Photography: Crystal Amen Photography. Crystal started her photography adventure four years ago; she specializes in all aspects of photography. Crystal has three young daughters that love to be her models when she isn’t photographing clients. Crystal lives in Anderson, CA, where she and her husband raise about 30 head of cattle.

On the Cover: Brother and sister, Camilo and Eloisa enjoy spending time in each other’s company, playing and conversing together. Their friendship and dialogue often inspires their mother Joana Castañeda, a first-grade teacher at Mill Street Elementary School in Orland, to teach her students the importance of clear communication and being kind to one another. The Tranbarger home, located in the Victorian District of Red Bluff on Lincoln Street, is the lovely location for this playful photograph.