Belize

HAPPY 4TH!⁣ 💙🤍❤️⁣ I hope everyone had a fun-filled day and found a little bit of normalcy back this year. ⁣ ⁣ 🎇 After two years without, our little town hosted its yearly fireworks, and for a moment, life felt normal. ⁣ ⁣ ☀️ Onto our last month of summer break! School starts in just over a month and we’ll be enjoying the next few weeks as much as we can! ⁣ ⁣ 🎆 We’re celebrating Mark’s birthday in a fun place this week and we can’t wait to take you with us!!

JUMPING THROUGH SUMMER⁣ #𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥⁣⁣ ☀️⁣⁣ If having the kids back into sports and non-stop driving back and forth to fields and lessons means that we have settled back… then we must be settled!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🏀 The kids have loved getting back into sports and playing with their friends, but when we unboxed their pre-travel clothes, we needed a quick upgrade. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🌱 Those kids grew so much and we love that @champssports carries well-priced private label EastBay gear, as well as brand names. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🛍 Shop online this summer, at Champssports.com and in select Champs stores. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #eastbayperformance #activekids #activekids #kidsootd #champssports #activegear

GOLFING WITH KIDS⁣ ⛳️⁣ The kids started playing golf as young children and it wasn’t good timing back then 😅 they didn’t seem to be making much progress, and it was a lot of time and money investment for little return. ⁣ ⁣ So we stopped playing for 4 years, put the clubs away and never talked about it again. ⁣ ⁣ 🏌️‍♂️ During our travels, Mark would often find a stick and practice his swing. ⁣ ⁣ I was a golfer myself (a couple of lifetimes ago 😬) and my entire family plays. So we decided to give golf a second try now that we are back and the kids are older. ⁣ ⁣ 👣 We jumped in with both feet as @firstteecfl started their summer session 3 days after we returned home! ⁣ ⁣ 🏌🏻‍♀️ And the kids are doing fabulous! We’re loving the time spent together on the course as a family. ⁣ ⁣ It is about finding new ways to spend time together making family memories and this is pretty good way so far. Just a hot hot way! 🥵 #disneycreators #wdwgolf #disneygolf #disneyparks #firsttee

COROZAL, BELIZE⁣ 🌮⁣ Some locals gave us weird looks when we mentioned visiting Corozal…⁣ ⁣ Truth be told 😅 getting to Corozal was quite the adventure! But if you don’t mind potholes and slow driving, you may come across some Amish kids by horse carriage and fields of sugar cane. ⁣ ⁣ 🚗 We stayed what looked to be right outside of Corozal. Turns out, the 10 miles took 2 hours to drive and I think Corozal city might be connected to Belize City by mostly paved road!⁣ ⁣ ⚠️ In Corozal, the main streets are paved, and everything else is sandy roads. The town itself isn’t gorgeous, but it is water front and it is the closest town to Caye Caulker and Caye Ambergris!⁣ ⁣ 🫔 Now, if you’re there for the food, it’s where it’s at!! The square is lined with local food trucks and serves Mexican fares, since Corozal is right on the Mexican border! And all of it is delicious! ⁣ ⁣ 🧀 Just be warned, that those Marquesitas use yummy strong cheese (close to parmesan), which would be delicious on its own, but can be surprising when you order the Nutella version. 🤣⁣ ⁣ 🌆 While Corozal may be way off-the-beaten-path, I think it’s worth driving to, to get a real taste of Belize!

ORCHID BAY, BELIZE⁣ 🧡⁣ My heart hasn’t been with posting and sharing. We’ve had the hardest, and most shocking, return to sedentary life… much worse than we could have ever imagined. ⁣ ⁣ 🧽 It’s now been days of cleaning, feeling sick, finding ourselves scrubbing and fixing with no end, discovering more damage daily…⁣ ⁣ 🇧🇿 But it wouldn’t be fair not to share the last 2 days of our Belize trip on here, just in case some of you are planning a trip and want inspiration! ⁣ ⁣ 📸 So this is Orchid Bay, up in northern Belize, and seeing those pictures as I am posting them tonight, brought me a new perspective! ⁣ ⁣ 💨 As we stepped into our damaged home, the last 2.5 years of travel flew into thin air. Today, it feels as if they never existed… ⁣ ⁣ 🌎 I’m putting every effort in feeling the joy our trip brought us, and it requires incredible focus and strength…⁣ ⁣ ☀️ Looking at those pictures brought me some peace and carried the memories of the days we spent there. A completely foreign world, so hard to explain. Light years from our civilization and ways of living!⁣ ⁣ 🦟 This is Orchid Bay Resort, a collection of casitas bordering the sea. A sea we weren’t sure was meant for swimming… mosquito and sand flies paradise - be prepared to run to your car if you’re not covered in bug spray 😬 ⁣ ⁣ ❤️ But tonight, looking at those pictures bring me joy and emotions! @orchidbayresort

