Our Honeymoon: A Gift

Chuck and I are just starting out.  Really. Not just in our marriage, but in our lives as adults too.  It's not a secret that we don't have a ton of money.  In order to finish my master's degree I'm required to work an enormous amount of hours at an unpaid internship (you don't really wanna get me started on the concept of requiring someone to work for no compensation, trust me)... which, between that and classes, leaves me with only one day a week of availability to work for money. We are blessed that Chuck was able to find a job that makes enough money to support our basic needs, but there's not much left over at the end of the day.
This is why we are incredibly, overwhelmingly, insanely grateful to the friends and family who contributed to our honeymoon registry and allowed us to go on our first ever vacation together.  And to the beautiful country of Costa Rica, no less!  A place that's 80-90 degrees everyday in December?  Yes please.  We live in Michigan, for goodness sake!

We started out adventure at the Arenal Volcano, where we had the most beautiful, clear view straight off the back porch of our cabin.

Our view

Our cabin

While in Arenal, we visited the ecozoo where Chuck held a snake! We hiked to the waterfall and up the side of the volcano.  We even enjoyed an evening relaxing in the mineral hot springs.

That's a sloth!!

Hot Springs

Waterfall hike

After Arenal, we headed to Guanacaste, on the Pacific coast.  In Guanacaste, we laid on the beach, enjoyed incredible seaside sunsets, and went snorkeling for the first time! 

The view from the pool

Afternoon at the beach

Snorkel, baby, snorkel!

We had an amazing time and every leg of our travel went off without a hitch.  To everyone who made this trip possible- THANK YOU! It was truly a gift we will remember for the rest of our lives.