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Life has felt pretty full in the Love household lately. More full than we usually like it to feel. There’s definitely been a sense of overwhelm and a rising panic over how much of the year is left and everything we need to fit into it. And in those busy times, tending to relationships tends to get put on the backburner. We live, parent and work together, so therefore spend many hours in the same location, but it rarely feels like quality time.
So when Ben’s Mum kindly offered to hang out with the boys so we could go away together, it felt like a nudge from the Universe we couldn’t say no to.

We stayed in this little glamping tent in Obi Obi (not far from Mapleton, in the Sunshine Coast hinterland) and took all the food we needed (cheese, Prosecco and salads from @botanicarealfood 😉) so we didn’t have to move once we arrived. We spent the weekend reading books, chatting, dreaming, listening to birds, observing the wildlife wandering by, and remembering how much we like each other. It was good for the soul, and for us as a couple, to have some time away from the real world to breathe.
What does couple time look like in your world? Are you good at prioritising it?

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We’re having a little family adventure in Sydney this week.

On Sunday afternoon we had a sunset cruise around Sydney Harbour with our lovely skipper David, then he left us with a beautiful seafood feast and we slept on the boat (a Beneteau Oceanis 38, if you’re into sailing). We were moored in Lavender Bay, waking up to magnificent views of Sydney Harbour Bridge, Luna Park and the Opera House on Monday morning. (Most people apparently do this as a romantic overnight stay for two, so David thought we must REALLY like our kids 😉). It was a pretty amazing experience.

While this is definitely an adventure to feature on the highlight reel, holidays with kids don’t always feel like holidays, do they? Our kids are mostly easygoing these days but we’re still not immune from mood swings, hangriness, being too tired to walk, etc. (and that’s just Ben and I 😜). But we do our best to have family adventures, because creating memories is worth it... and hopefully at some stage we look back and forget about the hard bits and just remember the joy.

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