Monday, February 21, 2011

Family Nicaragua trip part 3


So here is the last part of our trip - we made our way from San Juan del Sur (south Nicaragua) to Esteli  (in the north about 1 hour from the Honduran border)  and it was about an all day trip...so to start of with we HAD to stop by Tip Top the Nicaraguan fast food chicken stop.
Tita and Tito Tip Top



Our next stop on our trek to the north was a stop in our Mom and Tios old stomping grounds in Masaya to hand deliver some letters from our grandparents to family that still live here.
Friberg girls in Mom's old neighborhood

a quick stop in Ticuantepe to see where the old branch was

And ofcourse the gang had to try McDonalds in a 3rd world country!

drive thru



view from those in the back of the truck on the way to Esteli
 We made it late to the meeting but we were happy to be there....dusty and sleepy, but happy to be with the friends.
After the meeting we were so overly tierd that the only thing I remember is laughing and laughing....goodtimes
Sunday morning service!










Knocked out after preaching


Then after a little rest it was on to a near by waterfall

los chabalos


i love this picture!

the whole gang

our "paparazzi" photo



the water was COOOLD but fun









the walk back to the car





And for the last night we had to party it up good and dance as much as we could


In conclusion the trip was really great....although it was SUPER hard to say bye to everyone, I'm glad that they all had a chance to come and see what Nicaragua was all about. Maybe they'll want to come again? :) I hope so!
Hope everyone is well, Lynette

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Family Nicaragua trip part 2

So the second part of our trip was the beach in San Juan del Sur - and the fun just didn't stop!
Our beach house


We had been in the truck all day so we were ready to jump in before the sun went down!







Krista's first pina colada



We had family dinners every night





The boys rented surf boards for a couple of days....and they didn't do that bad!




Probably the best fire known to Nicaragua



Caleb being..............himself


Our sweet off roadin' ride


Monkeys! (careful they started to pee on us)

Tito, Tony and I went scuba diving one of the afternoons....honestly I couldn't have done it with out them. It was a little terrifying but we went down for 2 dives and it was pretty amazing! 
Tony getting all geared up



Pretty pink flippers




That tank weighs a TON!


Tito all ready to go

The 3 of us

Tito coming up from his 2nd dive
Caleb and Tito's long awaited for Corona commercial





Caleb put on a "sea world-esque" show for us....all he needed was a little fishy treat at the end


Ali and I


Will you marry me?



Kids INC anyone?

goofing off on our beach walk


On the day before we left the beach we decided to take a dirt road all the way to Costa Rica....what a crazy adventure it was! SO many times we should have turned around because the road looked like it was going to eat our truck but we made it!

looking to see if we should continue on....




We made it! This fence is literally the border....the guards were cool enough to let us cross for a couple of photos.
In Costa Rica!
But wait....there is more still to come....check out the last part of the trip when we were all in Esteli.
Take care, Lynette