Rehearsal Dinner // Cena de Ensayo

Hacienda Sitio de Mata

Wedding Day // Día de la Boda

Wedding Ceremony // Ceramonia de Boda

Cocktails & Coffee // Cócteles y Café

Wedding Reception // Recepción de Boda

Dinner // Cena

Fire Show // Show de Fuego

Farewell // Despedida

Our Wedding // Nuestra Boda

We met during COVID in early 2021. We both were using the same international language learning application, called HelloTalk, to practice speaking English/Spanish with natives. We were active members in a group of 100+ people that got online every evening to read passages, watch movies, play games, etc. in the language we were learning. The first day I (Monica) joined the group I sent an audio message reading a simple passage about holidays. Every other native replied with one or two words that I needed to work on, but Jonathan decided to be brutally honest and send a list of (almost) every single word in the passage. It then became a running joke between us and we would send the longest lists to errors practice. Over time, we became friends in the group and would Whatsapp message to "practice" daily. (It is worth noting that we were some of the only people in the group who were very serious about learning--many others only helped those of the opposite gender and always tried to flirt.) Those 6 months of being friends and practicing turned into crushes and we decided we wanted to meet in person and planned a trip to meet each other in person in Costa Rica. Following this, I (Monica) visited Jonathan countless times while working remotely and Jonathan obtained his tourist visa and spent 6 months in the US, and proposed. The rest is history in the making! // Nos conocimos durante COVID a principios de 2021. Ambos estábamos usando la misma aplicación internacional de aprendizaje de idiomas, llamada HelloTalk, para practicar hablar inglés/español con nativos. Éramos miembros activos de un grupo de más de 100 personas que se conectaban todas las noches para leer pasajes, ver películas, jugar, etc. en el idioma que estábamos aprendiendo. El primer día que yo (Mónica) me uní al grupo envié un mensaje de audio leyendo un pasaje sencillo sobre las vacaciones. Todos los demás nativos respondieron con una o dos palabras en las que necesitaba trabajar, pero Jonathan decidió ser brutalmente honesto y enviar una lista de (casi) todas las palabras del pasaje. Luego se convirtió en una broma entre nosotros y enviábamos las listas más largas a la práctica de errores. Con el tiempo, nos hicimos amigos en el grupo y nos enviábamos mensajes de Whatsapp para "practicar" diariamente. (Vale la pena señalar que éramos algunas de las únicas personas en el grupo que se tomaban muy en serio el aprendizaje; muchos otros solo ayudaban a personas del sexo opuesto y siempre intentaban coquetear). Estos 6 meses de ser amigos y practicar se convirtieron en enamoramientos y decidimos que queríamos conocernos en persona y planeamos un viaje para conocernos en persona en Costa Rica. Después de esto, yo (Mónica) visité a Jonathan innumerables veces mientras trabajaba de forma remota y Jonathan obtuvo su visa de turista y pasó 6 meses en los EE. UU. y me propuso matrimonio. ¡El resto es historia en proceso!

How We Met // Cómo Nos Conocimos

Our Story // Nuestra Historia

Photos // Fotos

Bridesmaids // Damas de Honor

Erica Hammond

Veronica Mills

Cassie Hammond

Kathleen Gicovi

Tuyet Bui

Faith Klatt

Unfortunately she cannot attend due to a medical condition (lol shes pregnant :D) but always a bridesmaid in my heart!!

Ayla Lindsey

Groomsmen // Caballeros de Honor

David Ramirez Acuna

Nicholas Hammond

Paul Bateman

Carter Mills

Charlie

Wedding Party // Damas y Caballeros de Honor 

Q + A // Preguntas + Respuestas

Below are a few options for accommodations for you. We have not blocked any particular location due to the uncertainty of who/how many attendees we will have. Further down we have also provided car rental discount codes for you to explore as well.

We have stayed here before. It’s a decent hotel, but the restaurant is a bit pricey (but good portions) as it is a farm-to-table place.

