Stu putting in some stone steps to the house at the farm.

Some of the animals at the farm...our house is in the background

The biggest cockroach I have ever seen...found in our bedroom!

Teenage scorpion or big spider... who would win the battle?

The baby sloth that our friend Benito is taking care of.

Toucan Sam outside of the house

Do you see the snake?

A beautiful canyon in Nicaragua we swam/waded through

moo

Really cool golden beetle that one of my students found on the way to school

A lizard we found in my sleeping bag

Pretty spectacular place to get engaged huh?

Stu proposed on top of this volcano - Volcan Concepcion

Just a little excited...can you tell?

Another view of the volcano

In lake Nicaragua with Concepcion in the background

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Hiking 25 kilometers from Monteverde to the Arenal volcano

We made it to camp!

Orependulas eating fruit

Deb enjoying the view of Arenal after our 4 hour horseback trek through the jungle - she's a trooper

Deb and Liz coming out of the jungle