A Christmas Story

We had a wonderful Christmas here in the Schafer household. We are so blessed to have a very healthy and happy family. Here's a few (actually, a ton!) of shots from our life at Christmas.

Our normal routine on Christmas is to go to church, then dinner, then change into comfy clothes before opening family gifts. Yup!, we open gifts on Christmas EVE! Yippee!

I always love the candle-light service on Christmas Eve. I wish I could bring the camera, but it never feels like the place to break it out. Here's a shot after we got back home and before dinner. Our ever-so cute nephew was able to join us for the festivities.

He's tired of WAITING!

For the past few years, my mom and Julia have made steak and lobster for our Christmas Eve dinner. WOW!
After dinner, the kids get to change into matching pajamas....I think the adults should all get a set of these too! Can you just see the anticipation and excitement on their faces.

After a late night of opening presents, Christmas day always seems to come a bit early in the morning. Santa has arrived while we were sleeping, so the kids get more gear. And I got a cool new mug from Julia's family. I really look like I NEED IT.

Autobots, ROLL OUT! (from the Transformers movie...just in case you havent seen it.)
By the way, these two Transformers toys take me about an HOUR to transform.....being a DAD is cool.

And finally......the mess.

We hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and were able to enjoy valuable time with your loved ones.

Merry Christmas !

Merry Christmas, from all of us at Schafer Photography.

new toy

so...I got a new toy. havent' had a ton of time to play with all the features, but here's a few from this weekend that were fun.

I'm 5 now! and...I'm 2.

After some much needed rain here in San Deigo, it was clear blue sky today. We were able to get out to one of our favorite parks to spend some time with the Stewart family. My little friend here informed me today that he did not remember when I took his pictures several years ago..."but I'm 5 years old NOW." he said.

Here's the shot from a few years ago....

...and here he is today.His sister is turning 2 very soon and has the most beautiful eyes. There is no doubt how much they all care for each other. Here's some shots from today of this beautiful family.....

Pacheco Family

Fun. Fun. Fun. We had so much fun with the Pacheco family this weekend. I have to say that from the moment we walked in, we truly felt like we were a part of the family. I wish we could have stayed for the BBQ that followed the photo shoot. Here's a sneak peak...still have a bunch of editing to do, but here's a few that I've finished.

Nicolas

We love this little fella. He was initially a little cautious about the big camera in his face, but by the end of our session, he was lovin' the attention.

Just hanging out in the rocker.

Gift Certificates

Just in time for Christmas shopping. We now have gift certificates available.

Give us a call or send and an email to get yours today.

We still have a few session times available for this year. Contact us right away to get in on our current pricing deals. Prices will go up on January 1st.

Some GREAT friends

We finally found some time to get together with some of our great friends, the Pangelinans. For those of you who know them, you understand how easy it is to be around them. They are just FUN people. We made a promise (a long time ago) to get some shots of the kids to add to the Schafer Photography wall in their house. It's like a big ego boost for me to go and see a full wall of pictures that we've taken. Not too difficult to get some great captures, they love to smile and laugh and it comes through in the pics. Here's just a few samples. Thanks guys!

The Schafers

Had a session today with some of our favorite people in the world...my parents. It was quick, but this one will definitely make it up on the wall in our house.

Day off taking pictures.

Since I had the day off from my other job, we went out today and took a couple of pictures at the park.

Are we done yet?

Thank you!

It feels great to be back taking pictures. Last weekend we had our first session with some previous clients and loved spending time with them at the beach. They are a beautful family and we enjoyed trying to capture that.

Fires.....

The fires in San Diego are still burning, but we are in the clear. We were never evacuated and we feel so blessed that the last 4 days have been only a bunch of worry...no real danger for us. Many families have lost their homes. Our hearts and prayer go out to all of San Diego as we try to recover from this horrific time.

Here's a shot from our backyard of the wierd sunset on Wed night.

Keeping our children from driving us up the wall while we are all cooped up in the house has been...interesting. Here's a few of our activities over the last few days...

She insisted on wearing this hat...guess the kids know what' going on despite keeping them from the TV.

Doing homework...

...making cookies with Grandma.......finally going to the gym to play.