Friday, May 18, 2012

Favorites

Now that I know our time is winding down here in Costa Rica, I find myself trying to grasp onto every last little bit of life here that I can.  It seems that everywhere we go I take my camera and try to snap a picture.  So many things are just a normal part of life here. . .and I want to remember each little detail.  So here are a few of my favorite most recent photos!


A typical neighborhood pulperia or store

Church in Sarchi

So pretty. . . 

I LOVE all the bright colors of the Sarchi painings!


World's largest oxcart!!!  Beautiful.

Even the park benches have the classic oxcart painting details.

Typical fruit stand

Frutas y Veduras 

Sometimes the older, the better!!  




I think this one may be my favorite.  An old adobe house.  Love the texture, color, history, everything!!

Chicharones.  Mmmmm! :o)

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Playa Hermosa

Well, with the clock ticking down on our time in Costa Rica, we decided to take advantage of a few days off of school to make a quick trip to Guanacaste and enjoy the sand and sun of the beautiful Costa Rican beaches with our family and our friends the Twitchells.  What a great time!!!  The boys love to go exploring this rocky area!
 Ahhhh . .  .I could stay forever!!
 Austin in his Baywatch audition!  :o)
Highlights of the trip:  Granizados con dos leches on the beach (like a snow cone but with powdered milk and sweetened condensed milk poured over it too.. . .very tico!!)
 Agua de pipa. . . cold and fresh on the beach . . .Mmmmm!!
 Friends and fun in the pool!!
 Part of Autsin's birthday present:  a three hour boat ride with snorkeling!!
 Nothing like having great friends there to share it all with!!
 Zach with a baby Octupus (the water was sooooo blue!!)
 Wyatt riding in the front of the boat!!

 The boys with a sea horse they found while snorkeling!

 Each night the sunset got prettier and prettier!!
 

 My four sweeties at sunset the first night!
  

Wyatt with a lizard he found . . . all smiles!!
 El Capitan on his birtday!!


 We rented a private house with its own pool!!!  This is the view from outside my upstairs bedroom window.  Yeah, I could get used to that!!
 My gang!
 
 The Twitchell gang!!  The very bestest of friends!!!

A great vacation!!!  The End.  (a kiss from my sweetie at sunset!!)