Support Local Soccer Team
Our goal is to raise money, donations, and awareness for a fantastic family coaching a soccer club in a poor town in Mexico. Most of the families cannot afford to pay the $5.50USD per month. This fee includes two-90 minute practices during the week and at least one game on the weekends. The soccer year here operates from September 1st […]
Sotuta de Peon Hacienda tour and lunch
Wow, we finally went to the Sotuta de Peon working hacienda! It was fantastic and I hope to bring more people in the future. The drive there was quite exciting…they are doing a lot of road construction by Tecoh which is where you might have seen signs for the hacienda. Alas, there were no signs […]
Homun Grutas y Cenotes
With our out of town guests, we always like to take them over to the quaint little town of Homun in the Yucatan to experience some of the local cenotes and grutas. Cenotes are the fresh water pools that are found all over the Yucatan and are a very refreshing change to salt water and […]
Gotcha – Paintball Wars – Merida area
For Evan’s second birthday party, he chose to go to Gotcha, which is the Spanish term for Paintball in the area. He actually decided that this would be his birthday party in December, but wanted to wait until Kayla came from Calgary to celebrate with him. An added bonus was that our long time friends […]
Easter Sunday 2015 sleepover
On Easter weekend this year, we had two of the boys from the soccer team, Oliver and Cristopher, stay over the night before. This meant that they got to partake in our annual egg painting festivities. Lyn brought egg painting kits from Canada, as they are sometimes very, very difficult to find here. Easter bunnies […]
Progreso Montessori School Library Trip
Today, Debbie with the Montessori school in Progreso, decided it would be a good day for the children to go see the town library. The library is located in the cultural center and is a big part of things in the city of Progreso. In our Casa de la Cultura, we have partaken in many […]
Actix Park in Merida
A family adventure park in Merida! Actix Park is great fun for the entire family. Go Karts, Paintball, Bungy trampolines, Ziplines, Extreme Obstacle Course, Aero Board, Labyrinth maze, Ball house, and more! This was a great place to go and the kids really enjoyed it. I think younger kids sometimes missed out on the items […]
La Feria Yucatán en Xmatkuil
The school field trip to Xmatkuil fair happened today. Everyone at the Montessori school loaded up in the big tour busses and headed off for the day. First stop was the circus – which was animal free this time. The circus acts were funny for the little kids and afterwards we went to the small […]
Oxkintok Ruins west of Merida
After our gruelling day crawling around in the grutas of Calcehtok we went to the nearby ruins of Oxkintok, which are located just west of Merida in the Yucatan. These ruins are great for local ruins and we were pleasantly surprised at how big the area was. We will definitely return, but next time we […]
Paseo de las Animas Merida – Day of the Dead Festivities
Paseo de las Animas. Which we translated to “passing of the spirits”. Once again we have been on a fantastic adventure to Merida to discover more things! Yes, as the boys are getting older, we have to pull them out of the house to go with us – but once they were there they very […]
Calcehtok Grutas in Yucatan Family, Adventure, Extreme Caves
Ok, when we were invited by our friends to visit some caves in the area, we had no idea what we were in for! How big could caves in Mexico be? How can there be caves in the Yucatan which is flat? Calcehtok Grutas are about an hour and a half drive from Progreso and […]
Oktoberfest Merida Yucatan
Today was the first time we have attended an Oktoberfest event as a family! Not sure the boys really appreciated the different beers but I did have to convince Noah that Hofbrau was good beer and made many different types…so I had to buy them to show him! This event today was located just off […]
Oktoberfest Merida 2014
Yayy, what are we doing this week-end you might ask… We are going to OKTOBERFEST in Merida, Yucatan! We are so excited to check out this event which promises to be a lot of fun. You can find out a lot more information at their facebook page, please visit the page, like it – love […]
Paseo de las Animas 2014 Merida Day of the Dead Parade
We are so excited and looking forward to another Day of the Dead festivals in Merida, Yucatan this year. We were overwhelmed with kindness and generosity last year as we walked along the parade route as all the preparations were being done. It was a great experience to be there a little bit early and […]
Buying glasses in Merida
Well, we have been living here for three years and had to get the boys eyes examined. We had not researched this ahead of time, except to know that Costco and Sam’s Club both offered free eye exams in Merida. We made our appointments and came back the next day. Sam’s Club put the boys […]
Taekwondo Exam in Merida IMSS Theatre
Evan and Noah both had their Tae Kwon Do exams on Saturday in Merida. Evan’s test was for his black partial, which would be a red/black belt. Noah was testing for his red belt. So very proud of both of these boys. This was probably the best exam we have had the pleasure of watching. […]
Toing Land Merida Trampolines by Alta Brisa mall
We have driven by the TOING trampoline center many times and the kids have gone before, but this was our first time going. Definitely on the list of things to do while in Merida with kids! The trampolines are set up and it says that it holds 55 kids although I think that would be a […]
Ares walks on glass
A little while ago, I took some fantastic pictures of one of our kittens walking on the wall in our backyard. We had always heard that the broken bottles on tops of walls in Mexico were not only a determent for keeping people out, but also for keeping stray cats out of your yard. Hmmmmm, […]
Progreso ~ Here we are!
