Five for Friday

Hello and welcome to my Five for Friday! Today I'm linking up with Bright on a Budget, Della Devoted, BYBMG and Andrea!

1. Our Easter weekend was pretty uneventful. My brother came down from DC on Saturday and then we drove out to an antique mall in Williamsburg to explore for a bit. 

And on Sunday we had a nice dinner with strawberry shortcake for dessert. We were going to dye eggs but didn't get around to it. So overall a pretty uneventful weekend!

2. I got these flowers at Trader Joe's and thought they were pretty! Trader Joe's always has the best flowers.

3. Blue Bell has started being sold in Virginia again so I've been on the lookout for it since the announcement was made. Anyways, I happened to find the raspberry fudge brownie flavor (In a very empty freezer case. Apparently everyone else was excited about Blue Bell being back too!). I had a scoop of it and it is so good! The next week I found the cookie two step (Which we've had before!) and it is also really good!) 

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

4. We had some baby squirrels in our backyard that were pretty cute. They were actually pretty entertaining because they would fight like human siblings. They would chase each other around the tree, hit each other, one would even stand over the opening to the tree so the others couldn't get back inside!

5. In case you missed it, I shared Part 1 and Part 2 of our trip to the National Arboretum! If you like flowers, you'll want to check out those posts!

Hope you have a great weekend!

Visiting the National Arboretum Part 2

Part 1 of our visit to the National Arboretum

We spent a good portion of our day walking around and exploring the arboretum. Everything was pretty spread out across the arboretum, so we walked a while and then got in the car and drove to different parts. 

We just really had a fun time taking picture considering there were so many different flowers blooming! Cherry blossoms are one of my favorites, so I was really happy to be able to see so many different varieties and photograph them!

The columns featured below were at the US Capitol from 1828 to 1958.

If you are ever in DC around spring time, I would highly recommend visiting the arboretum! While the tidal basin is definitely the most famous place to see cherry blossoms in DC, the amount of people (and the rude, disrespectful, and obnoxious tourists) make it really difficult to get pictures. 

The National Arboretum had very few people but was way more beautiful than the tidal basin was.

Have you ever seen the cherry blossoms in DC?

Visiting the National Arboretum Part 1

A couple of weeks ago we took a trip out to the National Arboretum in Washington DC to explore. After our visit to the National Cherry Blossom Festival and seeing the insane crowds at the tidal basin, we wanted to get some more cherry blossom pictures somewhere away from all the craziness. Fortunately my mom had read that the National Arboretum had over 40 varieties of cherry blossoms and way less crowds.

I'm always up for a place with less crowds, so we were pleasantly surprised to find the arboretum had hardly anyone there! The weather was great too! It was warm and sunny with a few clouds which was perfect for taking pictures!

After arriving at the arboretum we sat in the car to eat our lunch, then we began exploring the grounds. The arboretum covers 446 acres and has a total of 9.5 miles of trails. 

I took quite a few pictures so I decided to just split them up into two blog posts so it wasn't quite so overwhelming!

Have you ever visited an arboretum?