Gretchen Fawn Photo - part of the Snoqualmie Moms Support Collective

I have so much fun on instagram! I take pictures of whatever hits my fancy that day, walls, chairs, people. I rarely put "work" stuff on, but I have fun in whatever I take. Sign up to follow me: Gretchenfawn   Get to know me and my family and see what we're up to around town. Send me a note with your info and I'd love to do the same. Gretchen

I got an email from a mom asking about senior pictures a few days ago. How much and when those are the basic questions. Well, if you live here in Snoqualmie and it's raining, that is not the best day. But I like to start thinking about them the spring or summer before the senior year. You really want to have them in time for the yearbook picture submission which is in early fall. Please do begin thinking and budgeting now. You will have soooo sooo many things you are thinking about and doing at the beginning of senior year. Last year I was called on a Sunday morning, "Is there any way you can shoot some senior pictures today? Our deadline is Monday! We can't find a photographer. We had a friend of a friend cancel on us who was going to do us a favor..." Yikes. That is not how you want to get your senior pictures done. It would be much nicer to schedule in the spring or summer. Have a leisurely photo shoot where your kid looks amazing and then you get a week or two t...