Download & Print
Kenai Jerome, Haisley Kimbrel, Jacob Kimbrel and Sarah Kimbrel, usher in 2023 with sparklers.
Photos by Jessica Nohealapa'ahi
January 3, 2023
Happy New Year!
By Jessica Nohealapa'ahi
The Bandera Prophet
For the 20th year and counting, my family and I share with you our New Year welcoming. In 2003, a friend and fellow photographer asked me to capture the coming year in lights for our newspaper’s front page lead art. What began as a professional challenge evolved into a family tradition that we have maintained every year since.
As always, the bloopers are just as much a treasured part of our annual event as the winning shot, especially this year as 4-year-old Haisley Kimbrel marks her second year in the line-up - the same age as her mother Sarah Kimbrel was when this tradition began.
As always, the bloopers are just as much a treasured part of our annual event as the winning shot, especially this year as 4-year-old Haisley Kimbrel marks her second year in the line-up - the same age as her mother Sarah Kimbrel was when this tradition began.