Graham
Alex
Christina
Shephard
Est. Two Kids One Wild Ride

The Hensons Family

Parents.
Again.

Two Kids  ·  One Wild Time  ·  Infinite Love

Meet The Family
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The People Behind The Story

Meet The Family

Four hearts, one home, and a lifetime of adventures waiting to be written.

Graham

The Dad

Graham

The steady compass of the family. Explorer, storyteller, and keeper of terrible dad jokes.

Adventurer · Provider · Dad
Christina

The Mom

Christina

The heart of the home. Equally graceful juggling a newborn and a five-star dinner reservation.

Nurturer · Chef · Mom
Shephard

The Big Kid

Shephard

Boundless curiosity packed into one small human. Already plotting his next great adventure.

Curious · Bold · Wonder
Alex

The New One

Alex

The newest chapter of the story. Still learning the world, but already ruling the house.

New · Loved · Growing
Our beginning
Growing together

Since

2020

Parents. Again.

Chapter One

Two Kids.
One Wild Time.

We thought we had figured it out the first time around. We were wrong — gloriously, hilariously wrong. Welcome to the second act.

The Hensons family lives by a simple creed: say yes to new places, new foods, and new adventures. Whether that's a weekend road trip or a last-minute flight, we pack fast and laugh even faster.

2018 · The Beginning

Graham & Christina start their greatest adventure.

2020 · Enter Shephard

The first wildcard joins the team and changes everything.

2023 · Enter Alex

Round two. Bigger chaos. Even bigger love.

Moments Preserved

Family Gallery

Favourite snapshots of the years — the loud, the quiet, the messy, and the magnificent.

Family outing
Family Outing
Road trip
Road Trip
Growing up
Growing Up
Shepherd
Shephard
New foods
New Foods
Alex
Alex Arrives
Weekend trip
Weekend Trip
All four
The Four of Us

What's Been Happening

Stories & Updates

The latest from our corner of the world — adventures, milestones, and everything in between.

Summer 2024

Summer 2024 · Adventure

Three States in Ten Days — Did We Survive?

We packed way too much, forgot sunscreen, and had the time of our lives. A cross-country saga featuring two kids and zero nap schedules.

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Alex month 6

Update · Alex at Six Months

Half a Year of Alex — Everything We Forgot the First Time

Turns out second-time parents still Google "is this normal" at 2 AM. Alex is thriving and Shephard has declared himself chief assistant.

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Shephard school

Milestone · Shephard

First Day of School — Who Cried More?

Shephard walked in without looking back. We stood at the gate for twelve minutes pretending we were fine. We were not fine.

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"The days are long, but the years are short. We intend to fill every single one."

— Graham & Christina

Trial, Error & More Error

Parenting Tips

Things we wish someone had told us — blowouts, bandages, boredom, and everything we figured out the hard way.

01 Pack triple what you think you need — then add one more outfit.

Gravity is merciless to small children and their outfits. If you pack three changes, you will need four. On a six-hour flight. We speak from vivid experience.

02 The second child watches the first child — and learns everything faster.

Alex is doing things at six months that Shephard didn't attempt until a year. Sibling osmosis is real. Also terrifying.

03 New foods: the dinner table is a negotiation, not a battlefield.

One bite rule. No pressure, no drama. Six-year-olds make excellent negotiators when they want dessert — use that energy constructively.

04 Schedule boredom. Unstructured time is where the magic happens.

The best games Shephard has ever invented came from moments where we turned off screens and said "figure it out." Kids are magnificently creative when left alone.

05 Give yourself grace — you are not failing, you are learning in real time.

The goal isn't perfection. The goal is showing up. Every single day, even the hard ones, is a win worth counting.

Explorers At Heart

New Places, Always

Every trip is a chapter. Every destination adds a line to the story of who we are as a family.

Mountains
Mountains
Beaches
Beaches
Cities
Cities
Countryside
Countryside

Our Philosophy

A child who has tasted mango in Thailand, ridden a train through France, and eaten street tacos in Mexico City will never see the world as small.

12+

States visited

4

Countries explored

∞

Memories made

Travel with small children isn't always easy. It's delayed flights and lost luggage and someone inevitably spilling something. But it is always, always worth it.

Who We Are

About
The Hensons

We are Graham, Christina, Shephard, and Alex — a family who believes that the best stories aren't read, they're lived. This website is our living scrapbook: a place to document the chaos, the beauty, and the everything in between.

We started this blog because our friends kept asking how we manage two kids and still find time to travel, try new things, and occasionally sleep. Spoiler: we don't always. But we try, we laugh, and we document every glorious failure.

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The Henson Family

2023

Blog launched

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Family members