Happy Anniversary Brandon and Molly!

I can't believe it's been a year! Happy anniversary to this wonderful couple and I wish you many more years of happiness together!

Shane & Gena (The Wedding)

What an awesome weekend! The only thing I could have asked for would have been MORE TIME! California was beautiful and I would have loved an extra day to hang out on the beach...but on to the wedding....

We've known Shane for a long time - since our college days - and I think we can take a little bit of credit (along with my sister-in-law, Amanda) for getting Shane and Gena together. See, Jonathan and I moved to Rome along with Amanda pretty soon after we were married. It was something we really wanted to do before we settled down and started a family and had jobs we couldn't easily leave, so we did it (this is something I highly recommend doing by the way). Jonathan and Shane had played basketball together in college and Shane happened to be playing professionally for a team just outside Rome while we were living there. We went to some of his games and hung out when we could, and when we left, Amanda stayed and needed some new roommates. Eventually, Gena came along, and what was supposed to be a 6 week vacation turned into 2 years. She and Amanda became fast friends and when Amanda introduced her to Shane, well, the rest as they say, is history!

The wedding was fabulous. Beautiful and full of fun, silliness, and a little "Risky Business". I knew most of the groomsmen from college too, and of course they rocked, but I also got to meet so many of Gena's beautiful bridesmaids who were also totally AWESOME! (Can you tell I had a good time?!) Anyway, on to the photos! Here are some of my favorites from the day...










Isn't she stunning? Those eyes!









I am still not exactly sure how the following couple pictures happened. We had been talking a couple days earlier about doing a "Risky Business"-type photo with the groomsmen. The joke sort of kept going...and then this happened....

It was definitely entertaining for the many people watching us on the beach!



























Grazie e tanti auguri Shane and Gena! I hope you guys are having a fabulous honeymoon!

Shane & Gena (the Rehearsal)

I can't wait for tomorrow!