In Spanish this phrase literally means "pure life" but is more commonly thought of as meaning "full of life." Costa Ricans use this phrase to express a philosophy of strong community, perseverance, resilience in overcoming difficulties with good spirits, enjoying life slowly, and celebrating good fortune of magnitudes small and large alike. This blog is about our life... Pura Vida!

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Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Birthday Time!

With September comes lots of birthdays...which means lots of parties...and lots of cake! :) Last week we celebrated my uncle's, dad's and Joseph's birthdays. We had a celebration at our cabin. It was a good time because in attendance was my twin cousins from Germany. We have missed them, and it was good to have them back in the U.S. for a short time. It's been two years since they last visited us. Here is a picture of us cousins!



Then we celebrated Joe's birthday with a yummy steak dinner. Joe's presents this year consisted of many shirts and ties. That's what happens when you get a new job and don't have the right clothes to wear! haha Here's Maria helping to blow out the candles!



This past weekend we also celebrated a friends wedding. It was Emma's first wedding and she was quite an angel. Maria was pretty good too... (except her small fit during the VOWS at the ceremony)But she had a great time dancing at the reception. Check out this video :)And this was before she even hit the dance floor!



After all that fun, it was back to school for me today! The first day went well. Can't wait for a great school year!

Hope everyone had a great Labor Day Weekend!

3 comments:

Sarah said...

Woo-hoo! Shake it, Maria! Too cute.

Christine Hirsch said...

SUPER CUTE!!! Glad you guys spent some quality time w/ your cousins and celebrating all of the birthdays! And-awesome that you had a great first day of school! :-)

Sue said...

That girl can dance!!!