The Schnaiter Family

The Schnaiter family is very near and dear to me. Sue (grandma) was my 2nd grade teacher. Ronda (the mom of 3 kids) was the daycare provider for my nephew...and is currently the provider for my 2 nieces. They all go to my church. They are all great friends (and have been for many years). This is why I love them all so much!

Months ago I auctioned off a photo shoot during my church's auction to raise money for the youth group. Of course, one of the Schnaiters (mom of the 1 daughter) won my shoot and she decided she wanted to get a BIG family spread done in the fall.

So we waited.

And waited.

And finally the leaves changed colors and we all found a time when all 10 of them were free. That was a couple of weekends ago. We met at Anderson's Orchard on a gorgeous fall, Saturday morning. Where I spent HOURS getting eaten alive by mosquitoes.

One of the girls is a freshman in college....and she brought 2 of her friends with her. The other girl is a senior in high school this year. We went ahead and took some extra shots of her for her fall senior pictures (another shoot is scheduled in a couple more weeks). The other kids are younger and SUCH a joy. Especially the boy. I'll call him The Stinker. (In a loving way, of course). As you'll see in the next few pictures...he isn't real thrilled to get his photo taken...unless he's hamming it up for the camera. After a few threats (from his family...NOT ME)...he cooperated and we got some good shots.

I'm only going to show you the family shots...and the ones of the younger kids. I'll post another entry about the senior portraits (and the college friend portraits). So stay tuned for that.

I literally took a GAZILLION pictures of these people...that they are having a REALLY HARD TIME deciding which pictures to buy. I like it when my clients have that problem. Means I'm doing my job right! So I'm only posting a few shots...there are literally HUNDREDS more...but I didn't figure you'd want to look at all of them.

So without further adieu...I present the Schnaiter family. (stay tuned later for more images!)