march 2018//

Oh March, what an incredible adventure you were. I got a little behind with sharing a full recap of you, but thankfully I finally had some time to sit down this past weekend and organize a few photos...ok a lot of photos. 

6 states. 7 flights. 30 miles hiked. And the list goes on....
March really was the busiest month!  

Started the month with the best visitor thanks to Husband being in town. Tom came for a visit at the end of February and decided to extend his trip and stay a bit longer. I cannot wait for this long distance part of our marriage to be over. But for now, I am grateful that he was here for the first week of March! I got to be with both my boys...who love their naps 😴 for a whole extra week. 
getting picked up from a full day of clinic by my guys 
The highlight of the month was definitely heading off to the West Coast for Spring Break with the Husband. 

But there is no so such thing as a true break when you're in grad school, so I studied at the airport and on the plane during our long travel days.

We spent 8 days road-tripping through Arizona, California, and Nevada.

Road-tripping through the desert, what a sight to see!

We love those classic West Coast Views. 

And I love that we got the best taste of West Coast History between finding abandoned Gold Mines 

and discovering relics of Ghost Towns. 

We did quite a bit of exploring of Rhyolite Ghost Town

Managed to find a four leaf clover in the desert just in time for St. Patty's Day at the Neon Sign Museum.

these desert sunsets....

watching sunsets out west is so beautiful, but so sad because it means the day has come to an end 

Unless you're Camping in Joshua Tree and can stay up all night watching the stars 

Celebrating Pi day 3.14 with pizza pies at Pie for the People 

Desert hiking...you are my favorite 

seriously, there are such diverse environments and terrain to traverse

hey hey Saguaro 🌵 

A week out west to us just wouldn't feel right unless there was camping involved

Using my new field guide to identify all the cacti...yes I'm a nerd 

Vegas Baby with my Baby!

Can't think of a better way to see a new place than by bike. And biking in pretty Palm Springs did not disappoint. 

Hiking in the Hottest place on Earth with the Hottest Guy I know.

And because I didn't get my full share of desert cacti from our hikes, we visited the best cacti botanical garden-The Cactarium

Kicking it in the never-ending salt flats 

and hiking amongst never-ending palm trees.

That star quality. Love you Vegas

studying at home in bed

 Versus studying on-the-go

Can you guess which one I liked better? 

Getting the best first glimpse of Spring thanks to the Bellagio Lobby in Vegas.

Take note world, this is what Spring is supposed to look like.

I finally got to try White Castle for the first time while in Vegas!

Staying at the most hipster hotels out West.

This was the morning view from our hotel balcony!

We found bunny-ear cacti and some interesting scorpion pops to put into Easter baskets just in time for the upcoming holiday.

Then finally back home to the East Coast

to reunite with this cute puppy.

I finished making my first denture for a patient.

 Then, I spent the rest of the month cramming in as much studying as possible.

We ended March and kicked off April on the best note with a trip to New Orleans

See what I mean when I said this month was busy and full of adventure? I love months like March that seem to have just the right dose of traveling and time spent with my husband balanced out with grad school so well.