Our final week living in Laos is upon us! Saying goodbyes, packing up, and moving out of our house in Vientiane, and gearing up for new adventures ahead.

A weekend doing stuff, then reflecting on that stuff. Because, you know, forty trips around the sun.

Highlights from September 2019, a surprisingly subdued month considering what lay on the horizon. A relaxing month with amazing weather. The calm before the storm.

Updates and adventures from our every day life in Vientiane, Laos with the boys this past August.

Our time living in Vientiane is rapidly coming to an end. Which begs the question: Where to next?

Returning with Noe to one of the places where it all began for us in Vientiane, and we are amazed once again at the difference three short years make.

Taking advantage of drought conditions in rainy season to get out and about with the boys…when it’s not miserably hot, that is.

How can a city be constantly changing and not really changing at all — all at the very same time? We set out with Noe and Riley to answer that very same question, with astonishingly unsurprising results.

Closing out the month of June, here’s a look back at the highlights of the final week.

Hard to believe it’s been seven years since diving off the deep end together. Time flies when you’re having fun, I guess! A quick recap on a perfect anniversary weekend with and without the boys.

A recap of our daily life adventures in Laos for the month of June.

Jazz, rainstorms, sweltering heat, tuk tuks, more new eateries, a whole lot of hoofin’ it, staying local, and a crawler on our hands defined our third May living in Vientiane.

Riley tries out nursery school and solid foods, I try out days without kids and three new coffee shops, and Lori and Noe try their best to stay out of trouble.

From killer smog, to potty training, first weekend away, to 3/4 of the fam getting sick, March had a little something for everyone. Here’s a look back at an eventful month here in Vientiane.

What’s it like to live with the worst air quality in the world? Little did we know, we were about to find out.

It’s Saturday night again in Vientiane. Riley and I have just made it to the drop zone, and have just 90 minutes to rendezvous with the rest of our party at the designated extraction point. Will we make it in time, or get waylaid by cold beer?

Settling into our new digs, slowly getting provisioned, and soaking up the near-perfect weather that is Vientiane in January.

After reconnecting with family and friends (and disconnecting from the online world) for the past five months, we’re back! — in Laos, and back on AwayGoWe!

By our second full day together, I could tell Riley was getting restless. Only one solution to that in Vientiane. A trip to ITECC! Only problem is it’s no longer a ten minute walk, but a half-day’s journey on foot.

The third and final installment of our journey back to Laos as a family of four, after five months away in the U.S. on maternity leave.

Sliding back into rainy season and home base routines—but not without new discoveries, capital city adventures, and a handful of big milestones on the horizon.

Hot town, summer in the city—back in the People’s Democratic Republic. Baby yoga, baby bumps, swimming pool brewery, baby’s first jazz club, and…a Communist-themed night out.