all sorts of success.

well this past week was the most wonderful week of all in the states. most people only work 2 days, eat so much food, spend time with the fam and then some of the crazy ones do a little shopping. life in costa rica didnt quite look like that. but christy and i decided we would celebrate anyways. so thanksgiving day it was! minus the turkey, and the stuffing, and most of the good stuff. we did however have chicken, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes and broccoli. best dinner ive had yet. we all sat around the table outside and two of the cousins came to dinner as well. we all shared what we were thankful for and ate wayyyyy to much food. needless to say i felt mighty sick after eating as much as i did. but its was a grand thanksgiving day.

weekend adventures brought us back to samara for a full weekend. now it was a great time, but the longer we were there, the more christy and i realized we were basically at our romantic weekend get away for 2. we named off everything we did and died laughing a lot at how "couple-y" everything was. grand time. but the beach is beautiful. i love being there.

and this weekend i checked a major to-do item off the list. thats right: surfing! now trying to get ready for this adventure christy and i told ourselves we would do push ups, and practice the jumping up, and all sorts of exercises for the week to prepare ourselves. well, that was an epic fail. buttt, its ok. we didnt need them. we took surfing lessons saturday night around sunset because thats when the waves were best for beginners. and sunday we had free rentals and such. we learned different techniques on how to get up, and which foot got the strappy thing around the ankle, how long the strappy thing should be, how to come out of the water, etc. all your basics, plus a few more things. dee-dee air was our instructor. he laughed a lot. but then again, we say a lot of crazy things. christy and i just dont mind talking to anyone and everyone. so about 30 minutes later, we were in the water.

and taaa-daaa:

ya girl got up on her very first try. (now granted this pictures are from the next day, i just wanted to show you that i could do it. first try, standing on the board, lookin like a baller.)

and as for this monday, i have tanlines!! yes, im working on my tan. and i dont know how my stomach is bruised the way it is, but ouch. i think i hurt a bone because it hurts so bad to touch up where the rib cavity or whatever you want to call it. who knows, im not the medical person in the family...thats mom and sister.

lastly, for those of you who dont have facebook, i uploaded about 85 pictures from my trip so far. so you can click here to see!

anywho, i need to relax a little. its rather hot today, and im not feeling so great! but hopefully ill post some more this week!

happy monday friends!