You Say Goodbye...I Say Hello!

After packing for seems like forever, this is was the goodbye that Salt Lake City had for us. How beautiful! A simply perfect farewell.

We ended up with a 17 foot U-haul and a trailer to pull our car.
A special thanks to Felicia and Lizzy for giving us the kick in the rear to start moving things to the U-haul. Melanie was awesome in helping with the cleaning, seriously, we would still be in Utah without her~ what an awesome sister! Also big shout out to Mark, Katelyn, Grant, Austin, Devin, and Peter! WOW! We really have great family!

Lauren's first day work! He was so excited and looked great. Please note the American flag pin (given to him by Dan) on his lapel.

The Honeymoon

We had so much fun in Costa Rica on our honeymoon. We flew to San Jose and stayed at a beautiful hotel (Grano de Oro). The fountain was beautiful in the sitting room. We didn't want to leave, but knew our condo was waiting for us in Estrillos Oeste.

This was the view from our condo. It was amazing! It rained almost every night. One night we opened all of the blinds and had the most spectacular show of thunder and lightening.

ZIPLINE!

Ziplines in Costa Rica are amazing! This one had 15 lines on it and the longest one was just under 1/2 mile long. Thanks to Grandma Andrews for such a fun wedding present!

Our first accident as husband and wife! How sweet. Yes, we were told that everyone in Costa Rica drove a little crazy, but surely we wouldn't succumb to such a thing. Well, long story short, L was passing at the same time as the car in front of us and looked to the side to make sure the 2 bikers were not going to get hit. The car in front decided not to pass and slowed WAY down. Now, I had seen the entire thing happening, but had just sworn that I would stop backseat driving, therefore I resisted the urge to say...watch out! Well, at least until I realized that L really didn't see what was coming! We were both fine (besides a little whip-lash) and met some lovely people from Holland in that SUV we ran into!

This is the coolest tree ever! I love how the little horse is underneath it to get out of the rain...it will forever remind me of Costa Rica.