Costa Rica!

This past week Dave and I were given the opportunity of a life time! A friend of Dave's called up a week and a half ago and asked if we would be interested in going to Costa Rica with a group from KJZZ? Just like that!!!! I'm sure you are all saying the same thing as we did! First response was, who is this? Second response was, what did you just say? Third response was, good joke! He responded by saying, "It's no joke, we had someone cancel at the last minute and we would just lose out on the airfare and hotel, so it is better to try to find someone. However, it is hard to find someone this short of notice who has a passport, so talk to your wife and let me know". What did he need to talk to me about???? Where is my swimming suit?

We left on Wednesday morning and arrived the next day at 1:45 am. It was a long trip getting there, but it was worth it. We met some great people and made some great friends. The staff from KJZZ was awesome and the hotel "Los Suenos Golf Resort by Marriott" on the Pacific coast was incredible(Los Suenos means "the dream"). Costa Rica is a beautiful country! We didn't go do any of the big tourist attractions, instead we decided to take it easy and do what the locals like to do. So thanks to Dave speaking Spanish, we were able to find out where the best beaches and resturants were.

One of the best beaches we went to was Hermosa beach...what more can I say, Hermosa means "beautiful" in Spanish. And boy was it beautiful, the waves were absolutely perfect for boogie boarding and surfing. No crowds, great food and wonderful hosts at a little hotel called Puesta del Sol. Next time we go I think we will stay there.

Every morning we were treated to a breakfast buffet of Costa Rican cuisine that was amazing.
I could not eat enough of the fresh canalope and watermellon! We are so greatful for the oppertunitee to see such a beautiful part of the world. Thank you Kjzz!

Macaw Birds

How many can you see?

Beautiful Macaw Birds

We were just sitting on the beach in Hermosa, when we saw this BIG red thing fly by,
We followed it into the tree right behind where we were sitting. Come to find out there were at least 6 big Macaw birds in the tree!
See if you can see all of them!

Costa Rica!

This is the view out of our room during the day!

Sunset in Los Suenos

This is the sunset view out of our hotel room in Los Suenos, Costa Rica

Incredible Sunset!

One of the most beautiful sunsets we have ever seen! This is at Hermosa Beach, Costa Rica

Kids still get up in the middle of the night!

Okay, I have no new pictures to share, however I just wanted all of my friends out there who have little ones that get up in the middle of the night, that it doesn't end when they get older, it just scares you more. I'm what they call an insomniac. I don't usually get to sleep until about 12:00 or 1:00am. However last night was an exception. I haven't been feeling to great, just the normal winter cold and sinus stuff. So I finally got to sleep when I heard someone get up and go to the bathroom. I made the big mistake of asking who was up? Jaimie answered "it's just me", well are you okay? Making sure she wasn't throwing up or anything. "Yes", came the reply. Good! Whew! Back to sleep, that is for about an hour when in a dream state I am hearing, "Mom, mom, MOM"! Okay, okay I am awake now! It's Jaimie. "What's wrong? There is an owl outside my window and it keeps going whowho! I can't sleep, can I sleep with you? NO! Go back to bed. Really mom I can't! Jaimie, it is just the wind. No it is not". So, to stop the argument I let her get in bed with me. Big mistake. Jaimie then started snoring! I have Dave on one side of me with his breathing machine and Jaimie on the other side sound asleep and snoring. I put up with it for about an hour, then I finally woke her up and told her to go back to her own bed. By the time I finally fell back asleep it was 4:30am. I still can not convinve Jaimie that it was the wind and not an owl. Lets hope for a better nights sleep tonight!