Grandparents visit!

We are enjoying our first visitors from the US: Charlie & Elaine Fettig, AKA Baba & Poppop (Amy's parents). We've had fun showing them our neighborhood and school and only wish the weather were better (its cold & rainy here - not hot weather at all like many associate with Central America - ok, cold is relative & its in the 60s here!).

Friday afternoon we took Amy's parents to a basketball game at Sojourn Academy (the school the girls attend on the language school campus). Although the game didn't go well for the Sojourn team, it was a lot of fun for us, and a good way to experience our community. Arianna's fifth grade class has a small business making & selling buttons so she was selling buttons while she was there. Abigail, of course, was off with her best friend Anna having a great time.

Tonight (Saturday) Arianna is playing with her youth orchestra at the National Theater (one of the best-known national landmarks in Costa Rica). The National Theater is an ornate replica of a European opera house which we toured in 2004 when we visited here. The youth orchestra is made up of students ages 8-16. It is the youngest of the three youth orchestras here in CR. It is a full orchestra, with a very large wind & brass section. We'll be curious to see how they all fit on stage, because it is quite small.

We hope the weather clears up in time for our trip to the beach with Amy's parents next week. Its usually considerably hotter at the beach, but we hope the rain goes away too. We think its time for the rainy season to end!!