Pictures

Here are some our favorite pictures from our trip.

Diesel

Ok so I know Halloween was forever ago, but this post is for you E, so you can see his super awesome costume. :)

Diesel The Mummy Dog

Costa Rica Part 2

Here are the rest of the best pictures from Costa Rica.

This was one of 5 waterfalls that were on the side of the road on our way down the canyon from the Arenal Volcano.

We decided to hike up, but it got pretty full of bugs, and I am really allergic to mosquito bites, so we stopped here.

The Pier at Jaco Beach

Some awesome waves on our dolphin/sailing tour

A female green iguana

This is a male JC Lizard, they are called this because they can "walk on water" (they can move their legs so fast, they make a bubble on the surface of the water that they can then walk on)

A termite nest in the forest, gross eh?

The Mangroves. These are cool islands made completely out of trees, the root systems make the "ground"

Some kind of bird- I should have paid more attention

Take off

These white birds are actually super big, and I just love their red faces and feet.

This deer was about 3 feet from us on our walk through the National Park. His head looks really little on his body, but actually he was really little in general.

A sloth. We saw so many of these. Chad is awesome at finding them, even though the guy at the front of the park told us we wouldn't see any animals unless we paid him to be our guide. Ha little did HE know. Anyway, they are super cool animals

The white faced monkeys. We watched them for almost half an hour as they played in the trees, running back and forth. They only live in this one part of the country.

The view from our hotel in San Jose

San Jose from the air

More San Jose from the air.

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yes that's right. You did read Bacon and Chocolate. I heard about these cookies seriously a year ago. I have wanted to try them since. If you know me you know I LOVE bacon. Chocolate chip cookies? Not so much. So I thought, well maybe I will like them if they have bacon in them. And so it began. Ok, plus I love, Vosages bacon chocolate candy bar. So the recipe was tried. The outcome? Awesome!!!! My pictures were so bad and didn't do it justice so here is the link...

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Give them a try if you like bacon and chocolate...you won't be sorry.

Handbag Planet

Handbag planet is giving away free handbags, one every hour for 24 hours, in celebration of their launch this October. You can register to win a handbag on the website....

www.handbagplanet.com

The bags are gorgeous so good luck!!!

Costa Rica- Part 1

I have to say Costa Rica was one of my favorite vacations I have ever had. It was so gorgeous and there was so much to do. We had so much fun seeing everything we could fit into the schedule, but we definitely want to go back for more. Here are some of our best pictures- there are a lot so I will post more later.

This is the atrium of our first hotel.

The beach at our hotel- Paradisus Playa Conchal

The gorgeous sunsets

Flamingo Island

One of Chad's catches, and my big catch for the day. (mahi mahi)

The dolphins followed us around all day, they are hard to photograph (At least if I am the one with the camera)

The beautiful countryside

Chad could not get enough of this guy, he thought it was so hilarious, but actually we saw a bunch of people doing stuff like this

The super awesome mix of the cow, the camel, and the hound-dog

Arenal Lake- It was so pretty and we got to drive all the way around

And when we got around we saw this, the Arenal Volcano. Our hotel was about a fourth of the way up the side, and we could see the bright red lava at the top every few hours or so (which was way cool to see at night), but it mostly just smoked

The hot springs in our hotel, they were all made into little pools and waterfalls, and then they made a garden around it.