A 5 Year Anniversary to Remember...

It was wonderful... Joe got us the Master Suite in a gorgeous hotel here in San Jose, Costa Rica. He was able to get a great deal with through one of the missionaries here.

Friday night we arrived. Put our suitcase into this gorgeous suite...





And then headed to dinner... it was a wonderful night with a beautiful view! ...

Family Fun Day...

Yes... today was great. Joe and I were able to go to the newest Church Plant here in Costa Rica for their Family Fun Day! While the parents had seminar's dealing with finance, their marriage, and their roles. Joe & I with 2 other missionaries ladies "took on the kids", it was a great time! First we had the painting section... they painted their house or one they would like to have one day.... they were interesting!



Then we brought them all together and sang some songs... and memorized a verse, Monica (missionary) taught. They had tons of fun acting out the movements to the songs!



Next was pool time... yeah that was fun.



Then the day ended with more crafts, reviewing the Bible lesson and verse... and watching Veggie Tales.... IN SPANISH. Oh and don't forget the "mini" zip line that the kids had to go on like every 2 seconds :-) Yes it was great fun... At a BEAUTIFUL place....

More New Experiences...

Well Today was a good day. It started off by me getting out of bed at 7am.... yes 7am. It has been over a week now and my body has still not gotten use to this 2 hour change. But it did give me lots of time to do my devos, finish a load of laundry with my 20 step process, and get myself ready by 9 am to leave for the Farmer's Market.

Joe and I met up with some new friends and began our 8 block walk to the Market. It was great walking and getting to know these fellow students. When we arrived at the market I was impressed with how great a place it was. It had a park for the kids to play, a basketball court, soccer fields, and a fairly long spread of all the fruit and vegetables you and think of! Here's some pics...



I had a great time... In the sun. yeah, in the sun. Many times during this week and a half I forget that I am about 8 Degrees Latitude from the EQUATOR! So yes everyone.... I forgot to put sunblock on. AND because I had my purse wrapped around my shoulder, I now have a nice white strip among very red skin! Oh my. Well at least I got to enjoy some VERY fresh pineapple... I think it is becoming my favorite.

Joe and I came home after to see if we could get another load of laundry done before the rain came! The rainy season has begun and at about 1pm no later then 3pm the rain begins! And it is crazy! So we got it done just in time! After we decided to go to the small mall around here. And we ate at the most authentic Mexican restaurant that I have had so far! It was very good :-) And of course.... we couldn't go home without stopping at Hipermas first :-)

Holy Cow...

Yes I said Cows. Joe and I were able to go downtown San Jose today with our Tico mom. We had a great time looking at the sites and admiring the painted COWS! Apparently this year San Jose, Costa Rica decided to try something new in the downtown! They had a Cow Parade. Different painters came in with plain ceramic cows and painted each one to their liking. Unfortunately I couldn’t get pictures of all of them but here are some that I got…

We had such a great time with our Tico mom and her son. We spoke in Spanish and laughed hysterically at my blunders…. for example we stopped at Burger King for lunch and Joe asked what I wanted in Spanish. Well seeing that there were no salads on the menu… really, I decided that I would go with just one cheese burger and a bottle of water. Well, speaking to Joe back in Spanish because my Tico mom was standing there it went a little something like this: Yo quiero un quesohamburguesa y un bosque de agua. Which literally mean I want a cheeseburger and a forest of water. Yeah you read it right… FOREST of water. So I should have said un botella de agua, which mean a BOTTLE of water. My Tico mom lost it when I said forest and I was SOOOO thankful that I messed up with Joe before I went to order! But the hilarious thing is when I ordered the bottle of water and the lady behind the cash register gave it to me the company that bottled the water was called Rain Forest. So I looked at my Tico mom and said see, I got my forest of water. She lost it again….