A Trip to Volcano Arenal

During the Easter break, we went with Seth and Andrea Sears and their three kiddos to stay at a hotel located at the base of an active volcano.  It was a beautiful trip and we had a blast hanging out with the Sears family.  The hotel has many hot springs pools of varying temperatures heated by the volcano, so we had fun hopping from pool to pool.  One of the best parts was the water slides...they were fast.  In addition to the fun pools, the hotel also has a nature park with a butterfly garden, crocodiles (we even pet them), poison dart frogs and leaf cutter ants.  I think we would all agree that it was one of our biggest highlights of our time in Costa Rica.

Check out the active volcano in the background!!

                                                     Lucy was so brave!

   The boys are standing on a suspension bridge that is SUPER high up in the air.

                                            My two favorite boys!

                                                       This slide was FAST!

                                        I think Jarrett may be scaring Lucy here.  

The girls are hanging out in the mildly hot springs.  Actually, this one is a cool spring pool  :)

       Lucy and I had fun one morning playing our favorite games.  She beats me a lot at mancala.

                          These three boys had some great wrestling matches in these hot springs.

                                               Game time after a long day swimming.

       It has been so great for the best buddies to be reunited again here in Costa Rica.

                           We stopped at a great little road side restaurant for lunch on the way home.

                                                            Lucy, the butterfly girl.

                                 Spending some time in the butterfly/crocodile/poison dart frog nature park.

          The Sears' kids call this the "blue jeans frog" since it looks like he is wearing blue jeans.