Aunt B & Uncle Sem

My only sister, Briana came to visit. She's been in the states for a few months, working. Her husband, Sem, came to visit her for 3 weeks, to celebrate their 1 year anniversary and they took a weekend trip to Oregon! The kids LOVE Briana and enjoyed getting to know Sem.

Briana and Sem enjoy fine foods, just like Damian and I. We had a great time taking them to all our favorite restaurants, including "Chateulin" in Ashland.

The morning that the littler kids had a Primary Program Practice, we went to my favorite breakfast place, Morning Glory, also in Ashland. After breakfast we shopped in cute stores. Emma bought herself a scarf, she was so inspired by Briana and Sem's love of scarfs!

Damian and Emma had never been to Morning Glory and they loved it!

Aren't we SOOO cute? After Breakfast and shopping, we picked up the other kids and toured Jacksonville. We enjoyed the toy store and the Italian Gelato store! I'll be visiting for Gelato, whenever I miss Briana and Sem!

Briana picked up a darling hat on our shopping trip. After all the excitement, we came home to relax. I loved how Briana brings out the "Silly" in Katrina!

While Sem made his amazing quiches, using fresh ingredients from the Ashland Farmer's Market, Briana and I played games with the kids. We started with "Quip It!" and then moved to "Curses!" It was a fun afternoon!

We miss Briana and Sem already, and hope to see them again, soon!

Briana and Sem, Newlywed Series 2

My only sister was married 2 weeks ago in Bosa, Sardinia, Italy. I pretended to know what I was doing as the photographer. Thank goodness for Photoshop, it greatly improved my "work!"

Click here for photos of her actual wedding.
Click here for the first series of Newlywed photos I took.

Our second "photo shoot" location was on a retaining wall where Temo River meets the ocean. This was the site that Briana and Sem took a walk after their first date, and had their first kiss. The rest is HISTORY!!










Our last location was Cala Cumpoltitu, a beautiful beach 10 minutes from Bosa. You have to hike down to it, so Briana changed to Tevas. She and Sem strolled along the water, then jumped into the sea, from a cliff, IN THEIR WEDDING CLOTHES!!


















They took the words: Taking the Plunge . . . literally!

Briana and Sem, Newlywed Series 1

I really wanted my sister to have some nice photos in her wedding dress. She was married at noon and the sun was too bright, plus the pictures were rushed (click HERE for her wedding day photos).

The day I left Italy, we did a "Photo Shoot" and went around to pretty local spots. I can't say that her husband, Sem was too thrilled. He was worried his friends would see him and make up a funny song to mock him during Carnivale. So we went to some "Out of the Way" locations.

Briana lives in Bosa, a city founded in Medival times, with an old castle that "looks down" over her inhabitants.

This is the view of the castle, from the Temo River in Bosa.

This is the view from Briana's kitchen/dining room of the castle. Our first Photo Shoot Location was the castle wall and then we shot some overlooking Bosa.