KEEP GOING WITH ASPERCREME!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🏈⁣⁣⁣⁣ #AspercremePartner If you have been following us, you know that we travel a lot and love spending long days at the beach! ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🎒 We are an active family, always on the go, and ready for adventure. Since I have been carrying all of our beach essentials (beach chairs, umbrellas, bags, coolers, etc.)... I’ll let you imagine how great my back has been feeling lately!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣🛍 We headed to Walgreens to grab an @Aspercreme Flexi-Motion™ Drug-Free Patch for my back. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣👌🏼 I love that the patch is drug-free and that they also have options for your shoulders or neck! ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣🗓 They last up to 5 consecutive days, are ultra thin, and stimulate your body’s natural recovery process to promote healthy, comfortable movement.. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣💦 They’re also fragrance-free and water resistant, which make them the ideal partner on hot days or at the beach! ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣🏃🏽‍♀️ The Aspercreme Flexi-Motion™ Drug-Free Patch can quickly become your best friend!⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Use as directed. #AD #Walgreens

LEAVING PARADISE⁣ 🦜⁣ Chaa Creek has turned me into a bird person, and I’m ok with that! ⁣ ⁣ 💔 We will miss the gorgeous grounds, warm pool overlooking the jungle, incredible service…⁣ ⁣ 💎 Many have wondered if we were hosted by the resort. We were not. We paid for everything we showed you, but wanted to share because, if you’re coming to Belize, we want you to have the Lodge top of your list! ⁣ ⁣ 👨🏽‍🍳 We spent some time chatting with the owners and telling them how caring their staff is, and that it is a true reflection of how the owner family must be treated them!⁣ ⁣ 😷 They mentioned that they did not let go of staff during the pandemic. They took out a huge loan to match the government’s payments to their staff, and ensured everyone had a job to come back to. ⁣ ⁣ ♥️ You can just tell the amount of love and respect each employee has for the resort, and it made our experience even more wonderful. It’s not just the gorgeous grounds and nature, the butterflies and toucans, the burgers and cocktails. It’s the people! The connections, the respect they exude. ⁣ ⁣ 📍 Add Chaa Creek to your list now! @chaacreek #chaacreek #travelbelize

BUTTERFLY GALORE⁣ 🦋⁣ We are back at @chaacreek for a couple of nights and started our day at the butterfly farm! ⁣ ⁣ Elin walked in and said that her biggest wish was to have a butterfly land on her nose, and she did!! ⁣ ⁣ We think she might have had some mango juice on her face, because it hung out on her face for a while! ⁣ ⁣ Chaa Creek is a pretty magical place! ⁣ ⁣ 🦋 We also got to release our very own Blue Morpho. It’s chrysalis was waiting for us when we got our room, and today it emerged, dried its wings, and took flight for us! ⁣ ⁣ We had such a wonderful, chill day, at the resort. The kids were invited to a play date, so Christian and I enjoyed some kid-free pool time, and ended the day with the most fabulous burger ever, right by the pool!

CHILL DAY⁣ ☀️⁣ We were so bummed this morning, waking up in sunshine, and realizing it would have been a perfect day for that boat excursion to Silk Caye 😩⁣ ⁣ 🌈 But after all that rain, we enjoyed dry and sunny weather on and around the water! ⁣ ⁣ 🌊 @theplacenciaresort lets you borrow SUPs and kayaks and we used the opportunity to see the resort from the sea, meet some pelicans, and the even jumped in the water! ⁣ ⁣ 👙 After that, it was farniente by the pool! The kids swam and made friends. We only dragged them out of the water for lunch, and they jumped right back. ⁣ ⁣ 🧖🏽‍♀️ We decided to take it easy and rest & relax! ⁣ ⁣ 💕 Beautiful Belizean day today in a fabulous resort! ⁣ ⁣ {𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥} 𝘣𝘺 @theplacenciaresort