This past summer my daughter became obsessed with playing “The Floor is Lava”. She kept wanting to play it outside but moving around outdoor patio furniture became a huge task. I looked at various brands of stepping stones online and couldn’t believe how expensive they…
Hard Rock Riviera Maya (HRRM) is probably the single hotel we’ve spent the most time at as a family over the years! HRRM is actually the first all-inclusive resort in Mexico our daughter visited at just 2 months old. Since then we’ve had the opportunity…
Each hurricane season here in Cancún has normally not meant too much more than a few days of isolated showers. We actually haven’t even had a lot of close calls or named storm systems pass through that anyone really had to worry about or give…
After five and a half months away from our home here in Cancun we’re back! We’ve missed the sunshine, the tiny little geckos that run around inside our home and being just a short drive from some of the world’s most gorgeous beaches. Now that…
If you’re planning on homeschooling your kindergarten aged child or your little one is signed up for virtual learning you might be wondering where you should start. Let’s face it suddenly at home learning is a pretty hot topic. This is our second official year…
I homeschool my 5-year-old daughter Isla…by choice. It’s weird to suddenly add the “by choice” part at the end of that sentence but it strangely seems necessary now given everything going on. It immediately lets people know we weren’t forced into our decision and truthfully…
Since Moon Palace Cancun is such a large resort I felt The Grand deserved it’s own dedicated post. For years Moon Palace operated with 3 distinct sections…Sunrise, Nizuc and Grand with guests being able to stay in one but use all 3 during their stay.…
One of the advantages of living & working in paradise is we end up at some of Cancun’s top all-inclusive luxury resorts very often getting to blur the lines between being a local & tourist. Our home is located just 20 minutes from Moon Palace…
Now this is definitely not a topic I ever thought I’d be writing about or sharing tips on…but the world suddenly got turned upside down with a new coronavirus & we ended up flying right in the thick of it all as every country was…
We live in Mexican paradise and the beach is genuinely one of our happy places so it’s also where we gravitate to for photoshoots. Each December I try and plan a fun & special Christmas shoot of my daughter Isla. Last year I did an…