Most family beach vacations are about relaxing, but when you have a dad, husband, and brother-in-law who are entrepreneurs, conversations...

Melissa back again picking up from the story in the last post about Tanner losing and finding a job… At the same time Tanner got his new...

Melissa here. Today we’re going back in time a bit. I don’t want to spoil it, so jump in the Delorean or the Hot Tub depending on your...

Tanner here, back at the keyboard. “What exactly do you do?” We get this question a lot. It just keeps popping up. As y’all know: we’re...

Have you ever tried to love an idea? Or tried to feel inspired? And it feels more like pulling teeth when you want to be painting a...

Melissa here. It had been a hard week after the public hearing. We had 30 days until the commissioner’s meeting. We had less than that to...

I can honestly say it was the most nervous I have ever been in my life. Imagine going scuba diving, being about to jump in, and the...

“It’s Ashley”, Tanner motioned to me to try and keep the ensuing kid chaos that was occurring behind me to a minimum while he answered...

From the beginning, we knew what we had to do. We had to get a variance to build Cypress Resort. A variance is just a fancy real estate...

“I know, Tanner.” she managed through her tears. “I am honestly so overwhelmed I can’t believe it either” I hung up the phone to process...

Tanner here. In the previous emails Melissa shared our excitement in finding the land that is the heartbeat of Cypress Resort. Now, I...

If you’ve been following along with the backstory, you might remember I was 2 miles into a no-cell service zone on a property with a 50...

Does anyone else have a mini (or not so mini) obsession with moving water? From the moment I stepped onto the property, all I could hear...

Discouraged would be a polite way of describing my mood. It was the spring of 2023 and the property we were under contract with in...