We escaped some of Chicago's April showers by traveling around the country for both work and fun times with friends.

We spent one fun night with our friends Dan and Liz Winter in Milwaukee, including a Lakefront Brewery tour and checking out some of the local Milwaukee scene.



Megan got a chance to reconnect with some friends from internship at Michelle's housewarming/30th birthday party. A few weeks later, Megan spent a whirlwind 24 hours in New Orleans for a conference, also getting to see internship friends.





April is also our anniversary month! For our fourth anniversary, Ryan set up a very fun event involving wine and painting. Who knew the talents we had hidden away!

To extend the anniversary celebration we made Ryan's trip to Boston for an anesthesia conference into a long weekend, including a Sam Adams brewery tour (Cherry Wheat, yum!), and meals/drinks with med school, college, and graduate school friends. Needless to say, we are now big Boston fans!

 Ryan wowed the conference attendees with his poster presentation.

Plus we got to meet our friends Kat and Ted's newborn daughter, Maeve!

After all the traveling in April, we were glad to get home. Especially because we had our dogs waiting to welcome us back...

March! While we love family-friendly holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving, St Patricks Day always holds a special place in our Fighting Irish hearts. So we lucked out by getting to share Chicago St. Patty's with our favorite ND freshman, our cousin Ali. We had a great time with Ali and her ND friends introducing them to some Notre Dame traditions.

Our second favorite thing about March is the madness that is involved. This year was especially fun with KU going to the finals. We hosted some good friends for a championship game watch at home, and luckily Ryan's (growing) fancy beer collection helped ease the loss and made for a fun time.

March was a nice month, and was preparation for a busy April...