Play the song as you read the text and watch the slide show. Over the summer, the boys started to learn to play guitar from their cousin Taylor in Calgary. Now that we are back in Progreso, we wanted to continue the lessons for them. Our friend, Joaquin, found us guitar lessons at the Casa […]
Our friends Francisco and Landy invited us to spend the day with their entire family and friends for the Feria Telchac Pueblo 2013 in the Yucatan. This is a time honored event and we were very excited to be invited to spend the day with them. The party in Telchac was for San Francisco de […]
So our second stop of the day was to visit Hacienda San Eduardo near Telchac Pueblo in a town called Dzemul. Francisco’s father brought us all to the local hacienda so that we could explore the area. I am not sure if this location is open for tours, but he went and got the person […]
On Sunday we had the pleasure of accompanying our friends to several locations. The first stop of the day was to Xcambo, which is located on the way from Progreso to Telchac Pueblo in the Yucatan. While these are Mayan ruins, they are not as old as some of them and apparently this site was […]
People are always asking us what there is for children to do in the Yucatan. LOTS! Every time we think of something, we have been able to find it in our area. We had heard about the possibility of children taking wind surfing lessons so two weeks ago, I started the search. The boys and […]
We are back to helping Sharon with the Chicxulub Food Bank this year and are very excited to meet new people involved with the program. It has been an interesting two years as we watch the families involved in the food bank change and develop. Children that were newborns are now running around as toddlers. […]
I have had a lot of requests recently about how to contact the Mexican Consulate in the Calgary, Alberta, Canada area so I have decided to post it here for people to discover! If you have any comments or more information to add to this about your experience, please add it for future guests to […]
We met, Juan José Ordonez Magana, while doing our visa application the other day at the pier and found out that in addition to be a dog loving family who runs a dog shelter out of Telchac, he also has a fumigation business. I was impressed with Juan’s professionalism and his equipment. He came when he […]
Evan and Noah’s Taekwondo class had a special week-end training seminar last week on the Malecon of Progreso. Professor Andri and Dan Maximiliano Pinelo,taught the class new techniques and forms. Each session was four hours but everyone loved it and they managed to keep the attention of most of the kids the entire time. One […]
On our third visit to this amazing cenote, we brought our niece Angelica. Cenote Ik Kil, while being very commercial, is definitely a must see while in the Yucatan. Ik Kil is even better after spending hours at Chichenitza looking at the Mayan ruins however this time we just stopped in for a quick swim […]
Angelica took the boys to the beach one day while she was here in Progreso. They had a great time and were out really far when Evan and Angelica both felt something “large” bump into them and then they raced out of the water… while we are not sure what it was they stayed out […]
On our way to visit Uxmal, we had a quick pit stop at Santa Elena to see the mummies. This is a beautiful old church on a hill overlooking the pueblo. Attached to the back of the church is a small museum where you are able to see the mummified remains of several children. If […]
After visiting the Mayan ruins at Uxmal, we drove to the Cenote at San Ignacio for the chance to cool down from the long hot morning walk at the ruins. This cenote is definitely worth seeing, although I would not rank it as one of my favourites. There are no discounts available here as it […]
This year we took my niece, Angelica, with us to visit the Mayan ruins of Uxmal. We always like to explore the ruins with a guide, but this time we just explored on our own. I would definitely recommend going with a guide because there is so much history to each building that you cannot […]
Okay. So everything has changed… but some things have stayed the same! It is just a matter of determining which is which and that is sometimes very difficult. For example, the immigration in Progreso is in the same spot with the same people. Well almost! Due to the demolition of the old water tower in […]
Yesterday was the “Dia de Maestros” in the Yucatan so the boys did not have school and were able to come with me to help Sharon at the Chixculub Foodbank. This is a great opportunity for them to learn about the needs of the people who live in the Yucatan who may need more help. […]
Happy Mother’s Day! Wow, Mother’s Day week is finally over! Mother’s Day in Mexico is always on May 10th and this year that was a Friday. The kids had prepared all kinds of things for the mom’s at school. All the classes had a song to sing to their mother’s and the mother’s were all […]
The Canada Day and 4th of July Picnic will be held at the Casa de Malecon restaurant in Progreso, Yucatan on Tuesday, July 2nd from 4 to 8pm this year! The benefits from this bbq will go to support the charities of the International Women’s Club and the Merida Men’s Club. Tickets will be available […]
We recently required the services of a dentist for our family. Evan had a severe cavity again and part of his tooth had broken away. We decided to give the Smile Specialists in Merida, Yucatan a try. We are so glad that we found this dentist and have since been back for teeth cleanings and […]
After talking about it for at least a full year, Evan finally turned 9!! What a great 9th birthday week(s) he had too. With visitors from Canada making his day very special: Grammy, Auntie Lisa, Cade, Kayla, and Jacob all helping share this momentous occasion! Of course, like every day, the boys were off to school […]
