Remembering Hannah

In memory of Hannah Naomi, a dear friend's baby daughter whose life on this earth was just for a moment, I am announcing that I have become a volunteer photographer with the non-profit organization Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.

This organization works to preserve the memory of children whose lives on this earth are but for a moment, through photography. I have had the opportunity to work with two families by creating lasting memories for them of their little ones.

After my friend lost her daughter, the reality of this life became more real to me. My appreciation for my own children grew immensly. The knowledge of the gospel helped me find peace as I know that one day Hannah will be reunited with her parents and brothers. After experiencing Hannah's passing and the pain her family felt it opened my eyes to these types of trials that many face all over the world. I have wanted to find some way to ease the burden for families who lose their babies.

When I found out about this organization I knew that my prayers had been answered as it would provide a way for me to serve and share my talents with others. Each time I have been able to take photos for families I remember sweet Hannah and her family. I hope that as I work with these families I can help ease their burdens by giving them a lasting memory of their babies.

Happy Birthday Emma

Happy 5th Birthday Emma!!!
Emma turned 5 this weekend and we are so blessed to have her be a part of our family. These are a few of my favorite pictures of Emma.





Party Time

This year Emma wanted to have a princess party, so thats what we had. All her friends came dressed as princess and we had a fun table set up with princess hats, rings, bracelets. We made butterfly wands and had a pinata. The highlight of the day was seeing Emma smiling as she hit all the candy out of the pinata.

October at a Glance

Happy Halloween

Look out Hook there is a new Peter Pan in town.

Adam is the cutest Peter Pan in the world. He just can't get enough of this book that aunt Jodie gave us last year.



Look at our cute shirts we made for Halloween. Aunt Marisa found the idea and we had a tie-dye party.
San Fransisco

We just got back from an awesome trip to San Fransisco to visit Uncle Mike and his bridge. Stay tuned for more picture coming soon (after we get settled in from our trip).

Soccer just got alot cuter!

Emma is now playing soccer too! She joined Addie's soccer team after a girl on the team dropped out. Watching these two sisters playing together is so cute. They hold hands half the time on the field and Addie tells Emma what to do the rest of the time.




Disneyland here comes the Anderson Family

I asked Addie what ride she wanted to do first now that she was 6, and she said, "Scary Hotel." I took her on the ride 2 yrs ago and she was very scared. Now that she is 6, she feels big enough to not be scared. After the ride, I asked her if she wanted to do it again and she said no.





Happy Birthday Addie

Addie celebrated her 6th birthday with a High School Musical party. She is really into HSM, so we had a HSM pinata,cake, and even a HSM karaoke. She had lots of fun and it only took me 2 weeks to clean up the toy room after 20 kids played in it.

My new website

So here is my coming out party for my new web site...
www.ChristalPhotography.com

You can easily access my website by clicking on the link in the right hand column.This is the first website that I have created all by myself and it was so easy with www.wix.com that it only took me one week to make it. Wix is a free online web builder and I would reccommend it to anyone who needs to build a website.

Emma starts school

As you can tell by the picture, Emma didn't think she wanted to be at school. Emma is a big momma's girl and doesn't like change. She wasn't sure she wanted to start her last year at preschool. But I was sure she needed to go. Looking at the next picture you can see she ended up having a great first day at school.



Emma said the best part of her first day at school was being able to play with her cousin at outside play time.

Soccer Time

I'm now an official Soccer Mom!!
Addie is playing her first year of soccer and she is loving it. I'm having a lot fun with her and her team. I'm the assistant coach and the coach was out of town for the first game, so I coached the first game, made the banner, and brought the snack. So you could say I had to be supper soccer mom the first game. Addie did great her first game as she scored the first goal of the game just seconds after the kick off.

A very happy birthday boy

Adam loves quads, or as he calls them "cycle" meaning motorcycles. So this year, for his birthday we decided to spoil him. As you can see by the picture, we have a very happy little boy.



Adam's Contruction Birthday Party

Adam had a really fun birthday party, thanks to great friends and John Apple, who let us use his land, quad, tractors, and all the dirt a kid could ever ask for.

Voted best two rides at Ventura County Fair

The fair has come and gone and I'm finally getting to the pictures. I just had to share with all of you the kids favorite rides.
The girls vote this ride #1

Addie Lainey Emma Malia Giana



The girls were all very excited to ride this ride until it started to move.




They all had so much fun that they all asked to go on the ride again

Adams #1 vote



Adam loved this ride so much that when it was over he didn't want to get off and tried to get on to another car before exiting.