Leaf: This is the sight on the way to my parents house from the road…so expansive, makes me wish I was a bird. (Bulli, Australia)

Rae: This morning the sky outside my house was glorious. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: We walked along the beach together in pairs…six sisters.  (Wagstaff, Australia)

Rae: We went to Niagara Falls for Chinua's birthday. It was even more breathtaking than I thought it would be. (Niagara Falls, Canada) 

Leaf: We went to the COPE museum and learnt more about the sad reality of all the unexploded mines still all over Laos. This exhibit reminded me of this verse: 'They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation,nor will they train for war anymore.' The Sacred Scriptures- Isaiah 2:4 (Vientiane, Laos)

Rae: My parents live on Vancouver Island, and we have to take a ferry to get to them. We've taken many ferry trips, actually, this month, going to different locations, and I love being on a boat, crossing to an island. This woman is one of many who would rather sit outdoors than in. (Georgia Strait, Canada)

Leaf: Young monks repairing the mosaic on a wat. (Luang Prabang, Laos)

Rae: Sunset over islands in the Georgia Strait. We visited my brother and sister-in-law where she grew up on the coast. It was beautiful. (Sechelt, Canada) 

Leaf: A moment of peace with classical music playing, hot chocolate pudding and this beautiful pottery to enjoy. (Vientiane, Laos)

Rae: And now he looks like this! This is our Solo on his sixth birthday. (Victoria, Canada)

Leaf: The cheapest dinner at the night market- 10,000Kip ($1.30) for a plate as high as you can pile it. (Luang Prabang, Laos)

Rae: One amazing thing about our beaches is the driftwood. Because we have so many forests, there are piles of beautiful silvered driftwood on the shores of British Columbia, my province. (Victoria, Canada)

Leaf: I am in love with these wooden, red lacquered containers and have been every since I fist laid eyes on them the very first time I came to Varanasi. (Varanasi, India)

Rae: Isaac is such a delight in the sea. Ever in motion, laughing at the waves, a chunk of cuteness on the beach. (Arambol, India)