About Us

Follow the Sun:

In 2002 my wife Lyndsey and I  ran off to Las Vegas to get married then had a small ceremony on a beach in Costa Rica with our parents a couple of months later. We use to live in small beach town in San Diego, California called Ocean Beach on and off since then. Recently we have relocated to Costa Rica, where we live our day to day lives running our business and growing with our small family. We spend allot of time with our Labrador Retriever Judah, although probably not as much as he would like since our children Eli and Izzy have come into our lives.

We enjoy art, music, organic gardening, sailing, surfing and going on family adventures.  Most of what happens in our life these days takes place during the day. We wake up with the sun and fall asleep shortly after it sets. With that being said, most of what one might read about on this blog is about how we spend our days, following the sun.

Disclaimer: We are under no circumstances, or do we feel that in any way are experts in the topics that we discuss here on Pura Vida Culture. For example we live in Costa Rica, but we are not experts on how to live or move, we only talk about how we did it. We love to organic garden and grow fish and chickens along with our vegetables, however we are in no way experts on organic gardening or aquaponics, we can only share what we have learned and how we do it. The same can be said for raising kids or riding waves, we can only share how we do it.

A little bit more About Us:

• Beach Baby

  Yesterday we decided to take the family down to the water so that we could spend the morning at the beach. We have been on lock-down, so to say, since our last beach trip to Santa Teresa, nearly two months ago. This is because Lyndsey was super pre…

• The New ‘Cheesy’ Dad on Facebook

  I am pretty sure that I qualify for the new ‘cheesy’ dad on Facebook, have I no shame?

  Let’s take a look at the check-list:

  Image of dad holding newborn baby – I opted for the picture of the newborn baby holding onto the dad. A little hand sli…

• The Family is Growing

  Eli got to hold his little sister Isabel the other day for his first time. He was so excited to hold her and he did a really good job.

  We really can’t believe how mellow Isabel has been so far. She has really only had one cry attack, and th…

• Isabel’s First Week

  A few photos of Isabel Raines and her first week with us.

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• Introducing Isabel Raines Coburn

  Sometime around midnight and the early morning of May 6,2012, Lyndsey’s water broke and we started the adventure of bringing our new baby girl into this world. That night was a full moon, not just an average full moon either but the closest full mo…

• Boyero de Oxen Parade & Climate Fair

  The town of Atenas, Costa Rica sits on a ridge high above the Rio Grande, not quite half way between San José and Puntarenas. Highway 3, which follows the path of the old ox-cart road that carried coffee from Central Valley plantations to Puntarenas f…

• Easter Eggs

  This morning after breakfast and coffee we decided to die some eggs for an Easter egg hunt scheduled later in the morning with some friends. Eli took charge began organizing the eggs into groups of color.

• Nine Months Preggo

   

  We made it to the last month of pregnancy! Here are a few pics of my current condition, barefoot and pregnant in the jungle. Everything is going really well, we got the crib set up yesterday and I separated all the baby girl clothes into …

• Eli Learning to Surf – Balance 101

  After watching his ol’ dad catch a few waves Eli decided that it was his turn to try out a few moves on the surfboard. The problem is that he still can’t swim even though he is getting more and more comfortable in the water. So right now we are wor…

• Family Beach Trip – Playa Santa Teresa

  After getting the car all tuned up after our last adventure to Manuel Antonio and Dominical we decided to go on a future home scouting mission to Nicoya Peninsula, specifically Santa Teresa. I checked out hotels and B&Bs on travel adviser and set…

• Another Day Older

  So it happened, I finally hit the big 30! Hard to believe my twenties are behind me and I’m starting a new decade with a new Country to call home and a new baby on the way. My birthday was wonderful, maybe not the big fiesta I would have had living…

• La Casa Nueva – The New house

  Well we landed in our new house just over a week ago in a new development in Atenas up in the hills. The home was built 3 years ago and sat vacant because the market dropped right about the time the house was finished. We were able to get it furnished …

• Baby Isabel Ultrasound 29 Weeks

  We met our new OBGYN today, Dr. Paer in Escazu and he was a realy neat guy. We are all very excited. He had the 4D ultrasound machine in his office, and did a check up to make sure that everything is alright. We are glad to say that she and her mom…

• Settling into our Costa Rica Lifestyle

  We arrived in Costa Rica on Monday night after a 3.5 hour direct flight from Dallas, TX. Our flight was pretty uneventful though it was an interesting sight seeing us lug over 10 large suitcases, 2 car seats, stroller, and one extra large surfboard…

• time in Texas

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  We spent nearly two weeks traveling before we finally made it down to CR. We had a wonderful time with Lyndsey’s family in Edmond, Oklahoma. We left our d…

• On the road – Oklahoma

  We left San Diego almost a week ago today. Lyndsey got on a plane with Eli at 6am and I was heading east on the 8 by 9am. Two days later we met up in Edmond, Oklahoma, just a few miles north of Oklahoma City, to spend time with Lyndsey’s side of the …

• Repurposing our American Dream

  Lyndsey I get asked often by strangers why we are selling everything off and moving abroad. The closer our departure date comes and the more stuff we rid ourselves of has made our decision a reality not only to us but to some of the skeptics around…

• Goodbye San Diego… Hello Costa Rica

  So we have one week left to go until we leave our San Diego home for our new life in Costa Rica. We have been making a lot of progress as far as getting all the necessary paperwork we will need to gain permanent residency once we get there. It has been…

• Making the Move Chapter 2 – How to Pack?

  We have a  little over three weeks left in San Diego before we start our adventure halfway across the Untied States to visit family, then we make the big move down to Costa Rica in the middle of February. Lyndsey has diligently been going through all …

• Eli’s little sister, our little girl

  Last Thursday, two days before I left on my trip we took a family outing down to the doctors office to find out just what type of baby we were going to have. Needless to say we were all very excited when we found out that we are going to have a little …

• DIY Wedding Costa Rica Wedding – Nine Year Wedding Anniversery

  Nine years ago today Lyndsey and I got married on the beach in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica in front of the four most important people in our lives, both sets of parents. My sister and her husband joined us as well which was very special. Kevin, my bro…

• Introducing Baby Number Two

  Lyndsey, Eli and I are proud to announce that we are expecting baby number two who we anticipate joining our family sometime in May of 2012. We are just about 12 weeks into the pregnancy and got these wonderful pictures of the newest member of our …

• Give Your Children the Gift of Sustainability

  Do you know what GMO stands for? If you do not you are like most American’s that have no idea what it stands for either. Neither did the documentary film maker of the GMO Project until his discovery of GMOs through the symbolic act of poor Haitian f…

• Saturday Morning Chores

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  With all of the gardens and animals that our family has accumulated over the past few years we have a list of chores th…

• Swimming Pond

  We got ourselves one of those swimming pond things. It actually works out great because we have a rather large driveway, and not a whole lot of vehicles. The local Rite Aid was having a sale on their summer pool items and we were able to pick up th…