Hotel Casa Turire

Siloé Lodge

Villa Florencia Hotel

Vista Turrialba Lodge

Casa Luna Geometría Sagrada

The Lodge @ Reventazon River Mountain Ranch

Hotel Pacuare Turrialba & Tourist Information

Use this promo code to book a car through Hertz for your stay 2245010 Text me +1 910 890 4657 if the code doesn't work!

HERTZ Car Rental 20% Discount

Use this promo code at Budget to get 35% off your rental car (if you pay ahead) D782000 Text me +1 910 890 4657 if the code doesn't work!

Budget Car Rental 35% Discount

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AVIS Car rental 30% Discount

Travel // Viaje

Contact travel agent Yésica via WhatsApp (+506 8948 8929) who has offered to do complimentary planning for our guests (she can help you with tours, transportation, car rentals, hotels, etc.)

Feel free to text Monica directly (+1 910 890 4657) if you want suggestions on different cities to go to and what to do in them.

NEAR THE SJO ALAJUELA AIRPORTAn absolutely free magnificent waterfall near the airport. We highly recommend this location. It is a BIT of a workout to get down there (and back up) but its such an exquisite location with a rare beauty that is fairly untouched by tourism/commercialism. Wear waterproof shoes that you feel comfortable walking in the water with. The falls have a fairly rocky floor but depending on the recent rain it can be a nice touch to walk around the corner and see the additional mini rapids to the left. Please be respectful of the land and don't leave any trash behind. IF YOU DO GO, please consider bringing a little cash to give to the local family you will surely interact with outside the waterfall. They live on the land and take care of it all from just the donations they receive. (They even shower in the waterfall ;). When we went (we've been twice) the family gave us free water bottles and let us use their personal home bathroom completely out of the kindness of their heart. Their sons even walked us to the nearby bus station and accompanied us to the local city. We always love to support them when we can (financially).

Los Chorros Municipal Recreative Park

NEAR THE SJO ALAJUELA AIRPORTThis is one of our favorite places near the airport. This coffee plantation is free to walk around and explore, including: a butterfly sanctuary, garden, flowers and plants galore, etc. They also offer coffee tours for a decent price that walk you through the full process that the locals do on the coffee. Their coffee is also exquisite for our coffee lovers! 10/10 recommend if you'll be in San Jose for even a day!!

Doka Estate Costa Rica Coffee Tour and Plantation

NEAR THE SJO ALAJUELA AIRPORTFor those interested in a "zoo", we've been to this Rescue center and its awesome! You can really see the diversity in the animals from Costa Rica. Its a lot cooler than a normal US zoo, as most of the areas are "open" and the animals are sort of "free range" out in nature all around you :)

Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center

NEAR THE SJO ALAJUELA AIRPORT A small journey from the SJO airport, for those who are interested, you can take a tour of the Volcano Poas. Its very beautiful and a super cool site to see!

Poas Volcano National Park

Things to Do // Cosas que Puedes Hacer

Registry // Registro

1) Hola - Hi 2) Por favor / Gracias - Please / Thankyou 3) Buenos días / Buenas tardes / Buenas noches - Good morning / Good afternoon / Good evening 4) ¿Cómo estás? - How are you? 5) Mucho gusto - Nice to meet you 6) Me gustaría - I would like 7) Yo necesito - I need 8) ¿Tiene? - Do you have? 9) ¿Dónde está? - Where is? 10) ¿Cuánto cuesta? - How much does it cost? 11) ¿Qué hora es? - What time is it? 12) A la derecha / A la izquierda / Siga derecho - On the right / On the left / Straight ahead 13) A una cuadra / A dos, tres, cuatro cuadras- In one block / In two, three, four blocks 14) El baño - The bathroom 15) Banco / Dinero / Cambio / La cuenta - Bank / Money / Change / The bill And finally, if all else fails: Yo (no) entiendo - I (don’t) understand ¿Habla inglés? - Do you speak English?

Basic Spanish // Ingles Basico

The exact location of the venue is <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/NjqrdQfVx5FWgjPZ6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>!

Monica & Jonathan

Monica & Jonathan

Wedding Party // Damas y Caballeros de Honor

Bridesmaids // Damas de Honor

Groomsmen // Caballeros de Honor