No Drama

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Recently we were contacted by the producers of an upcoming reality-style parenting television show. They seemed to think we would be the perfect fit for the show which is to be about unusual parenting styles. Two Americans having kids in Mexico to live on a sailboat qualifies as that I … Read More

Killer Iguana

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This morning we took the gang over to the aquarium. We like wandering around the grounds there more than we like the actual aquarium. While we were standing around looking at the crocodiles we heard a loud thump. We turned to see a huge orange iguana had fallen out of … Read More

I Could Use a Sweatshirt

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Today was one of those windy cloudy days where nobody can really get motivated to do much but go out to eat. Of course the kids aren’t down with that so I get nominated to do the swimming on the rooftop with them. Once my lips turn blue I am … Read More

Mi Familia

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Our neice and Ali’s parents arrived for a visit yesterday. I can’t tell you how excited Ouest was to see them all. She’s been talking about playing with Lea for a week now, discussing all the fun things they were going to do together. Today they went swimming, read books, … Read More

No T.V.

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One of the best reasons to raise kids on a boat is not having television. Ouest loves her books, but Lowe may be even more into them than her. Any time of the day or night, no matter what he is doing, if we ask, “Lowe, do you want to … Read More

Who Uses Phones Anyway?

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I realized today that maybe I’m relying a little bit too much on the website to relay information to family. Ali and I have never been phone people. We were the type to throw the phone back and forth to each other while the person on the other end of … Read More

Parks and Recreation

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So by now you’ve realized that we finally updated our website. When we started this back in 2003 there were no blogs, or at least they were still in their infancy and we didn’t know about them. So I taught myself one night how to use Frontpage 2003 and built … Read More

Some Beach Time

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This morning we walked around at the far south end of the beach where Old Town begins and where all the fishermen and their boats are situated. It’s an interesting area full of salty men who look as if they have been coming here each and every morning since they … Read More

Aquarium Bunnies

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The Mazatlan Aquarium is right down the street from us and is actually pretty well regarded as far as that sort of thing goes.  Always looking for new ways to entertain the kids we figured sharks just might do the trick. And it was a pretty nice aquarium—nice enough in … Read More

JJ Turns 31

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My brother turned 31 today. There is a boring age to celebrate. Thirty-one? Who cares? I’ll tell you who cares—Ouest cares. And why does Ouest care? Because birthday’s mean cupcakes. End of story.

Ladies Man

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This morning we wandered around Old Town Mazatlan for a bit, had some breakfast, and took a few pictures. Mazatlan surprises me every time with how interesting a place it is. Seems like it should be all about tourism, and it is I suppose if you head to the north … Read More