{"id":20341,"date":"2023-01-31T17:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/?page_id=20341"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:46:23","slug":"the-schanandore-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/the-schanandore-family\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCHANANDORE FAMILY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling lazyload\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0.88) 100%);;--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/01\/Schanadores-scaled.jpg\" data-bg-gradient=\"linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0.88) 100%)\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1655.68px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-top:400px;--awb-margin-left:60px;--awb-margin-top-small:400px;--awb-margin-right-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:10px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left md-text-align-center sm-text-align-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;--fontSize:42;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">A Full House and a Full Count<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:30px;--awb-padding-right:30px;--awb-padding-bottom:30px;--awb-padding-left:30px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color6);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1655.68px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>\u201cOne of the reasons we host is because it gets you into the games. When you\u2019ve got a big family, things cost money,\u201d Matt said. \u201cThe kids will ask us if we can host a player so we can go to the Larks games.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:60px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1655.68px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:70px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 32;line-height: 1.2\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"38.4px\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Adding a new person to your home is one of life\u2019s biggest changes. Last summer, Matt and Amy Shanandore welcomed two new people around the same time.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Shanandores have been a Larks Host Family since 2020. They\u2019ve had four different players in their home and plan on having another in 2022. They also have a growing family of their own. In July of 2021, they welcomed their fifth child, Zoe, while Larks pitcher Ethan Abbott was staying with them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;One day, Ethan came home and said, &#8216;Oh! There\u2019s a baby.&#8217; Ethan got to learn about all the wonders and terrors of newborns,&#8221; Matt laughs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With a family of five, the Shanandore&#8217;s players got a first hand look at what life is like with kids. And on the flipside, the Shanandore kids also learned what it was like to have another adult living in the house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSome players just wanted to be in their room. Our kids had to learn about boundaries and privacy,\u201d Matt said. \u201cOther players love the kids. They play video games together in their spare time and throw the ball in the backyard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne player brought duck calls,\u201d Amy said. \u201cOur kids thought that was awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Shanandore kids are all different ages, but they all had their own way of taking an interest in the players and in baseball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving a personal connection with the players enriched the game,\u201d Matt said.<\/p>\n<p>The Shanandores all really value their family time together at the ballpark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the reasons we host is because it gets you into the games. When you\u2019ve got a big family, things cost money,\u201d Matt said. \u201cThe kids will ask us if we can host a player so we can go to the Larks games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amy confessed that becoming a host family was more Matt\u2019s idea than her own. Like a normal mom, she had reservations about inviting unfamiliar young men into her home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have kids, you need to feel like your home is safe,\u201d Amy said. \u201cThe transition went really well. They were always very respectful. They honored the rules of the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Hosting these players has given the Shanandores plenty of happy memories. Amy talked to them over morning coffee. One kid grew his baseball skills. Another kid keeps a picture of her favorite player in her room. The Shanandore&#8217;s look forward to building new relationships with their Larks player this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>THE SCHANANDORE FAMILY - Bismarck Larks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/the-schanandore-family\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"THE SCHANANDORE FAMILY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/the-schanandore-family\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bismarck Larks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bismarcklarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-21T18:46:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bismarcklarks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/the-schanandore-family\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/the-schanandore-family\/\",\"name\":\"THE SCHANANDORE FAMILY - 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