Summertime is here!  I hope you’re all staying cool and having fun now that the big kids are out of school.  We spent today doing all sorts of “first day of summer” activities and now I’m exhausted. I think we’ll all have an early bedtime tonight.  I am determined to work less and spend more time with my kids this summer… and maybe take a real vacation (meaning one that has nothing to do with photography or photographers!).

I know that I’ve been a bad, bad blogger. I’m caught up on orders and phone calls and processing, though, so that’s something!  I’m planning on taking the blog in a slightly different direction this summer, if I can ever get back into the blogging mood!    One big shout-out: BETH, I am getting your emails but I don’t think you’re getting mine, and the phone number I have on file for you has changed. I hate for people to think I’m ignoring them, so I hope you check the blog!

Don’t forget that we have beach sessions scheduled for near Corpus Christi the weekend of the 20th.  I do still have a space or two available.  For you non-beach clients who are considering a summer session, I’m not accepting as many sessions this summer as I have in years past so if you need to get on the calendar please call me ASAP.  We are currently accepting Victoria/Crossroads area appointments, and for you San Antonio/Austin folks my sessions in your area will be extremely limited after July.  Once school starts I just won’t be able to make that drive more than once a month, so if you want to do a portrait session, now’s the time.

And because a blog post without photos is boring… here is a snap of Bugs coloring in the kitchen last night.  I don’t often pick up the camera if I’m not working, and I’ve realized that I don’t have many photos of my kids just being my kids, so that is a personal project for the summer. 

Poor Hannah has been waiting for her “featured session” blog for weeks now — and yes, I do have a backlog of sessions to blog.  We have had a lot going on here… so much that I feel like I need to be getting sessions edited and client orders processed before I can even think about blogging.  I promise to catch up eventually!  Please remember that we are closed on Sunday and Monday so if you call or email on one of those days, I probably won’t get back to you until Tuesday.

So thank you for being so patient, Hannah!  I can’t believe this beautiful little girl is already a year old.  She has the sweetest little personality and I love spending time with her.  Happy birthday, Miss Hannah!  I’ll see you this week, because your order is here! 

I just got tagged by my friend Laura. Thanks! I’ve never been tagged before and I feel so special. 

SO, here are the rules;
1. Link to the person who tagged you (Laura Wootan)
2. Post the rules on your blog
3. Write six random thoughts about yourself
4. Tag six or so people at the end of your post
5. Let each person know he or she has been tagged
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is posted

Random Thoughts About Me:

1. I sing in the car.  All the time.
2. I need for the stereo volume to be on an even number or a 5.
3. I hate Chinese food with a passion but I could eat Tex-Mex every day.
4. I love curling up on the sofa with a book on a stormy day.
5. My favorite color is red.
6. My kids are the joys of my life.

Now, I get to be the one to tag.  You’re it! 

Laura Veraska

Angie Kalthoff

Jennifer Nace

Ashley Allen

Nancy Poole

Matt Lydy