g’day, i’m adriel.

If you’re new here, welcome.

My name is Adriel and I write the Memos. I’m a thirty-something music-loving, beach-going, family-advocating, mom-supporting, travel-adventuring, mountain girl (and city-lover) from Oregon who just happens to live in hot, humid tropical Australia with a hunky, spunky Aussie bloke – my husband Ryan.

yes, we were on vacation. nice huh? and [...]

introducing a little girl in a land far, far away {a photo story}

Once upon a time, Little Girl was born in California on a hippy commune called God’s Army. {Sounds a little crazy… but it wasn’t. It was just the 70’s.}

When Little Girl was three she spent the next year and a half living with her parents and grandparents on a sailboat in the [...]