The adventures of a family making the move to Merida and falling in love with Progreso and living there. Welcome to our site which we will try to make as informative as possible to others who may be making the decision to relocate their family to the Yucatan. Please browse our site at your leisure.
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Support Local Soccer Team
Our goal is to raise money, donations, and awareness for a fantastic family coaching a soccer club in a poor town in Mexico. Most of the families cannot afford to pay the $5.50USD per month. This fee includes two-90 minute practices during the week and at least one game on the weekends. The soccer year here operates from September 1st […]
Sotuta de Peon Hacienda tour and lunch
Wow, we finally went to the Sotuta de Peon working hacienda! It was fantastic and I hope to bring more people in the future. The drive there was quite exciting…they are doing a lot of road construction by Tecoh which is where you might have seen signs for the hacienda. Alas, there were no signs […]
Homun Grutas y Cenotes
With our out of town guests, we always like to take them over to the quaint little town of Homun in the Yucatan to experience some of the local cenotes and grutas. Cenotes are the fresh water pools that are found all over the Yucatan and are a very refreshing change to salt water and […]
Gotcha – Paintball Wars – Merida area
For Evan’s second birthday party, he chose to go to Gotcha, which is the Spanish term for Paintball in the area. He actually decided that this would be his birthday party in December, but wanted to wait until Kayla came from Calgary to celebrate with him. An added bonus was that our long time friends […]
Easter Sunday 2015 sleepover
On Easter weekend this year, we had two of the boys from the soccer team, Oliver and Cristopher, stay over the night before. This meant that they got to partake in our annual egg painting festivities. Lyn brought egg painting kits from Canada, as they are sometimes very, very difficult to find here. Easter bunnies […]
Progreso Montessori School Library Trip
Today, Debbie with the Montessori school in Progreso, decided it would be a good day for the children to go see the town library. The library is located in the cultural center and is a big part of things in the city of Progreso. In our Casa de la Cultura, we have partaken in many […]
Actix Park in Merida
A family adventure park in Merida! Actix Park is great fun for the entire family. Go Karts, Paintball, Bungy trampolines, Ziplines, Extreme Obstacle Course, Aero Board, Labyrinth maze, Ball house, and more! This was a great place to go and the kids really enjoyed it. I think younger kids sometimes missed out on the items […]
La Feria Yucatán en Xmatkuil
The school field trip to Xmatkuil fair happened today. Everyone at the Montessori school loaded up in the big tour busses and headed off for the day. First stop was the circus – which was animal free this time. The circus acts were funny for the little kids and afterwards we went to the small […]
Oxkintok Ruins west of Merida
After our gruelling day crawling around in the grutas of Calcehtok we went to the nearby ruins of Oxkintok, which are located just west of Merida in the Yucatan. These ruins are great for local ruins and we were pleasantly surprised at how big the area was. We will definitely return, but next time we […]
Paseo de las Animas Merida – Day of the Dead Festivities
Paseo de las Animas. Which we translated to “passing of the spirits”. Once again we have been on a fantastic adventure to Merida to discover more things! Yes, as the boys are getting older, we have to pull them out of the house to go with us – but once they were there they very […]
Calcehtok Grutas in Yucatan Family, Adventure, Extreme Caves
Ok, when we were invited by our friends to visit some caves in the area, we had no idea what we were in for! How big could caves in Mexico be? How can there be caves in the Yucatan which is flat? Calcehtok Grutas are about an hour and a half drive from Progreso and […]
Oktoberfest Merida Yucatan
Today was the first time we have attended an Oktoberfest event as a family! Not sure the boys really appreciated the different beers but I did have to convince Noah that Hofbrau was good beer and made many different types…so I had to buy them to show him! This event today was located just off […]
Oktoberfest Merida 2014
Yayy, what are we doing this week-end you might ask… We are going to OKTOBERFEST in Merida, Yucatan! We are so excited to check out this event which promises to be a lot of fun. You can find out a lot more information at their facebook page, please visit the page, like it – love […]
Paseo de las Animas 2014 Merida Day of the Dead Parade
We are so excited and looking forward to another Day of the Dead festivals in Merida, Yucatan this year. We were overwhelmed with kindness and generosity last year as we walked along the parade route as all the preparations were being done. It was a great experience to be there a little bit early and […]
Buying glasses in Merida
Well, we have been living here for three years and had to get the boys eyes examined. We had not researched this ahead of time, except to know that Costco and Sam’s Club both offered free eye exams in Merida. We made our appointments and came back the next day. Sam’s Club put the boys […]
Taekwondo Exam in Merida IMSS Theatre
Evan and Noah both had their Tae Kwon Do exams on Saturday in Merida. Evan’s test was for his black partial, which would be a red/black belt. Noah was testing for his red belt. So very proud of both of these boys. This was probably the best exam we have had the pleasure of watching. […]
Toing Land Merida Trampolines by Alta Brisa mall
We have driven by the TOING trampoline center many times and the kids have gone before, but this was our first time going. Definitely on the list of things to do while in Merida with kids! The trampolines are set up and it says that it holds 55 kids although I think that would be a […]
Ares walks on glass
A little while ago, I took some fantastic pictures of one of our kittens walking on the wall in our backyard. We had always heard that the broken bottles on tops of walls in Mexico were not only a determent for keeping people out, but also for keeping stray cats out of your yard. Hmmmmm, […]
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