A little more alive in a national park

Lyndsay Stradtner2021-04-03T12:09:18-05:00March 15th, 2021|My Family, Jonah, Jude, National Parks, RV Life, Taryn, Zachary|

I’m pretty sure this is our 41st National Park or Monument! And the first of five we will visit in the next two months! We always feel a little more alive in a national park, it’s invigorating!

Great Smokey Mountains National Park

Lyndsay Stradtner2021-04-03T12:06:53-05:00March 15th, 2021|Jude, RV Life, Taryn, Zachary|

Did you know that Great Smokey Mountains National Park has more visitors per year than any other national park in the US? It’s big! We are focusing on the North Carolina portion this stay with the intention of seeing the Tennessee side during a different stay. The areas we saw today were really beautiful.

Don’t be fooled

Lyndsay Stradtner2021-04-03T11:56:14-05:00March 15th, 2021|Jonah, Jude, My Family, Taryn, Zachary|

The difference between raising boys and girls!? 🤷🏼‍♀️😆 Don’t be fooled, she may not wrestle as often as her brothers do, but when she does, she can take them all. Don’t under estimate her. 💪🏻

9th year of learning at home

Lyndsay Stradtner2021-04-03T12:21:01-05:00March 2nd, 2021|My Family, Homeschool, Jonah, Roadschool, Taryn, Zachary|

Scenes from our first day of homeschool today. I can’t believe this is our 9th year of learning at home! It was a decision we initially felt forced to make. Taryn’s school and teacher kept exposing her to foods she is allergic to. She was constantly sick as a result. She had a 504 everyone ignored and we were told by the principal it’d be easier for them if homeschooled her. You can imagine that comment (and many others) didn’t go over real well. We had an advocate and fought. In the end, we could put our energy in to advocating, year after year, and still deal with constant allergic reactions, or […]

Visiting Kennedy Space Center during Covid

Lyndsay Stradtner2021-04-03T16:04:35-05:00February 22nd, 2021|My Family, Jonah, Jude, RV Life, Taryn, Zachary|

This weekend was so busy I’m still catching my breath! As our Christmas gift, Jason’s parents gave us an adventure and we chose Kennedy Space Center. We are so thankful, we had a blast!!

My kids were so excited to explore the grounds and the rocket garden before we ever even entered a single exhibit. Kennedy Space Center is is very well done. Getting to see the space shuttle Atlantis was a highlight! We’ve seen the Discovery at Udvar Hazy in Washington DC too. The cool thing about Atlantic is that it’s suspended between several floors. We were able to walk right up next […]

Hollywood Studios!

Lyndsay Stradtner2021-05-02T16:05:17-05:00February 11th, 2021|My Family, Jason, Jonah, Jude, Lyndsay, Taryn, Zachary|

Jude and Zachary’s big birthday surprise: HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS!!! One full day at Galaxy’s Edge and Toy Story Land!! Both were still being built the last time we were there is 2018. Plus this time Z is tall enough to go on all the fun rides. So exciting!! Big thanks to my mom for making us these fun shirts!

We’ve carried these Mickey ears for 3 years and many miles through 30+ states. I’m sentimental about very few things but this was one because he wore them for his first birthday at the magic kingdom. And when […]