Six Plates and Passports

We’re a family of six—Brad, Rachael, Henley, Harper, Haddie, and Hollis—plus two dogs (Oreo and Waylon), living a very full, very loud, very normal life… while quietly working toward a not-so-normal dream.

One day, we want to sell almost everything we own, buy a sailboat, and sail around the world together as a family.

We’re a few years away from making that dream a reality.
And that’s exactly why this blog exists.

So what is Six Plates & Passports?

Right now, this blog is about the before.

It’s about:

• Life with a big family and all the chaos that comes with it
• Cooking for six plates (every single day)
• Budgeting, saving, and making intentional financial decisions
• Renovating our entire house while still living in it
• Buying a new home and figuring out what we actually need vs. what we can let go
• Starting from scratch with social media and online income
• Learning how to replace traditional income with location-independent work

And yes—eventually—it will be about sailing.

But first, it’s about becoming the kind of family that can sail.

Why share this publicly?

Because big dreams don’t happen all at once. They happen in grocery budgets, late-night planning sessions, half-finished renovations, uncomfortable decisions, and a lot of learning along the way.

We believe the most interesting part of any journey isn’t the highlight reel—it’s the messy middle.

We want to document the real process:

• What works
• What doesn’t
• What we wish we knew sooner
• And how an ordinary family prepares for an extraordinary life

Are we crazy?

Maybe a little.

But we think it’s crazier to ignore a dream just because it feels far away.

So this is us—Brad and Rachael, raising Henley, Harper, Haddie, and Hollis, building, saving, learning, failing forward, and inviting you along as we figure it out. Whether your dream is sailing around the world or simply creating more freedom for your family, we hope you find something here that makes you think: