if these aren't incentives to come to costa rica, i don't know what would be

so here are a few pictures for your entertainment. they are from my mom's visit this past week and the annexation of guanacaste festival recently. as for a quick update: everything in my site is going really well. english classes are going well and the women's group has 43 super excited people in it. hope you are all well and cant wait to hear how everything is going for you guys.



here are a few pictures from my mom and my canopy trip. a guy in my town works at this place (called tierras enamoradas) and took us. it was so amazing and absolutely beautiful to go through the real bosque (forest). i wish i could post some of the videos that we have from the zip lines but you'll have to use your imagination. or come visit me yourself so we can do it!




















i have never ever had so much fun playing twister in my life. i thought i'd share...













this is a picture of the base of volcan arenal. it wasnt such a clear evening but if you look closely, you should be able to see some eruptions going on.









this is the represa - its the lake by volcan arenal. its huuuge and real pretty and powers one of the biggest energy companies in Costa Rica.











and...just in case you havent seen enough pictures of my cute kids here, this is from the annexation on guanacaste celebration. these are the kindergarden boys with their painted bigotes (mustaches).









this is 5th grade showing off some of the traditional dances they planned for the event.












why dont we have any traditional outfits like this in the states? i feel like we missed out on something...