Experiences over things

Lyndsay Stradtner2019-11-21T11:29:37-06:00December 31st, 2017|Jonah|

Each year our family follows a 4 gift rule of want, wear, need, read at Christmas. This year the kids received an experience/adventure for their need gift since the vast majority of our needs were covered during the great purge and preparing to go fulltime. Jonah’s experience gift was up first, we took everyone sledding. We were hoping for snowfall at our campground but Mother Nature didn’t provide. So, off to the Gaylord to go snow tubing we went. And the kids + Jason had a BLAST. Z and I were spectators on the sideline. They spent hours going down 4 different slides and loved every minute of it.

Nashville Murals

Lyndsay Stradtner2019-11-21T11:09:44-06:00December 27th, 2017|Zachary, Jonah, Taryn|

I have no clue why he’s wearing Zachary’s sunglasses upside down, but it works! It was FRA-EEEEZING today. Down to 19 degrees and people in Nashville were walking around in t-shirts! These Texas weather woosies declared we might die more than once today. It didn’t help that our camper ran out of propane while we were adventuring. We got home and it was COLD. Let’s just say I opened the fridge to put groceries away and it felt warm when I opened the door (37!). One trip to Walmart for propane later and we are starting to defrost. We were supposed to go to the mountains in Georgia next week but with […]

Smooshie faces on Christmas morning

Lyndsay Stradtner2019-11-21T11:02:02-06:00December 25th, 2017|Zachary, Jonah, Jude, Taryn|

I can’t stop laughing at this. 😂 The kids waiting for the ok to run out and see their gifts this morning. I’m not a huge fan of the frosted glass doors in our RV because I’m afraid the kids will break them. I take it back…I take it allllll back. I love the doors, this photo alone is worth it!! 😂😂😂

He is in the quiet spaces.

Lyndsay Stradtner2019-11-21T10:58:30-06:00December 25th, 2017|PPD, Jonah, PTSD|

He is in the quiet spaces. My faith has been all over the place this year. I’ve been closer to God and farthest from God all in the same year. I prayed and sought his will seconds before the trauma started at Zachary’s birth. He saved Zachary’s life, and likely my own. But it’s been confusing for me as I’ve worked through the trauma, a difficult path to walk over the last 11 months. Today, the kids and I found a tiny church in the woods at our campground. The door was open, but it was dark and cold. There were only a few windows and all were stained glass. The old […]