We bought a GINORMOUS BATHTUB. I am so excited. That was delivered the other day. We also bought our shower heads, which are super cool, the sinks and all the flooring tiles for the bathroom and the kitchen.

Now we are in the processing of getting all that jazz installed. Very excited.

Please forgive the iPhone photos!

Here is some of the tiles that go in the bathroom. The black has pretty sort of sparkly zig zag silver lines on them. They’re fine lines and so cool. These are just the accent tiles, the main floor will just be plain black and the kitchen floor tiles are a dark grey.

Here are the two bathroom sinks we bought. Seba is considering using them as molds to make bathroom sinks out of exposed concrete. Which would be super cool but we’re not sure how feasible it is so we bought these in the mean time just in case the idea doesn’t work out. They were from an outlet sink store so don’t worry, we didn’t throw away (very much) money.

Here’s me in our massive bathtub that was finally delivered. I’m going to live in that thing!

This photo is from the bathroom looking out. The big space is where the jacuzzi is going to go.

We’ll be able to move in…someday Getting closer. Slowly but surely!

Well cool kids come from cool parents. Yan’s mom and dad come down every year to spend some time with their son and daughter in law in Chile. They hang out, see the city, take some mini trips and this time around they got to do a photo session as part of the experience

Karla, Yan, Claudette, Robin and I took our little group out on the town to have a good time and get some awesome pictures of them all together.

Claudette and Robin weren’t so sure about the photos at first, but once we got them warmed up they wouldn’t stop hamming for the camera…almost as much as Karla

I love these hots of all them laughing! So much fun!

It was a beautiful day at Santa Lucia!

I love how you can get a size of the scale of the hill with Karla, Yan, Claudette and Robin so tiny down there at the bottom!

How cute is this shot?!?!

FAVORITE!

We weren’t quite sure what to do with our one remaining day but we had heard that the drive to Puerto Octay, through the back roads, was beautiful. Lucky Ash and Leo are just as go with the flow as Seba and I so we all jumped in the rental car and headed out for an adventure.

We didn’t get more than a mile from the hotel in Frutillar before stopping for a picture. Everything down there looks like a postcard.

What blue skied day is complete without a cheerful cemetery? I’ve never been in such a happy graveyard! When we pulled over, we saw a little padlock on the door and thought we might not be able to go in. But this is the South of Chile! There are no rules! It was unlocked so we stopped for a few pictures.

In Patagonia they build graveyards up on hills with the best views for the dead, who are buried in little housetype structures to protect them from the elements. Even though none of these graves were in the little houses, I wonder if they were following the same tradition of giving those who have passed a spot on a scenic overlook.

As this region of Chile is big for agricultural, everywhere we went looked very pastoral and peaceful.

Driving through one town even tinier than Puerto Octay, we paused to stroll a bit more with our cameras. We passed outside this Vinegar factory. It wasn’t abandoned per say, it looked kept-up and not scary…but there certainly wasn’t any activity going on.

Then we continued on our merry little way until we made it to Puerto Octay where I tried my hand and photographing some of the locals.

This fellow was very friendly…and very drunk. Apparently there’s nothing else to do in town or so he says.

Then we stumbled across these guys, who were also enjoying a noontime snack of beer. Maybe the first guy was right.

Believe it or not, this is a posed picture. They all look pretty natural don’t they? I was impressed. Maybe they have a future in modeling.

These two are very visual people so we had a really good time shooting them, bouncing ideas off each other. We also brought along my good friend Rodrigo, who is learning about photography and has an amazing eye. Basically, we made a big party out of it! All of us laughed our way through the session and afterwards went out for drinks to continue the rendezvous. It was an all around fabulous afternoon and we can’t wait to continue the celebration of these two and their love at the wedding — coming up soon!

I think this might be favorite from this shoot…just something about it!

But Kata and Gabriel both believe so strongly that the public health care system is where they have learned and grown as doctors that they owe it to society to give back. And so they’re putting their time and effort into working in public hospitals right now.

I LOVE THEM. I love them, not just for that but because they are beautiful people from the inside out, kind to those around them, giving, smart, funny…everything you could ever ask for in friends.

And did I mention they’re ridiculously photogenic???

Enjoy

Isn’t this light and shadow cool here? I love it!

Wow, I ADORE this last photo!!!!!!