Farm Field Trip

I chaperoned the Kindergarten Field Trip last week. It was oh so exciting! Ivy rode her very first School Bus.

A Farmer stood in a Front End Loader to talk to the Kindergartners!

We toured the 1,000 cows that made up the Dairy Farm. *Pee-yew!*

At the Milk Bar, we chose flavored Milk. I tried "Moo-berry". Ivy had Strawberry. It was so delicious and fresh!

We had a picnic lunch and the kids burned off some energy jumping on haybales.

They fed and held animals.

We had a wonderful day together.

Arenal Volcano, Alligator bridge, and Missionary Moment

Adam can't stop saying, "DUUUUDE!!!"

Here's why:

Here he is taking the extended shot pictures:
Also today, we drove over a bridge that had some carnivores lurking beneath.
On our drive to the volcano, we drove right through one of the country villages that Adam lived in for four months as a missionary.

We drove slowly through town as he was looking for the house he used to live in. Suddenly, he stopped. "That's them."

We parked, got out of the car, and walked up to a family that was sitting outside. The woman came and opened the door and hugged Adam immedietely. 15 years ago, she had housed him and fed him three meals a day as he served and taught the people the gospel in that area. Their family still houses missionaries today. Adam left a little note for the missionaries...Odile found a picture in an album of Adam! She insisted that we take it with us.Here is the family now. The triplets were adopted 10 years ago, and the dad has now been reactivated to church.

The boys also walked us down a couple blocks to the chapel, whose congregation has greatly increased in the last 15 years. They were so friendly and welcoming to me, and the Andrews as well. Hugs and kisses all around! What wonderful people. I thanked Odile from the bottom of my heart for taking care of my husband so well. What a good woman. What a blessing that we got to meet them today!

We're just monkeying around here...

Yep, I know it looks like the cover of National Geographic, but Adam did take this picture! This white-faced monkey was totally working the camera in Manuel Antonio, a national park we visited.

The beach at Manuel Antonio was The Perfect Beach. We're glad we found it! After those guys left, we had the place to ourselves!
This morning, we played a little zippidy-doo-dah.It was TERRIFYING. Not really! This is my Yoga Pose while zipping through the jungle.Fun times.
What can I say - Costa Rica is an amazing place!

And I have to say that it is blowing my mind that I am right now at this very moment in a bungalow on stilts a stone's throw away from HUGE crashing waves in Playa Hermosa, listening to the frogs croaking and waves crashing - miles from any sort of civilization, and yet, I am blogging.

Amo a Internet.

I almost forgot!

...we also got a replacement pet.

Her name is Lettuce. Lizzie is so happy. And so far, I only had to spend one afternoon catching her. :)

ZOO Day!

Yesterday, we went to the Phoenix Zoo! We went with several other friends from our ward. The weather was perfect - mid 80's... I'm so glad it's finally cooling down!!

The Tortise and the Hare. You can tell Eli is ready to spring!

If you look closely on the rock, you will see a mother monkey with a little baby on her back! It was the cutest thing watching this mother jumping all over with her baby. I like the idea.... Just tell your baby to hold on tight, and you're hands-free! The original Baby Bjorn... I wanna Iguana!Among the rare, exotic, and endangered species, we found a Tree Swing! The first one we've seen since we moved to Arizona!!

What a fun day at the Zoo.