My father in Law and his Brothers have a ranch located high above Pizota called “Las Cañas”. Last year, they put a road in where an old horse trail used to be and therefore opened 4 wheel drive access to a spot where very few have seen. It is one of the many stops on […]

The wonderdog, Paloma at play with Jael…

Matt, born in Yelapa was raised here till his teens, returned this past few weeks as a sort of pilgrimage to revisit some of his past. It was quite an adventure for him and with great rewards. Jerry from Casa de los Arboles coincidentally found a huge box of old family photos. With a […]

If you ever get to see Paloma open a coconut you’ll see that she is possessed. I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of this for you.

Love comes to you in many different forms and you gotta know when to embrace it.

wow.. I mixed a family obligation and a bit of business together and survived a visit to the valley of stones…Guadalajara. The toll road was pretty straight forward and it took us about 5 hours from Vallarta. Upon arrival and attempting to find our relatives casa, we needed to pass directly through the center […]

Unbelievable but true…today is our sweet and spicy, Luz Clarita’s Birthday…

Last night was a family party for Danny’s 15th Birthday. It turned into a pizza fest…He scored a new ipod nano…

Paloma is such a joy to hang with. Here She is talking business and thinking of food….just like me.

Meet Christin from Germany, who just completed over 150 volunteer hours with the Casa de la Imaginacion and lived here at Casa Iguana with our family. Over the month, she experienced so much and left impacting many of our local kids. Viva Christin!

Where better to show off my new ability to post larger photos here on palapainyelapa.com (thanks Ed!) Here’s Danny, now 14 and within the past few weeks, he has grown in size and strength and more.

Congrats to Lindsey and German …pictured here is my God Daughter with Kaiya…