WE HAVE A BREAKING GROUND DATE…AND IT’S SOONER THAN YOU THINK!! (Stay tuned….)  What was just recently done?  Tanner met with the head of...

We are BLOWN away by everyone's incredible support and belief in us! In under 24 hours, we raised over $500K and counting! We are...

The past month held one of our greatest joys yet in this journey! It has also been super duper busy. PICNIC + Future GOURMET FOOD for...

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...

Have you ever had a hard season that, while difficult, was also really clarifying? That has been the last few weeks for us. We were ready...

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...

“Pivots” we have found is a fancy word for “hmm. We need to try something different here” While in the middle of value engineering in...

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...

We’ve had a busy month with a new word: Value Engineering. Without wanting to point fingers (because no one likes a finger-pointer AND it...

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...

I honestly doubted it was even on the property. In the upper right hand corner of the Google Maps photo there was a marker for a...