god’s awesome creation

We also took a 6 hour public bus to manuel antonio national park. The ride took a long time but was a very good experience for us as a family. Although it got a bit stressful at times, we now know that it is actually possible for us to travel long distances on a [...]

poas volcano

Our friend from Boston came to visit us from the United States for a week and we took her to visit a pretty cool volcano. This particular volcano stands about 8659 feet tall and is located within an awesome national park, which preserves not only the volcano but also the dense forests surrounding it. [...]

wood factory

these are pictures of the grounds of a wood factory. the factory itself was nothing special, so i didn’t include pictures of it. i was impressed at how nice the grounds of a factory is here in Costa Rica. the wood souvenirs here are amazing, wish i took pictures of that!

this is from ONE piece [...]

oh baby and school is out!

As most of you have heard, I’m pregnant!!! I’m 8 weeks now. I have been eating for two already. My friends in class pick on me about going to the snack area so much, but they even said they’ll get fat with me…how sweet! I feel the love & support. I am more tired than [...]

it’s in my blood

Living internationally is in my blood.  As most of you know I spent 19 years as a kid growing up in the countries of Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. I returned to the United States for my university studies. Upon returning to the States, I found myself being extremely open-minded and tolerant of many [...]

props out to a great mom!

i have a wonderful mom. she was planning on visiting us (plus my brother’s family) for 3 months. at first it sounded like a great idea: she’s flexible, fun times with ezra, is independent, is very easy, not high maintenance. she was thinking of visiting for 3 months to help out with my brother/new baby, [...]