Adam and I were very blessed to have the opportunity to run off to Costa Rica for a couple of days. Adam had to go for work and so I tagged along and we went a couple of days early so we could see the country and have some fun. I've been there before. I studied Spanish there for six weeks and lived with a family while I attended the language academy. We would go to school Monday-Thursday and on Friday-Sunday, we would take trips to see different things. Adam picked a couple of things to go see and we went and re-visited some of my favorite places.
Our first trip was to the Arenal Volcano and the hot springs at Tabacon. We took a 3 hour bus trip down winding roads to get to our destination. Once we got there, we had some lunch and then were given keys to a locker and some towels and we had about 5 hours to relax at the Tabacon Resort. They have natural hot spring pools and waterfalls that you can go sit in and relax. I was a little worried if Adam would enjoy this trip because I thought he would get bored. But surprisingly, he enjoyed laying around and sitting in the hot springs. It was so relaxing. As the sun started to set, the clouds went away and we got a clear view of the volcano.
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| Arenal |
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| One of the falls |
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| Arenal |
Before we left, we slapped a will together because we now have quite a bit to take care of should something happen to us. We were last minute calling people, finding executors for the will and bothering everyone. So as a thanks, Adam thought we should make a pin-up calendar of him at Costa Rica. Unfortunately, we only got enough shots to make it through April. So, if anyone is interested, I can get you a poster size print out. You're welcome.
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| He gave me permission to post this. I promise. |
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| This is a view from our hotel in San Jose. While we were there, we got to see the super moon every night. It was beautiful! |
We took a tour of a coffee plantation at Cafe Britt outside of San Jose. It was an excellent tour. Adam has turned into quite the coffee lover and he enjoyed learning about coffee and seeing how it is harvested and turned into what we are drinking. We highly recommend this tour!
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| Cafe Britt Coffee Plantation |
Our last day there, we went white water rafting. The Pacuare River is the perfect location to go rafting. We went with Rio Tropicales and the guides are very professional and knowledgeable. Rafting was my favorite thing that we did when I went to Costa Rica 9 years ago. We went rafting in Jamaica and it was nothing compared to my experience in Costa Rica, so I was excited for Adam to go rafting.
We only had one minor incident. He and I sat on opposite sides of the raft in the back by the guide and we got to a rapid and he yelled, "get down!" which means you SHARE the space in the middle and crouch down. Well, as soon as he yelled get down, Adam shifted his large frame towards me at the same time his side of the raft hit a large wave and popped up and so he slammed into me and sent me flying into the water. They train you on what to do and they also have two men in kayaks there to save you. (we had on life jackets and helmets) My head kept going under water as I was being carried down the rapids and my body was slamming into rocks. When I finally made it down the rapid, I was able to catch my breath and find a kayak to grab onto.
You should have seen Adam's eyes when they pulled me back on the raft.
He felt horrible. And it was only half his fault. But from then on, he learned to "get down" on his side only. I had a bruised ankle and bruised hip and Adam's arms were sore from "rowing harder than everybody else." (Because it was a competition...)
It was a lot of fun. You get to see the rain forest and see a lot of wild life. We were both sore and tired after that trip, but it was totally worth it.
There was only one bad thing about Costa Rica.
We missed our kids.
A lot.
I mean, I really enjoyed sleeping in. Eating hot meals, slowly. Using the restroom...alone. But it's almost like motherhood is a curse. These kids drive me crazy and there are days where I long to rock myself in a dark, quiet room. But then when I'm away from them, I think about them constantly. It seems like everywhere we went, we saw kids our kids' ages. There was even one night when I was missing the kids and I grabbed something out of our backpack and one of Kyle's snack puffs fell out of the bag. I almost cried. I love these kids.
My mom was in town to watch them and luckily, Steve was staying at the house and was here every evening to help mom with the kids. I will tell you more about that later.
But it was so good to get home to the kids. I came home on Monday evening and saw them the next morning. Adam stayed in Costa Rica to work and came home on Thursday evening and saw them on Friday morning. This was the longest Adam has ever been away from the kids (i.e. 9 nights).
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| Daddy's home!! |
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| Hey! Who's home?? |
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| Awww! Daddy!! |
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