Sunday was Riley's birthday, I just made a quick cake from a box but he still managed to shove it in his face!! Anna brought some leftover party supplies from Carter's birthday so that was nice, it made it feel like the real thing!!
Monday morning we got ready and loaded up the cars, whew what a chore, great job Aaron and Cory whoot whoot!! We got to Bagaces and unloaded, drove around and showed Anna and Cory our little town of Bagaces, which took all of 5 minutes:) That afternoon I took Anna and Cory out riding, we decided on a short ride which was a good thing b/c on the way home we were met with one of the most pounding rain storms ever, we got 4 inches in an hour or so, and 15 minutes of it we were riding. Needless to say we were soaked, like buckets of water to ring out of our clothes... and unfortunately we had their camera which after drying for 4 days still isn't working properly...
Tuesday we were going to go to the waterfall outside of town but that is a difficult hill to climb down dry, so after the rain from the day before we opted to go up the mountain to Guayabo and go to the hot springs. There are two hot springs up there, Thermal Mania, which my mom and I took the boys to before, and Yoko, which we decided to try this time. It was very nice, the food was actually really good and we were the only ones there on a Tuesday afternoon, however, it was much hotter than Thermal Mania and we couldn't stay in the water very long at all. The boys went down the water slide a few times and we all got in for about 15 minutes but it was just too hot. It would be great to go at night, beautiful views of the volcano but next time I go with kids I will go back to Thermal Mania.
Wednesday we decided to just hang out at the house and chill which was nice. Everyone got some much needed rest vegging and relaxing in the pool. That afternoon it rained again and the boys had a blast playing in the water for an hour or so.
Thursday our friend Joy came over and watched the little ones while we took Jax and Griffin on a river floating trip. It was about 2 hours and we saw a ton of wildlife. We saw 2 crocs and 3 babies, 2 familis of monkeys, howlers and white faced, a family of coatis, which look like a cross b/t a raccoon and an anteater, funny little animals, a ton of birds, huge iguans, Jesus Christ lizards that run on water and I am sure there was more... the kids enjoyed going over the little rapids! The guide brought a cooler of snacks and at one point we stopped and he sliced open a juicy pineapple and we all feasted, it was delish! After the boat trip we had lunch at one of our favorite places, La Pacifica then headed home to rest. After nap time we let the bigs (thats Jax and Griffin) ride horses for a bit which was fun as always!!
Friday morning was it... I had to take them back to the airport and they got to Denver safe and sound. It was such a fantastic trip. We did have quite a few power outages while they were here but we managed to survive!
To my favorite Hegwers - thank you soooo very much for visiting us on your vacation. I know you guys don't get to get away very often and I just loved having you and the kids here with us and being able to share in your much needed vaca. I can't wait to see you in September. XOXOXO.
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