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Travel Vacationing in Mexico October 27, 2022 by Jen Salazar

8 simple tips from a local to get the most out of your next all-inclusive vacation in Cancun

If you’re planning an all-inclusive trip all of the main vacation elements such as food, entertainment, accommodations & activities are all taken care of in one handy package in one location. All-inclusive resorts were created to make vacationing as straight forward as possible with little…

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Homeschooling September 12, 2022 by Jen Salazar

A letter to my homeschooled daughter

This is a letter to Isla as we continue our homeschooling journey. The choice to homeschool her was never planned but something I believe the universe pushed us towards. Now seeing how easily society & the world can be swayed & broken…it makes me even…

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Travel August 26, 2022 by Jen Salazar

6 Reasons to Arrange a Professional Family Portrait Session on Your Next Vacation

Let’s face it, most family vacation photos usually consist of a ton of selfies, some cell phone pics of the kids playing and a few standard pose, smile & snap shots trying to show off a location or attraction you visited. Parents usually spend way…

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Life in Mexico August 17, 2022 by Jen Salazar

How to cut a pineapple 🍍

Cutting up fresh whole pineapples have become something I do now on a regular basis. I’m lucky as I’m always able to easily find large beautiful ripe pineapples at my local frutería here in Mexico. I mainly use pineapple in my morning smoothie (along with…

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Vacationing in Mexico January 3, 2021 by Jen Salazar

Family Vacation Guide – Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya

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…

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Life in Mexico October 26, 2020 by Jen Salazar

Hurricane Prep with Kids

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…

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Homeschooling September 1, 2020 by Jen Salazar

Homeschooling…by choice

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…

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Vacationing in Mexico August 21, 2020 by Jen Salazar

Family Vacation Guide-Moon Palace Cancun (The Grand)

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.…

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Vacationing in Mexico August 17, 2020 by Jen Salazar

Family Vacation Guide-Moon Palace Cancun (Nizuc & Sunrise sections)

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…

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Vacationing in Mexico December 24, 2018 by Jen Salazar

DIY-How to make a Cancun Snowman out of sand

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…

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