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Fathers’ Day Songs

Posted by on June 21, 2015 at 9:40 pm

Because it was Fathers’ Day, I was able to talk the girls into making some music with me. It ended up coming out pretty cute. Enjoy.

Grandma’s Visit for Helena’s Birthday 

Posted by on May 8, 2015 at 10:55 pm



I found the same books I used in Kindergarten for Helena!

Posted by on May 1, 2015 at 12:44 pm



Low Tide Land Bridge

Posted by on April 1, 2015 at 10:08 am

today we hiked out to an island that has a land bridge at low tide. We saw lots of birds and even some fish when we snorkled of the shores of the island cemetery.     

Our Cariblanco House

Posted by on March 31, 2015 at 5:29 am

Here are some pictures of our casita in Montezuma. We had Cariblanco monkeys visit us, lots of coatis, scorpions, hummingbirds, butterflies, and a tailless rodent who’s name is escaping me at the moment. (Jesse Edit: agouti) You could hear the howler monkeys off in the distance. It is a beautiful place on this planet. This […]

Horseback Riding Adventure in Costa Rica

Posted by on March 31, 2015 at 5:23 am

The girls loved horseback riding so much we did it again, this time on the beach. This trip had some high adventures including JP’s horse taking a solo journey, Jesse’s horse rolling over (while Jesse was on its back), and climbing slippery boulders up and back down the beach. At the end of the day […]

Banana Beach

Posted by on March 28, 2015 at 10:10 am

  Nothing says montezuma more than a trucker hat with “Montezuma Pura Vida” sharpied onto a hat Today we drove to Banana Beach to look for shells First we traveled over bumpy dirt roads past road cows Then past the parasol ladies To our beach cabana Rosie’s Costa Rica Face Low tide – the tide […]

Montezuma – waterfalls 

Posted by on March 28, 2015 at 9:58 am

Behind our cabin is the Montazuma River. Marion, Helena, and I (Jackie) hiked for an hour down to the waterfall where the girls played on the rope swing with a dozen young Italian men who kept telling me how impressed they were with the girls. They jumped from the lower waterfall (15 feet) -10 Italians […]

Monta-zuma zoom zoom

Posted by on March 28, 2015 at 9:15 am

We found a river that goes into the ocean. The water was brackish. We played on the rope swing and enjoyed a wet morning.   Jesse had the “week off”  Beautiful sunrise from our cabin. You can almost hear all of the different birds singing and the howler monkeys greeting the early morning.   […]

Montezuma Pools and more

Posted by on March 28, 2015 at 9:05 am