Yeah, yeah, yeah…I get it. I should’ve just waited and posted them all together, but you know what? In order to do that, one would have to have patience and it is one think I severely lack so this is whatchya get. I promise I won’t let her be a blog hog anymore, but I could stare at that purty face all day really. Kay, I’m done now. Maybe.
Krysta

Just a little note to let you all know that I am once again booking sessions for March and beyond. I only book a limited number of sessions per month due to the fact that I do very much still have a full-time job aside from my beloved photography. I have two sessions left in March and then it’s onto April aready! If you would like more information on booking a session, please e-mail me at queenkrysta@yahoo.com. For those of you wonderful, patient people who have already e-mailed me, I just responded to each and every one of you on open dates!

…and just because I think she’s the most adorable little thing, I’ll leave you with another little fill of Miss Ayla…

When Sabrena was a teeny tiny little baby, my dad, without thought, started referring to her as “Beaner.” Whenever he would walk into the room, he would look at her and enthusiastically say, “Beeaannneerrrrrrr!!” to which much chubby leg kicking, arm flailing, and shrieking ensued.
Here we are twelve years later and Sabrena very much still answers to the name of Beaner…(although she no longer shrieks when we walk into the room.) :)
This beautiful child turned 12 today and I am wondering how it is possible that next year she will be a…duh…duh…duhhh….teenager!?
While I was home we went out to take a few shots of her with her new snowboard she got for Christmas. Pink and girly she is not. Wise beyond her years, athletic, funny, spirited…yes, all of these things she most certainly is.
Speaking of pink and girly…as we were walking back into the house, Sabrena turned to me and said, “Auntie Kay-Kay, remember at Thanksgiving you said you’d go snowboarding with me if I got a new snowboard for Christmas?” I looked at her very very confused and said, “Ummm…did I say that?” She responded with a big “YES! YOU said it. YOU saaaiiiddd (sigh) thatifigotasnowboardforchristmasyouwouldgosnowboardingwithmeeeeeee.” Now first of all, a few things would have to happen for me to get on a snowboard such as cute Roxy snowboard apparel, a jeweled board, and a Starbucks and an ambulance waiting for me at the bottom of the hill. Second of all, I believe a 12 year old boy of whom I do not know took my place. Whoever you are, 12 year old boy, I am grateful for you.
…and Beaner, we are grateful for you each and every day. I hope your day is as special as you are. Happy Birthday!
Much love,
Auntie Kay-Kay

…on having a camera constantly in her face. :)

Short and sweet today as it seems that everything and everyone in this household has been battling viruses. The flu and I have been going head to head today and it seems that I’m on the losing end so I’m off to a bath and bed. How could I not share this sweet little face though?

Time really is a funny thing. It can take away so much so quickly yet it can give immeasurable gifts all in one swift movement. It creates limitations yet it provides opportunity. It progresses so incredibly fast some days and there are others where it seems still; immovable. It leaves scars that can never be removed and yet it heals. I will never quite understand it although this year I have known time to be an enemy and a gift given to me together.
I never thought, in a million years, that my 2008 would end up the way it did. I thought my father surely had many many many more years on this earth, but apparently God did not. As painful as the past four and a half months of 2008 have been for me, I am also so thankful for this past year. It is the last year that I got to spend with my father…last moments together, last phone conversations, last “I Love Yous”. They will forever be pricless to me. I will also remember how time clicked one day from one second over to the next…how one moment he was here and the next he was gone. How the last four and a half months have seemed to creep by as we try to adjust to this new life and yet it seems just yesterday he left.
The new year has never really been a big deal for me truthfully. To me, it’s really just another day. It’s a time for reflection on what the previous year held, but I’m not one for resolutions. Really, I’m notorious for making resolutions every day of my life. It is not uncommon for me to walk through the door and rattle off fifty new things I would like to accomplish in the upcoming months. Brady is used to these ramblings now and just shakes his head in agreement. So it is, the only real resolution I have this year is to live with hope. To honor the wonderful, incredible being my father was. To be selfless and giving as he was. To be happy. To remember that although I truly believe I need him here for so many moments going forward, looking back, I was given the gift of time with him and for that I am ever and always grateful…
I wish each and every one of you the happiest 2009. I can think of no better way to start mine than spending it with the man who puts a smile on my face every day…
* Don’t mind the picture as it was taken on my cell phone. Blah. No worries though…my new Mac is on its way!! Yeah!! :)