Costa Rica, part 4

A restaurant built around an old cargo plane.  Aunt Kelly recommended they go:

Coop liked it so much, he insisted they go back the next night:

A statue in town:

Outside the hotel room door:

Costa Rica, part 3

Water fun!

Boogie board:

Rainy hike:

Costa Rica, part 2

Roasting coffee:

At the end of a walk in the woods:

Horseback riding:

Costa Rica, part 1

Cooper and Alan are with Baker University kids in Costa Rica for a few weeks.  I got a "Greetings from Paradise!" text from Cooper with this photo:

And then he told me he was spending the morning eating breakfast and running out to the pool to take selfies.  Fair enough!

Other pics, but you'll have to ask Alan and Cooper for the details:

A lava field:

 Some critters near the hotel:

Some special gifts

Slippers:

Big heads:

Quilts:

Beatles backpack and pop-up card:

Cars and track:

Electronic monopoly:

Fab leather jacket:

More Lyons Xmas Activities

Sugar cookies:

 Frosting:

A Grandma Joan cookie:

Movies:

With the Inman crew:

Lyons Christmas Activities

Ipads and iPhones:

Piano (Cooper with our foster kiddo B):

Tv:

Gator:

Clowning around at Lyons High School:

Cots for bedtime:

Christmas with Ally

Cooper and Alan enjoyed Christmas Adam (in contrast to Christmas Eve) with Ally and Juliette:

first Christmases

We celebrated Christmas in Wichita on Saturday the 23rd.  Miss Ally and Juliette joined as well to meet everyone there:

Cooper and Juliette in the hotel pool:

Christmas eve at my house with a pot roast:

Writing a quick letter to Santa:

Magic:

The most aswesomest new lego set ever:

December fun

 Bubble!

A new fountain pen:

And the school spelling bee:

Cooper did great!  He spelled some really difficult words, and eventually missed "malign."