Costa Rica!

For years, Jason and I knew we wanted to take our family on one big, epic, foreign trip before Ali and Logan leave our home. The original plan was Egypt, but it got too complicated and expensive. Then it was Jordan to see Petra, but then the war broke out, and they cancelled our tour. So then...we decided on Costa Rica! It ended up being a very fun trip, and we were so glad for the experience and the adventure together.

We didn't have a direct flight (we get spoiled living near Chicago, so we usually do), but they were both fairly short flights, so it wasn't too bad. As we were getting off our first flight, the Pilot invited Jake into the cockpit and let him sit in the driver's chair!

The day we got there, we just went to our hotel in San Jose and relaxed. But our views from the hotel told us this was going to be a pretty country.

The next day, we had a several-hour drive to La Fortuna. We stayed in a hotel right across from the Arenal Volcano. It rains a lot there this time of year, so sometimes we couldn't even see the volcano because of cloud cover. We were very lucky that the day we had our hike around the volcano, the skies were clear, so we could get fun pictures! You could even see the steam that is always coming out of the top, but it is often hard to see because of the clouds.