Costa Rica- La Fortuna

For Spring Break this year, we went to Costa Rica.  We had a great time and enjoyed exploring this beautiful country.  We flew into San Jose and headed to La Fortuna.  We went in the dry season but La Fortuna was still so pretty and green.  The Arenal Volcano was awesome to see and the rain forest is beautiful.

Arenal Volcano

View from our room

We enjoyed hiking around the volcano and seeing this waterfall and all the beautiful flowers.

Lake Arenal  

As we were driving around the lake, we saw these guys all over the road...

They were so funny to watch.  I got out of the car to take some pictures and they all started running towards me.

In La Fortuna they have canopy tours all over so of course we had to do one!

It was so fun and beautiful.

They had a Tarzan Swing.  They hook you up to the rope and then they open the gate and you pretty much fall off the platform.  It was crazy!!  

Later that afternoon we started our drive to the beach.  We found an awesome German Bakery to eat at and then stopped at some Hot Springs and pretty much had the place to ourselves! We soon found out that it was more of a local place and its only busy on the weekend.  We didn't mind though.

The Hot Springs

They even had a pool with Mickey Mouse!  We thought of the Olson's and Vanhille's who were at Disneyworld! La Fortuna was a great place to begin our vacation.  

Birthday Boy!

Todd's birthday was on March 13th!  We were in Costa Rica so the week before the celebrating began.  Before we left he got packages and cards in mail and of course opened them as soon as they arrived.

Lots of gift cards from family back home....

Todd was excited to invite Jack and Benson to his birthday party! :)

 and Derek was so kind and got Todd an "iPad 2." It is lighter and thinner than the original!

Happy Birthday Todd! I love you! 

Also, Happy Birthday Mom and Dad!  We wish we could have celebrated with you guys! 

Weekend in Baltimore

Todd and I decided to go to Baltimore last weekend.  Todd had a test on Friday morning so as soon as he was done, we headed up there.  We got a hotel right on the Inner Harbor thanks to priceline.  We walked around the Harbor, checked out the National Aquarium, and ate a delicious dinner in Little Italy.

Saturday morning we went for a run around the Harbor and Federal Hill.  We ran by the American Visionary Art Museum and enjoyed all the art pieces they had outside.  We then headed to Mount Vernon, which is just north of downtown and saw the first Washington Monument, the George Peabody Library, and the Walters Art Museum. 

Inner Harbor

In High School, I went with my history class to DC and we stopped in Baltimore for a day.  While we were there my friend, Katelin and I wanted to ride one of these paddle boats.  We soon found out that they weren't as fun as they looked.

National Aquarium

Dinner and Dessert in Little Italy

Saturday Morning Run- Federal Hill

American Visionary Art Museum

Mount Vernon

George Peabody Library

(picture taken from the internet)

Unfortunately we weren't able to go inside because you have to have a guard with you and it was closed but we were able to look through the door and windows.  It is a pretty amazing library. 

We had a great time in Baltimore.  Next time we plan to go to Fort McHenry to see where this song was written...

Winter Ball

The Winter Ball at the Jefferson Hotel was awesome! Everyone had been talking about this night for a while and we were finally able to see why.  It was fun to get dressed up and go out and have a great time!! Beautiful hotel, delicious food, candy bar, a fake casino, photobooth, dancing, and spending time with Todd and all our friends!

My handsome date!

Gambling... (I had no idea what I was doing)

Jessie knows how to gamble! 

First Year Med Students

Lara and Paige

The beautiful ladies!! These girls know how to party!! :)

Dancing the night away...

Jenna and Jessie

Danielle and I

Paige and I ended the night with a "shot" with our new shot glasses they gave us on the way out.  

So fun! Until next year...

Backpacking Bromance

Todd was able to go on a little backpacking trip with Rich Bennett last weekend.  They left Brityn and I at home to work and headed to Shenandoah National Park.

Shenandoah is beautiful! There are so many different trials and hikes.

Unfortunately it was windy and while they were eating breakfast and this branch fell right on top of the tent and put a nice hole in it :(

However, the boys still had a great time!

Happy Valentine's Day

This was taken on our first Valentine's Day together!

Happy LOVE Day everyone!! :)

Like Kids Again

Todd and I were able to act and play like kids again thanks to Chelsey and Jenna for having birthdays and Tim and Nick for being awesome husbands and planning such a fun birthday party!
We went to Pump It Up and had so much fun! 

We had lots of fun races on the obstacle course!

Medical Students vs Dental Students

Medical Wives vs Dental Wives

We had a blast!! :) Thanks again Hatch's and Sanford's.