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Ke'e beach Family / Hawaii / Travel

It’s been two weeks since we left Costa Rica for our new home in Malaysia, and even though we’re not there yet (we’ll be there in a few hours) we’ve been loving the journey. After leaving Costa Rica, we stopped to visit friends and family in Utah, Washington, and Hawaii. Here are some recent pictures and a summary of the past two weeks. First, before we...

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Emily in Cartagena Colombia

The past few days in Cartagena, Colombia have been a little slower-paced for us than the first few, now that we have the major tourist attractions out of the way. We switched apartments to Edificio Palmetto, which has a pool and an ocean view that has brought us some fabulous sunsets. We’ve also spent more time swimming, since the girls can’t seem to get enough...

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Jaco sunset Costa Rica

Earlier this month, we decided we wanted a little beach time. With all the rain and clouds up in the mountains of Grecia, where we live, it’s been getting a little cold – yes, even sweater weather at times! We decided we wanted a little warmth and sun, and surf. Jaco is the closest beach to us, about an hour and 45 minutes away, and...

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Beautiful day at our house Costa Rica

I have been keeping several photos and videos on my computer for the past few weeks because I wasn’t sure if wanted to dedicate an entire blog post to any one of them. So I figured today I would just post some random photos and videos that show what’s been going on in our lives the past few weeks. I hope you enjoy. Click any...

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La Fortuna Waterfall Costa Rica

Rather than head home after the rescue center, we decided to continue on to La Fortuna and spend a day and a night at Los Lagos, which is a hotel/resort at the base of the Arenal Volcano, with hot springs and swimming pools, butterfly and frog houses, and beautiful grounds. We hoped to be able to see the lava flowing down the Arenal Volcano at...

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Marie going to zip line Costa Rica

We’ve packed a lot of fun into the past couple days, and have even more planned for this week. We’re taking advantage of our time at the beach, as well as having a car – and we’re loving it! Zip-Line Canopy Tour We ended our time in Dominical with a Canopy Tour (zip-line) at Hacienda Barú. They had 15 stations and we got to zip...

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Dominical near sunset Costa Rica

Talk about views! We’ve seen the most breathtaking sites in the past few days. We decided to rent a car for a week and explore the country a little more while waiting for our new house to be ready. We were thinking of driving all the way from Grecia to Dominical in one day – about a 4-5 hour drive. However, because there are no...

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Panama City

Today we went to church at the Bella Vista ward. It was quite different from the ward we went to last week near the Temple. This ward was comprised almost entirely of Spanish speakers, so obviously, everything was in Spanish. The past few days, Emily has been very distraught after getting dressed in the morning, saying that her clothes feel funny. Today was especially bad,...

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