We are Dane and Jillie and our two boys are Sebastian and Rowan. We are often known by our friends and family as the strange family that keeps taking off from a comfortable life in Maui or Santa Barbara to live in foreign countries, often in the middle of the countryside on farms, and often in not so comfortable dwellings like a hot van or a canvas tent. As a couple, Dane and I have always been undeniably in love with a rural and traditional life... think shepherds, cheese makers, ancient olive groves, hearing the history about the land, cooking over a fire, singing ballads about old growth forests... that kind of thing. So this often led us to Europe, especially because Dane was raised in Portugal, but also because vibrant festivals and tradition and all the best foods live there. It also meant that we chose to make our home for a few years in old stone cottages in the mountains of Northern Spain in Asturias as well as deciding to give birth to our first born in the quiet countryside of interior Portugal.

For us, life is about spending most of the day together, as a family. If it means not making that much money, that's what it means. For us, true wealth is spring water captured from the earth or enough land to practice permaculture.

Many European dreams were dashed this year but we kept our spirits high and decided to take a scouting trip to Oaxaca, Mexico where we knew the nature would be incredibly abundant and the traditions alive. We've been here for almost three months now and have found a large piece of land in the mountains here where we want to create a farm project and a family home.

With this platform, we want to create a community of like minded families and friends who want to live a life of intention and to bring you along on our journey here. We will also focus a lot on our current farm/build project as well as travels around Central and South America with this crazy family of ours. Thank you so much for your support!