Kenny Chesney – BE AS YOU ARE. A song made for our trip! 🙂
The Toomey’s are moving to Costa Rica for ONE YEAR!
How did this come about? About 2 years ago, Billy and I made a trip to Costa Rica for our anniversary. We fell in love with the simplicity, beauty and true happiness throughout the country. We knew our 4 children would love it there, and would benefit tremendously from the simple lifestyle. On that trip, we talked about living down there during our kids’ 3-month summer breaks. A few months after we returned from that anniversary trip, Billy got in a bad motocross accident and was in a wheelchair for a couple of months. Needless to say, our summer trip wasn’t going to happen.
Last August, Billy and I had an idea to move the family down to Costa Rica for a year. I would homeschool the kids, and Billy would work on the phones and internet, just as he does here. We put it on paper, and decided to write a “list” of everything that needed to happen before we could make the move. The list was super long, and it looked like a long-shot, but guess what……………..HERE WE ARE!!! We crossed items off the list weekly, put our heads together with ideas, and made it happen. A few items on the list were selling our rental property, find a city and place to live in CR, figure out how to homeschool, sell the RV, make sure billy could do his job solely on the phones and internet, and sell the cars. Our departure date is set for July 15th, 2010!
You can track our fun-filled adventure on our website at https://toomeyadventures.wordpress.com. We will be keeping up with the website as a family, so feel free to send any of us a message, anytime. The kids will even write their own posts.
Please pray for our family as we set out on this wonderful journey. We would love for you to pray for our safety, good health, to enjoy one another, inner happiness and most of all, TO HAVE FUN!
Thank you for loving and supporting us crazy Toomeys!
Through Him,
Tiffany
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WOW!!! SO excited for you guys and cannot wait to watch and see the next year of laughter and memories unfold. Tiff you are an amazing woman, mother & wife! I love reading about this journey and can’t wait for more. Reading your post on “why”? it brought back the time of you holding a battery operated tape player in your lap in my celica windows down from no A.C. and then having a blowout in the middle of nowhere on our way back to Lubbock but wasn’t that a fun trip?! It makes me smile remembering the laughter we had on that journey. I can only imagine the laughter you will have on this one!
Love you!
Belinda
Dear Toomey’s,
Wow! What an amazing adventure you have set out on. I think this is a tremendous opportunity for your entire family and I know you will all be richer for the experience. Don’t worry about the homeschooling. My wife and I have been home-schooled our two boys and the benefits are amazing. They are going to learn so much from this experience, far more than they could ever learn in a classroom.
We’ll be checking your blog often for updates. Good luck to you all!
We are so excited for you guys, and we look forward to following your fun adventures! My 1st grade year in Morocco was such a great experience for me, and I know your kids will have so many wonderful memories from this experience. Shae said he’d keep an eye out for a macaw or two for me. 🙂
Can’t wait to hear about all of your adventures and see pictures of your exciting year!
Oh my sweet little Toomey family – I am so elated, excited and thrilled for you! I am proud of your courage for taking thisa leap of faith and for your tenacity to take this dream from a thought to a reality. I am sure the lessons and adventures you experience while in Costa Rica will surpass even your wildest expectations. I am going to miss each one of you dearly! Please be safe, have fun and do everything your heart desires! And come back in a year!I’ll be praying for you and looking for you on the computer! Hugs!
Aunt Mary
We are ery excited for you all to go on this adventure! Wish we could join you!!! We will be praying for you and waiting to hear more about your journey… and looking forward to either visiting or welcoming you when you get back. Lots of love, Angela, Rob, Carys, Truman, Baby Girl A and B and sweet Leyna from Heaven!
thank you sweet friends and family!! i appreciate all of your loving thoughts and words of encouragement. it’s a great feeling to walk through life, with so much love surrounding us. i love you all!
Moving to Bermuda for 3 years did so much to bring our family even closer than we were. I remember what a great adventure it was to pack up our young family and move far away. I’m so happy for you and have to admit a bit jealous! I can’t wait to hear about all of your amazing experiences. Via con Dios, Toomeys!
What a fantastic thing for your family to experience together. We will pray for your safety, your health and your time together as a family. Your kids’ perspectives wil never be the same again! Praise be to God!
What an amazing journey ahead! I wish your family the best of luck and can’t wait to hear about it!
What an amazing adventure God has in store for you! I admire you for grabbing a hold of those kite strings and soaring to new heights! Your children will learn and grow so much and come to appreciate what is truly important as they experience life in Costa Rica. I applaud you for your faith that this is part of God’s plan for the Toomeys!
You will be in my thoughts & prayers daily. Before you leave let’s get our computers set up with Skype so we can have live video chats. Love you all dearly, Honey
BLESSINGS and ADVENTURE to the Toomey family! What a wonderful way to spend the year and no doubt a memorable experience for you all! Enjoy the ride!
I cannot wait to read more as your adventures unfold! Love and hugs and can’t wait to visit! 🙂
What a beautiful story so far, and this is only the beginning of a great adventure! We will miss you, and we will live vicariously through you. I’m inspired by you and your family!
All my love,
AB
Now I know your serious!! Ha Ha – and I was serious about the over sized piece of luggage! 🙂 I am very happy for you both. I know you have been dreaming this dream for a very long time and I am happy it will soon be your reality. I look forward to my first visit!!! You will be missed during those 12 months and I pray that you will not extend your stay – tee hee (Queenie feels the same way)!!! Enjoy yourselves, each other and the blessing God will bring you each day. The Domecq Family will miss you very much but we will keep in touch. Be Safe, Be Free and Be Happy! Much love – Adam, Amy, Kennedy, Landon and Emery!!!
Whatever Jason just said!! Ha!
We will be keeping you guys in our thoughts and our prayers…and will be quite envious along the way! ; )
Be safe and have the time of your lives!
Traci, Mark & Jacqueline
Thanks for sharing your adventure with us. We look forward to living vicariously through you for the full 12 months. We love you guys. Toomey Power!
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine
I love you, Billy and all my beautiful Nieces and Nephews! Please be safe and be sure to eat all the Gallo Pinto allowed! I think Christmas in Costa Rica has a nice ring to it!?!?
Big Hugs and Kisses,
Kris
Dreams do come true. You are remembered in our thoughts and blessed in our prayers.
May you all find a new perspective….congrats to you for being brave enough to see the world beyond your imagination.
Much luck and love, Darla:)
Of course we will pray for you! What an exciting adventure! We can’t wait to hear updates. Our friends lived there for a year and loved it. Please let me know if you want to connect with them to get some thoughts/suggestions. Take care!
Pura vida y espero que tenga una buena aventura en Costa Rica. Nos vemos en July! Besos, Jason y la familia