We celebrated our 10-year anniversary this year, and our gracious Seattle-based relatives gave us a week of babysitting... so we headed back to Costa Rica, where we visited when we first started dating. We spent 2.5 days at Lapa Rios -- a well known eco-lodge on the southern tip of the remote Osa Peninsula, and 2.5 days at the very-nice Exclusive Resorts Poro Poro resort.
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And, check my wall on Facebook to see video of us doing zip lines!
Can't believe our little guy is now SIX! He's had a heck of a september, starting kindergarten at a new school, going on a couple good trips with the family, and wrapped it up with two birthday parties...
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We joined the Shields family for a huge Summer Vacation bonanza on Lake Chelan to celebrate Kristine's big 40th birthday. There were...
- 2 rental houses, one for the 4 families with young kids, one for "adult" family members
- 1 room in our house that housed all SEVEN kids (not including the three 2-year olds)
- 4 consecutive days of wakeboarding (yeah! I'm still sore!)
- Family friend who's an ex-pastry-chef... YUM!
- A giant water balloon fight
- An afternoon at "Slidewaters"
- And... soccer, baseball, great food, fresh blueberries, Norwegian salmon... aah.
Is it any wonder, some people ask, that Sweden's productivity stats are so poor given that the entire country shuts down for over a month every summer? Well, I'll reply, given that there's nothing to do but work from October to April (when Californians will still take early afternoons off at the beach), we're worth it. Here's what I spent my off-time reading and what I thought of the works.
Alexander's tee-ball league this year was more serious than in past years... full uniforms, clay field ... perfect opportunity for taking photos! i dug out the big lens and pretended I was a sports photographer. Fun!
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