Our first vacation without the kids – and how lucky were we not to have to organize a single aspect of it, besides booking our plane flights; we were off to Mayakoba, a destination just south of Cancun in Quintana Roo, Mexico, for our friend’s 40th birthday, and he was the tour organizer. To say […]

Watching a toddler is So. Much. Work. Fun? Yes, loads of fun, wildly entertaining, but completely nonstop and energy consuming. We had a newborn at home, and while waking up every 3-4 hours to feed him is extremely tiring for my wife, the endless engagement our toddler demands constantly wipes me out. With a 2.5 […]

It’s almost impossible to describe the warm hospitality felt upon arrival at VOMO Island. With so many hotels and resorts to choose from around Fiji, it was a difficult – yet extremely fun – task in finding and selecting VOMO. We didn’t really know what we were in for, but the photos almost undersold the […]

The last time we spent a week on a tropical island was in Micronesia 8 years ago. Hard to believe, Rachel and I just aren’t the “relaxing vacation” type. But when it came to taking our “Babymoon” during the end of Rachel’s second trimester, the beach was calling, and it landed us on Fiji. A […]