March continued with special visitors! Renee and Sipke arrived, and they were nice enough to bring some tastes of Wisconsin for us!
Then, Terese came for a visit! (You didn't think she'd stay away long, did you?) We welcomed her to DC by giving her a subtle hint that she should probably move here.
The cherry blossoms were kind enough to bloom while we were in Myrtle Beach, but we saw the buds starting while Terese was here.
We ran the Rock n Roll DC Half Marathon (in costume of course) on St. Patrick's Day weekend.
There was a time in our lives when running a half marathon granted you a few days of rest afterward. Not so when training for an Ironman. Post-race beer has been replaced with elevated icing in preparation for the next day's workout.
Terese wanted to see Shenandoah, so we headed out the day after Rock n Roll and had a hilly bike ride and some more hiking along the A.T.
We headed for a week of Boogie Boarding, Sand Castle Building and cold water training in Myrtle Beach with Renee and Sipke...but we were so busy we didn't take any pictures! You'll have to trust us that it was awesome!
March concluded with Nikki's week-long birthday blow-out. (That's what happens when the Navy causes you to miss your wife's birthday several years in a row....the one you are home for has to be AWESOME.)
We went to The Melting Pot and DC Improv on Nikki's birthday. Then, the following weekend, Nikki's sister Jill flew in and (almost) surprised her (thanks to big in-law mouths.) The weekend included dinner at Ruth's Chris...
...and a surprise party at Lucky Strike Bowling!
Then Nikki ran the Cherry Blossom 10-miler (along with new tri-friend Emily!)
And we went to see Bruce Springsteen!
Spring in the City Rocks!
