Costa Rica Fun in the Sun!

Here are some pictures of the family relaxing around the villa. Enjoy!

Chels and I on the front deck with our daiquiris

Dan and Steph

Family yoga pictures, as promised!

Here's a black lizard that hung out around the villa, usually by the pool or along the railing of the front deck

Chels was in for a surprise when she went to take a dip in the pool!

Reading and relaxing in the living room

Boo and Dan

Rachel and Andrew

Cindy relaxing poolside

Here's another little creature that lived in and around the house: the gecko! They range in size from tiny (about pinky-finger sized) to about 5-6 inches. The geckos typically run along the walls & ceiling of the house, and make a loud squawking noise that is surprisingly loud for how tiny they are. I think they are pretty cute, except for the tiny one that jumped out of my passport lying on the kitchen table and then jumped onto me, yikes! :) I didn't mind having them in the house because they would eat the bugs at night, and most of the time they stayed on the walls and ceiling and stayed away from us. It's also kind of fun to watch them chase each other around, they are really fast!

This bullfrog liked to hang out by the pool or on the steps between the guest house and main house at night.

Here's Andrew trying to make friends with the lizard on the front deck railing. Andrew, Rachel, and I were reading on the front deck and all of a sudden I look over to see the lizard sitting pretty close by, just watching us. Occasionally he would lean over the railing to munch on some leaves (the lizard, not Andrew, ha ha).

Here's a close-up, he looks pretty big! He was maybe 18" or so from head to tail... There is a bigger lizard named Pedro by the house staff, who we got to meet later so stay tuned for those pictures!