Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Costa Rica - The Final Chapter

More of Geoff's nature photography. Hazel and I "caught" this crab in the pool. It was actually already dead when we got to it. We later got one out that was still alive. But, it didn't hold nearly as still for pictures.
Family portrait on the beach. This was our last day to play at Playa Flamingo.
Hazel and Geoff dug a really deep hole.
Then we had to go and get cleaned up for the wedding. It was perfect weather for a beach wedding.
Hazel ran away.
I chased after her.
And then I chased her some more.

They had little cones of flowers to throw, instead of rice. Hazel thought this was awesome. She wore the cones as little armbands, but I don't have a good picture of it.

The wedding was very nice. But my favorite part was the looky-loos. Notice the couple between Jim and the right-hand post. And the dude bobbing in the ocean.
There were appetizers and cocktails on the beach while Jim and T had pictures. Hazel took the time to dance.
And then a guy came by with horses. This is actually a very excited face. Like so excited she could barely breath.
A bit of a smile. Not many two-year-old gringas can say they have ridden a horse, at sunset, on the beach, in Costa Rica.
The best family shot I could find.

Notice Geoff's crazy eyes? I think he was done at this point. Hazel was still happily eating chicken.
This shot may look blurry, but this is actually how everyone looked at this point. I thought it was super-late. Like midnight. It was actually like 8:30pm. The party starts early in Costa Rica.
All in all, we had a fabulous time in Costa Rica. Hazel is still talking about it and would like to go back. Hazel and I (and Jenni and Grandma Marilyn) leave for San Diego on Saturday. We will see if the whirlwind of parks can compete with full days at the pool.







5 comments:

macarace said...

Great pictures. Thanks for yet another update on the Costa Rica trip. Who says that there will not be days in the pool along with the whirlwind of parks in San Diego?

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Aim said...

Looks like a cool trip, I didn't know that you went there for a wedding. I guess somehow I missed that. Or did you just meet someone there that was getting married and they invited you, or did you crash the wedding for the food? Maybe next vacation we go on we could save money by finding weddings to eat at.

Candice said...

Wow, lucky Hazel riding a horse on the beach at the age of two! :)

B read a nature photography book once that talked about how insects are frozen sometimes for their picture shoot. Looks like the dead crab posed well. :p

ann said...

Hi Meadow! I found you through Candice's blog. I can't see your photos but was so happy to read about your family! I'll have to get a techno genius to look into the problem for me. (that would be Noah who is 14 today and is the spitting image of Uncle Benjamin HH) Love ya! Ann (as in Palmer)