We're a married couple from Provo, Utah, building toward a life of land stewardship — and looking for the right place to plant real roots along the way.
We've spent the last few years working hard, saving carefully, and figuring out what kind of life we actually want to build together. The answer has been consistent from the start: something rooted, hands-on, and useful — a place we can care for, and a community we can belong to.
Mackenzie's background is in hospitality, guest relations, and guiding people through the outdoors. Sean's is in operations, logistics, and creative work. Neither of us grew up on a farm or an island, but both of us have spent our working lives learning how to take care of things — schedules, spaces, people — and take real pride in doing it well.
Our long-term plan is to own and run a small working farm in Sequim, Washington — lavender fields, a flock of Babydoll Southdown sheep, and a breeding program for rare working dogs, starting with Great Pyrenees and eventually Pyrenean Mastiffs, raised and pre-bonded to the flocks they'll guard. We want to build it in the spirit of Basque-Pyrenean shepherding tradition — architecture, rotational grazing, the old partnership between people, land, and working dogs.
Alongside the farm, we want to open our land to others: a small on-site stay, classes on lavender and animal husbandry, kids' camps to learn about the animals, and a real presence in our community as neighbors and stewards, not just landowners. Enough income to sustain it, with everything else going back into the land.
Spent two years as a Colorado River kayak guide, leading river trips of 4 to 12 miles for groups as large as 75 — managing gear and trailers, reading weather and water conditions, and trained in on-water rescue technique. Built real relationships with guests from around the world, communicating with each one before and after every trip. Also brings hospitality experience as a hostess at a five-star hotel and a supervisor overseeing family visitations, alongside cooking and baking. Has family on Whidbey Island and has spent several summers in the San Juan Islands region — this isn't an unfamiliar landscape, it's one she already loves.
Most recently served as the on-site point of contact for contractors renovating part of a corporate headquarters — overseeing quality and timelines to completion. Also worked as the office's hands-on handyman: building and installing furniture and TV mounts, leading full office buildouts, and coordinating vendors, shipping, and purchasing nationwide. Before that, guest-facing hospitality at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and a high-volume fine-dining restaurant. First Aid certified. Also brings design and web skills that could support a property's site and communications.
We don't yet have formal bookkeeping or trade certifications, and we want to be upfront about that rather than not. What we do have is real operational discipline and hospitality instincts — Sean has already begun the free QuickBooks training, and we have the time between now and your preferred start date to close the rest of that gap on purpose.
We'd love ten minutes to talk it through.