holistic first aid kit

Lyndsay Stradtner2014-05-18T13:47:24-05:00May 18th, 2014|iphoneography, My Family, Uncategorized|

I thought I’d come share what went in our camping first aid kit after getting some requests over on this instagram photo.

I know going in that my husband is going to roll his eyes joyfully at this post. I know this because he’s been sweetly snickering every time he passes the pile on the kitchen counter for the last week. It’s ok, I can embrace my neurotic love of all things first aid kit. I think it makes me quirky and loveable. And even though we gave up most things that come in a traditional first aid kits, I still find myself […]

snuggles | leander sibling photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2014-05-05T23:24:10-05:00May 5th, 2014|Jonah, My Family, Ty|

Ty gets all the good snuggles these days. This lasted at least 10 minutes. Lucky boys. These two are best buds and it’s so much fun to watch.

return of the little white table

Lyndsay Stradtner2014-04-30T14:21:19-05:00April 30th, 2014|Jonah, My Family|

I was looking through some old posts the other day and realized at Jonah’s age, Jude was already using our little white toddler table. So I had Ty go dig it out from under a pile of Legos in Jude’s room and set it up in our dining room. Since then, he’s been obsessed with climbing up and sitting on the chairs and coloring. It’s keeping my very busy boy occupied for more than 30 seconds at a time. Winning!

my four | leander bluebonnet photography

Lyndsay Stradtner2014-05-03T16:17:07-05:00April 26th, 2014|Austin Photographer, Jonah, Jude, My Family, Taryn, Ty|

I got brave and decided to venture out and take my own kids to frolic in the bluebonnets and capture them. The light was so pretty, all warm and glowing. And they did awesome. It reminded me that I need to take them out for photos together more often. I’ve been seriously slacking in that department, relying on my iphone and Samsung 300nx (which I looooove btw). Life is busy. Jonah is uber busy lol. They were awfully good to me this night. The first photo, is just so them, their personalities embodied. And the last one WILL be big in my house somewhere. […]

the 2 months that killed my blog

Lyndsay Stradtner2014-03-10T22:36:38-05:00March 10th, 2014|My Family|

Kicking off the dust on the old blog tonight. Has it really been 2 months?! Ugh. It has. What killed my blogging for 2 months? Lots. First, we had a rough week right after my last post in January. In the matter of a day our van broke down and my laptop was destroyed in an unfortunate run-in with a bottle of shampoo my husband left next to it. For real, coconut shampoo, I couldn’t make this randomness up. So the van went in the shop, my laptop got tucked away, along with my productivity and I cried. A lot. We are NOT a one car family. And we are not a one computer family either. We had Jason’s tiny […]

there is still inspiration within these 4 walls | leander baby photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2014-03-12T13:53:13-05:00January 9th, 2014|Austin Photographer, Jonah, My Family|

Confession time. Sometimes I get really bored photographing my kids in my own house. I love my kids, they are fun, and always provide me with great opportunities to capture real life. But I get bored with my house and the light. I know all the good spots and the places I need the kids to be in so I can get good lighting and a good shot. Sometimes, being stuck inside these walls is just, the same, uninspiring, blah spot. This tends to hit me the hardest in January, when I actually have time, since September and the beginning of busy season, to actually capture my own kids. It’s also cold and heading out to capture them somewhere more […]