We're back!!!
For all of you who are tired of looking at the picture of our dogs (I hear you Aunt Cindy!), here are some new snapshots on which to feast your eyes. It has been so long since I have blogged- I fear that if I start from the beginning I will never reach the present topics.....so.....I'll start with the most current news and work backwards.
Life has been both hectic and calm at the same time these days. The town is wonderfully vacant right now- nothing against all of you vacationers....it's just nice to see the faces of our friendly neighbors once in awhile (they seem to get lost in the crowd when the town is full). Perhaps Nosara feels unusually quiet these days, also, because we have just lost two of our families. The McGraw family (Chip [of Coldwell Banker], Monica, Fitch & Cooper) have returned to their home state of Florida. The Alexander/Salinas family (Steve & Yogi [doctors, founders of Projecto Ninos], Nikia, Kekoa & Kikko) are beginning a grand adventure in Beijing China. Both of these families will be sorely missed by all of their friends. Although it is hard to say goodbye, if I have learned one thing, it is that this world is much smaller than we make it out to be! I know that our paths will cross again in the future!
On the hectic side of things, Erik has taken another challenge under-wing and opened his own office! The Surfing Nosara office is located in the brand-new plaza on the main street in Guiones, (down from Cafe de Paris), directly next to the new medical building and pharmacy. Stop by and say hello when you are in town! There you will find Erik & Andrew (when they are not surfing), a comfy couch and some ice cold AC. I am trying to coordinate the purchase of a fridge, also, so that we can soon offer you some cold drinks & snacks.
I've been keeping busy as well. For the past two weeks I have been working as a substitute teacher at the new Del Mar Academy. I am filling in for Ms. Karen, who unexpectedly lost her husband recently. Our hearts go out to you Ms. Karen. I was grateful to be able to step in and lend a hand to Ms. Aidi (co-teacher to Ms. Karen)....it would be hard to manage twenty 3-6 year olds single-handedly! All in all, the children are fantastic, and I am excited for Kemper to one day attend the DMA. I hope to teach there in the future, as well.
As you can clearly see from the photo, the kids were extremely well-behaved for me. hehe! We did have a lot of fun together (my favorite was making cookies together for mother's day- yum!) See you soon, guys!
Kemper loves to get into everything these days.....here is the evidence of her mid-morning snack (today she had cream-cheese & crackers).
Another 'cheesy' photo
We recently attended our first wedding ceremony in Nosara. Congratulations Zac & Tatiana! The ceremony was held at sunset on the northern point of Guiones beach. The reception at Tierra Magnifica was magnificent.
Looking for shells while awaiting the ceremony
Kemper running towards the happy couple (Zac in white, holding Tati in blue in the background of the photo)
"Slick Eric" & daughter
Kemper making new friends- here with Kati, Gaia & her momma.
Another reason that I have been offline for some time is that Erik surprised me!! He brought my parents down to visit us!! Erik and my dad have been in cahoots since January trying to pull the trip off....what a success! They let my mom in on the secret two weeks prior to the trip (my dad knew she would be furious if she didn't have enough time to prepare items to spoil her granddaughter with!!) And spoil her they did! It was a phenomenal ten days that flew by way too fast. I will save the details for another day....
Kemper helping make a cake for Gram.
Although Erik gets all the credit for Kemper's looks.....maybe we are all wrong! Look at how closely Kemper resembles her Gram in this picture (Sarah's mom).
Lastly, I will leave you with some photos of our farm friends.
Nessie and her baby Lina
For all of you who are tired of looking at the picture of our dogs (I hear you Aunt Cindy!), here are some new snapshots on which to feast your eyes. It has been so long since I have blogged- I fear that if I start from the beginning I will never reach the present topics.....so.....I'll start with the most current news and work backwards.
Life has been both hectic and calm at the same time these days. The town is wonderfully vacant right now- nothing against all of you vacationers....it's just nice to see the faces of our friendly neighbors once in awhile (they seem to get lost in the crowd when the town is full). Perhaps Nosara feels unusually quiet these days, also, because we have just lost two of our families. The McGraw family (Chip [of Coldwell Banker], Monica, Fitch & Cooper) have returned to their home state of Florida. The Alexander/Salinas family (Steve & Yogi [doctors, founders of Projecto Ninos], Nikia, Kekoa & Kikko) are beginning a grand adventure in Beijing China. Both of these families will be sorely missed by all of their friends. Although it is hard to say goodbye, if I have learned one thing, it is that this world is much smaller than we make it out to be! I know that our paths will cross again in the future!
On the hectic side of things, Erik has taken another challenge under-wing and opened his own office! The Surfing Nosara office is located in the brand-new plaza on the main street in Guiones, (down from Cafe de Paris), directly next to the new medical building and pharmacy. Stop by and say hello when you are in town! There you will find Erik & Andrew (when they are not surfing), a comfy couch and some ice cold AC. I am trying to coordinate the purchase of a fridge, also, so that we can soon offer you some cold drinks & snacks.
I've been keeping busy as well. For the past two weeks I have been working as a substitute teacher at the new Del Mar Academy. I am filling in for Ms. Karen, who unexpectedly lost her husband recently. Our hearts go out to you Ms. Karen. I was grateful to be able to step in and lend a hand to Ms. Aidi (co-teacher to Ms. Karen)....it would be hard to manage twenty 3-6 year olds single-handedly! All in all, the children are fantastic, and I am excited for Kemper to one day attend the DMA. I hope to teach there in the future, as well.
As you can clearly see from the photo, the kids were extremely well-behaved for me. hehe! We did have a lot of fun together (my favorite was making cookies together for mother's day- yum!) See you soon, guys!
Kemper loves to get into everything these days.....here is the evidence of her mid-morning snack (today she had cream-cheese & crackers).
Another 'cheesy' photo
We recently attended our first wedding ceremony in Nosara. Congratulations Zac & Tatiana! The ceremony was held at sunset on the northern point of Guiones beach. The reception at Tierra Magnifica was magnificent.
Looking for shells while awaiting the ceremony
Kemper running towards the happy couple (Zac in white, holding Tati in blue in the background of the photo)
"Slick Eric" & daughter
Kemper making new friends- here with Kati, Gaia & her momma.
Another reason that I have been offline for some time is that Erik surprised me!! He brought my parents down to visit us!! Erik and my dad have been in cahoots since January trying to pull the trip off....what a success! They let my mom in on the secret two weeks prior to the trip (my dad knew she would be furious if she didn't have enough time to prepare items to spoil her granddaughter with!!) And spoil her they did! It was a phenomenal ten days that flew by way too fast. I will save the details for another day....
Kemper helping make a cake for Gram.
Although Erik gets all the credit for Kemper's looks.....maybe we are all wrong! Look at how closely Kemper resembles her Gram in this picture (Sarah's mom).
Lastly, I will leave you with some photos of our farm friends.
Nessie and her baby Lina
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