Not only was I surrounded by my family, my beautiful kids are happy and healthy, and we weren’t snowed in like last year, but Santa (aka husband) surprised me with the best gift ever! You have to really know him to appreciate his sense of humor. Christmas morning I open a box to a brand new Nikon D700 – a camera body I’ve been drooling over for quite some time. Because I do know my husband’s sense of humor, I hesitantly opened the box and sure enough he put my D200 inside. He filmed the whole thing and thought it was hilarious. At this point, I don’t know if he borrowed our friend’s D700 box (which is what he wanted me to believe) or he really did get me the camera and was messing with me. Two days go by and I’m starting to think he really was messing with me. We celebrated Christmas with his side of the family yesterday. I grabbed my camera bag to snap a few pics and what’s in there waiting for me? Yup.

Is it possible to be in love with something made of metal, plastic and exquisite glass? I say yes. I’ve only taken a few photos and I’m already madly in love.

Dear D200,
You were my first love. You fostered my love and obsession for photography. You have always been trustworthy and dependable. You have captured photographs of my children that I will forever cherish. I will always remember you and now you are my trusty back up camera.
Yours truly, Krissy