Random Pictures from last week!

We took a train from Pavas to Heredia to attend the temple. It was much faster than taking a bus.

Waiting for the train

On the train with Denise, Alice, and Aiwen

The Costa Rica Temple!!

US Embassy

The bus that we ride everyday. Sometimes we get a seat and sometimes we are standing with a million other people. We even get worried that we won't be able to get off if we get stuck in the middle because there is no room for people to move and they don't seem to try for the out of towners.

YSA Dance that we attended. We had some good teachers, but we need more practice. They just dance SO fast!

Alice, Aiwen, Maday, Me after the dance!

My first hotdog with chips on top. It was surprisingly delicious!

The Employment Center (CRE)

Our Classroom

Museo do los Ninos (Childrens Museum)

An outing to the Museum with Aiwen and Maria Celeste (we live with her and her family)

It basically is a castle, which at one point was a jail, and now is a children's museum...pretty cool!

This one's for Ryan...Don't worry its in a cage :)

I'm glad I didn't see these in my kitchen in HI... Oh wait, I definitely saw some from the same family. I'm surely not missing the roaches!

Trying on different professions to see which is best.

More of the PURA VIDA

I know it is dark, but I keep forgetting to take a picture in the day time, but this is our house... I feel pretty safe :) even though we are only a block away from a psychiatric hospital. haha

This is the farmers market that they have every Saturday. There are tons of people and lots of fruits and vegetables.

La Pipa... coconut drink

Sunday walk up the little mountain!

San Jose is in the background

Isaura (Rivera's daughter) picked some flowers for me

Yep, we climbed that

Andres, Daniella, and Me

El REY

This was a little store we went to by the CRE (our office) and it seemed more like a warehouse than a store. It was a little difficult to find things and it was in a really random order.

First time on the bus.

The street where we live

A Day In San Jose...

Rodrigo Jr. (Rivera's youngest) on the bus...super cute!

El Mercado Central...This is a row of shops where they have more traditional things and souvenirs for travelers. It has some of the old roads etc. Pretty cool.

So all around San Jose they have these painted Doves. It is the parade of the doves. 2 years ago it was the parade of the cows. So each dove is painted differently and then when they change the animal in a couple years they will sell them and give the money they make to charity. Pretty cool. And they make for some great art!! You will see a bunch throughout my blog cause I think they are pretty cool.

THE NATIONAL THEATER

Its a very pretty building. Hopefully one day we can go to a concert or something inside.

This ones for you dad, I thought the way trunk grows is pretty cool!

Feed the birds... toppins a bag....

Isaura

He would ride the horse and make clicking sounds like a horse. It was so cute

I couldn't get him to smile except for right after I took the picture.

Me, Daniella, Isaura, and Andres

This one is for Camille. These are parrots hanging out on the top of a building. You can't really see them that well, but they are there and they were chirping :)

Yeah some guy was pushing this bike along the plaza. I was really hoping to get a picture of him on it, but he just parked it and went in a store, but seriously it is SO tall!!

Traditional Ice cream that tastes like eggnog with lots of cinnamon. It was delicious!

Aiwen is a TERRIFIED of birds... so this is at a pet shop we walked by. But seriously every time there is any sign of a bird she ducks or freaks out. It is kind of funny!