Grammy wanted to take us all to Peter Piper’s Pizza in City Center for Evan’s birthday. Our final guests for the week had just arrived around midnite the night before, with Kayla and Jacob surprising Evan & Noah in their sleep! The boys were pretty sure they were still dreaming when they woke up to […]
We have started going ice skating at Liverpool Mall in Merida. Whoever thought that we would try to teach our boys how to skate in Mexico! We are trying to do this every week, but sometimes it is hard to leave the pool! However, when we do get there, the boys love it.I am going […]
Yayyy, we were sure lucky to be able to have Grammy, Lisa, and Cade visiting us while the fair in Progreso was happening for Semana Santa. Our house is a very short walk from the main malecon in Progreso and very close to the festivities! We wandered over to the fair one evening so that […]
Grammy always loves to see the big cats at the zoo in Merida so we made sure to take Lisa and Cade there one afternoon. This zoo is great and it is also free which is a great bonus! Keep in mind that the zoos in Merida are all closed on Mondays. We always enjoy […]
So lucky to have been invited to the Hacienda for Easter this year and the Great Easter Egg Hunt extravaganza! Dana & Fabian had organized the Easter egg hunt for everyone in the afternoon. Hiding eggs in an environment full of ants and bees is always tricky, but Dana put all the candy in little […]
We recently had a 3m x 7m pool built in our back yard and we are loving it! We had received many quotes and thank everyone who gave us a quote on this project but we finally decided to use our friend Luis Cardena. You can find him by email at Luis Cardena. Many thanks […]
What a fabulous day! Our second day of our spring break with the Knights and we went to Xel-ha just south of our hotel in Cancun. It was a beautiful day for a drive and we were really excited to show Dave, Monic, Kieran, and Payton all the sites of Mexico! After too much sun […]
Spring Break 2013 with the Knight Family from Calgary! Yayy, thanks a bunch for visiting us in beautiful Cancun in the Mayan Riviera. It was a fabulous week and we were so glad to be able to spend time with our much missed friends. Lyn had traveled from Calgary with them and arrived very late […]
We finally made it to Chichenitza! Well almost, Lyn was busy working but we went with Evan’s friend Keith and his mom Jodie who were visiting us from Calgary. We also managed to meet up with my aunt Val, uncle Barry, and cousin Alex for lunch which was fabulous. We went on a Sunday and […]
The Montessori School had a Spring Festival this year instead of participating in the traditional Carnival celebrations. The kids were all dressed up and practiced their singing and dancing at the school for this event. Evan and Noah were very excited: Noah because he loves to dance; and Evan because he got to do cartwheels! […]
Yes, right here in Progreso, we have a small ecological park called “El Corchito” and it is home to many different animals. Most common to see is the Mapache (racoon), flamingoes, different species of birds, the odd crocodile, and of course cuati. To get to this little island located just outside the town of Progreso, […]
Finally, after trying for almost 2 years to get our butts out of bed and head into Merida to ride our bikes on the Paseo Montejo we finally did it! We joined our friends Mario and Ivonne and their kids on the Paseo and rode our bikes from one end of the road to the […]
This was a busy day! A soccer game with the boys, then lunch with friends on our newly built patio table. Grandma & Grandpa did not like that we did not have a beautiful patio table for our front deck so off to Home Depot we went! Dad and I with Lyn’s direction and the […]
We finally had the opportunity to visit Animaya in Merida with Grandma and Grandpa! Last year when we tried to go it was closed…it is always closed on Mondays! This year when Grandma and Grandpa visited us, we made sure to go on a day it was open. Animaya is a fantastic place to go […]
One of the tourist type things that we did this year with grandma and grandpa was to visit the city of Campeche. I wish we had more time to explore this beautiful city but we had a little late start, then started on our drive. The roads from Progreso to Campeche were perfect! We had […]
Evan and Noah participated in a Merida taekwondo tournament and they both did pretty good for their first attempt. Noah had a very close match and he was winning up til the final seconds when he dropped down a point. A last second head kick to his opponent came after the bell or he would […]
Yayy, both the boys received their green belts! They actually were tested for them in late December, but did not receive them for a couple of months. The Tae Kwon Do studio we are at, seemed to have switched associations and there was a big delay in receiving the new certificates. Studio De Tae Kwon Do […]
In the fall of 2012 we had the great opportunity to go to the State Fair in Xmatkuil with our friends. We loaded up the vehicles for the short drive from Progreso to the south side of Merida where the fair is located every year. We had been the previous year, but this year it […]
This year, the school had a small parade in front of the school. This event was to raise money for the Christmas party so every parent had to bring something to eat to donate to the school and then people bought tickets. I was lucky enough to make two strawberry popcakes which have become quite […]
One afternoon, when we were getting our roof fixed in Progreso, we managed to all run up the ladder and have a great view of the city of Progreso! The ladder was quite a tricky little thing to reach our roof and we actually had to have the workers fix it for us before we […]
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