Estamos Aqui!

Well...we are here. After a full day of traveling, we finally arrived at 10 pm yesterday in Costa Rica. The poor kids were absolutely starved when we got here (they hadn't eaten since 1pm), and they were so thrown off by the traveling that they were crying for food (literally,) yet not able to sleep. So we sent Taylor out on a midnight mission to find some food.

Well, when he was gone the power to the enire town went out leaving Jaco' in complete darkness. The kids continued to cry in the dark meanwhile Taylor was out finding food at 11pm! Yikes! However the power eventually turned back on and Taylor returned with 3 hamburgers and a Coca Cola. What a manly-man! He did say he was nervous being on the street when the lights went out. So if Taylor (the I am scared of nothin' guy) was "nervous", then it must have been pretty crazy. Okay...enough scaring my mom and dad.

Anyhow, once we ate and went to bed, everything was great! Today, we went grocery shopping and walked around town to try and get an understanding of the place. We found the bank, the stores, the surfshops, and of course walked the beach.

Just so everyone knows...Our condo is not a resort but is not bad either. Its pretty much a regular latin american condo with all the basics. We have a gas stove, a sink to wash clothes by hand, a refrigerator, microwave, and internet (Taylor is watching the D-backs play as I write). Our showers have hot water, our toilets flush, so pretty much we have everything we need. Oh yeah, and it has a small pool too---a huge added bonus .

One thing I love is how Latin America is so cheap. We went out for a light breakfast this morning and paid less than 5 dollars. There is also a spa down town that looks very nice. We haven't checked the rates yet but I am assuming they are pretty reasonable also. Taylor said he wants to get me a massage or something for mothers day. I might take him up on that this week.

Speaking of which... we would like wish our mothers (Jan and Marsha) a happy mothers day! We would call you but we haven't found a phone yet....sorry. Thank you for all of your love and hard work you have put into us over the years. It is something we never understood until we became parents ourselves. We miss you and will write again soon with pics.

P.S. Did you know the blogger web site pulls up in spanish here on my computer? It apparently knows I am here.