Costa Rica | Part 2

I hope you caught my last blog post! In case you missed it click here. We just got back from a pretty cool adventure trip to Costa Rica and I wanted to go ahead and share part two with you! I have so many fun photos, but in the essence of time and not to overwhelm you or bore you to death with someone else’s vacation photos, I just included a few favorites. 😉

Costa Rica is so different from any Spanish-speaking country I have been to. It’s verrrry laid back and they definitely live-up to the Pura Vida slogan and lifestyle. Pura Vida means: this is living! this is the life! going great! If you watched the Bachelor this season (worst season ever), like Andi, you would probably get pretty irked with the “Isss okay!” phrase. We heard that so many times among other phrases like “just 5 seconds” and  “No worries, you’re on vacation!” 5 Costa Rican seconds = 30 US minutes. ha! We joked about it with the locals the entire trip. The people love their country and they love telling you about their culture and wildlife. I seriously have so many neat photos of wildlife and flora – Ryan and I even got out of our boat and hiked into the jungle during the whitewater rafting adventure just to see a sloth! It’s the one moment I did not have my camera with me. 🙁

I really hope to continue to have this Pura Vida attitude as we start our new year – I wish this for our couples + clients too! It’s really easy to get overwhelmed + busy trying to maintain a life/work balance. (Deadlines are overrated anyway!) 😉 Traveling and taking really good short breaks keeps me inspired + feeling fresh. That’s the plan for 2014! I’m even ready to revamp our bedroom – blues + turquoises – just like our vacation. (Just don’t tell Ryan I have these plans!)

Pura Vida!

xox

HSR

P.S.  ….And please remember to take me with you on your next BIG trip – wedding or not!