blooming

What a fantastic weekend! The weather here in Virginia was gorgeous! I finished up my Marketing Research class {ugh, such an awful class} Friday night.  So glad it's over- and I got a B! Saturday we finally got around to cleaning up the house, washing the mountains of laundry I have been putting off, etc.

Michael's little brother, Cj and his girlfriend, Taylor, stopped by on their way back to Virginia Tech from Spring Break.  The boys grilled out {steaks, sweet potato fries, and fresh zucchini! so good!} played some games, and then watched Cj snowboard down LU's snowflex.  Quite an eventful night.

We went to brunch the next morning, it was so nice to sit outside, sip on some coffee, and eat some amazing food! CJ and Taylor left a little early to go pick up their new little puppy, Peyton.  I've only seen a few pictures of her, but she's adorable! I can't wait to do a photo shoot for them coming up soon!


Sunday afternoon, I met up with Dj and Danielle for their engagement pictures.  It seriously was a beautiful day- and the cherry trees were in bloom! Loved these pictures!

Go check out the photo website {www.ashleyeibanphotography.wordpress.com} to see the rest!


Today, I'm totally lagging from Daylight Savings! So ready now to go home and take a nice long nap! How was your weekend? Are the cherry trees blooming in your area?

New Camera

I finally got my new camera that I have been wanting for so long! I got a Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i.  I've been using a film camera for a while, or just a little dinky point and shoot one.  Yesterday afternoon, I was able to take a few pictures with the sunlight, and I am so in love! Here are a few of my favorites so far: 

This is a little flower bush on the side of our house.  The hot pink behind it is the remainder of an azalea bush.

These pink ones are in our neighbors back yard, but I couldn't help but going over there and getting some pictures.

I think this one is my favorite! I'm going to use these purple flowers as artwork in our office!

I love this one too. Love, love, LOVE the macro on this camera!

Spring Surprises

 When we first moved in, all of our neighbors told us how wonderful  Mrs. R (the cute old lady that owned our house before us) kept the gardens.  More than one person has told me that they love to drive past our house just to look at the pretty gardens.  What?! Our garden- our house? Where the flower beds look like this...

 Yes, those are fake flowers stuck into the pots and the ground.  And little ducks, hens, and Mary's all along the way.  Plus... See all that GRASS? The flower beds are FULL of grass. 

BUT recently, our grass-filled flower beds are starting to spring beautiful little purple flowers! And, the beginnings of what looks like daffidils and tulips! What a wonderful surprise! We can't wait to see how it will all look once fully bloomed!