Two brothers chasing their dreams. A father sharing his blueprint. A mother keeping it real. Oceans apart, driven by values, anchored in family, running our own race.
Hunter and Cooper are in the States on F1 visas, using the USA schooling pathway to chase their dreams of becoming professional athletes—while securing their degrees along the way. They are living the grind, balancing high-level academics, and training alongside the best.
Back home in Tāmaki Makaurau, Coach Val puts kids through The Blueprint. A former Auckland Stars guard and Junior Tall Black, he takes his 30+ years of gym knowledge to run elite shooting clinics for aspiring ballers. Come for the shooting mechanics, stay for the standard. Val uses basketball to teach accountability, with every court session helping fund the path for his own boys overseas.
Meanwhile, Marcia writes The Diaries. No sugarcoating, no filter—just an honest, raw POV documenting the intense highs, the brutal lows, and what the athlete-mom journey really looks like. As the queen of logistics, she pulls back the curtain on the endless paperwork, flights, and moving parts required to keep a family operating across two hemispheres.

Life on the Move: The Chaos, The Wins, and From NZ to MercyhurstJuly absolutely flew by in a blur of time zones, sports tournaments, and airport rushes. From international visa panics and a championship netball win (fueled by a few wines) to getting Hunter settled into his US college dorm, it’s been beautiful chaos. Catch up on the latest family updates, tournament grinds, and why I clearly work best under pressure
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