Can you tell I'm missing the beach?

It's sinking in that summer is over....It is by far my favorite time of year. Walking into the grocery store today it really hit home. My oldest daughter declared it officially winter when we got out of the car and it was only in the 80's instead of 100 degrees. Summer flew just flew by.

Masters National Swim Meet in The Woodlands

The Woodlands hosted Masters Long Course Nationals on August 10th-13th. I grew up swimming on TWST - it was acutally the reason we moved to The Woodlands in 1981. After a long break from competition, about 20 years, I competed at Nationals. I've only been back in the water with The Woodlands Masters Swim Team
for a couple months and I've already got the swimming bug back. The photo of my 100 free start is by Ted Washington. The group photo is our team (minus 50 that didn't make the photo) that represented The Woodlands.

more beach shots...

End of Summer

Back in school – I can’t believe it! I hope everyone had a great summer. Summer always goes too quickly. We spent 2 weeks in our favorite vacation spot, Sanibel Island, Florida. I vacationed there as a child and now we take our kids there. Sanibel Island is famous for shelling. The shells we found on a daily basis were wonderful , but after a big storm they were amazing! I will return to Captiva (it’s connected to Sanibel) for a week continuing education in September.

If you are planning on a family portrait , or photographs of your children this fall call or email asap! I am booking November now. It doesn't seem possible that it is time for Christmas cards again. We completed our first order for Christmas cards in May and have been ordering cards and photo inserts periodically all summer. The Christmas season for Blossom Photography starts in August. Not necessarily the first thing on everyones mind when it's 100 degrees outside!