Q: Why go to another country at all? Why a month? Why Costa Rica? A: We didn’t have any particular connection to Costa Rica, nor did we have a particular reason to live in another country for a month. We just love trying new things, love learning about other cultures, love/hate getting outside of our comfort zones, and we had […]
Ode to Sonia
Our first rental house in Costa Rica was in the beautiful Orosi Valley, a sleepy, lush area that is definitely not on the typical tourist routes. The house we rented was an old coffee plantation. It was rustic and full of butterflies, cockroaches, and decades of old National Geographic magazines. It had an open-to-the-outside kitchen, no heating or cooling, no […]
Newborn Lauren Lady in the Hospital
Lauren arrived at 3:48 on a Saturday morning. By Sunday morning we were checked out of the hospital, and I debated heading to church with the rest of the family! I felt pretty good at that point, but I was reminded over the next few weeks that my body definitely needed to recover. The hospital stay itself was a bit […]