busted.

Lyndsay Stradtner2011-08-05T17:21:49-05:00August 5th, 2011|Maggie, My Family, Our dog|

I finally caught her in the act. She’s been opening doors for a few months and it freaks me out every.single.time. Mostly because we have an alarm and it makes it beep alerting me one of the doors has been opened. My heart jumps because it means one of the kids went outside unattended without me know or someone (or now somedog) came in. Of course I quickly realize it’s her simply because she storms inside like an F5 tornado, there is no mistaking the presence of The Beast. She’s smart. Really smart. That’s becoming a blessing and a curse. I swear she understands everything we say and feel. I shot […]

Maggie

Lyndsay Stradtner2011-07-28T13:02:22-05:00July 28th, 2011|Maggie, My Family|

Maggie, Maggie Mae, Mags, The Beast. Hasn’t she grown?! Almost 6 months old, huge and figuring out the ways of the world and our little family. She’s smart, sometimes too smart. Even though she’s been doing it for weeks, every single time I see or hear her open a door with her paw it freaks me out. The first time my heart was racing because I heard the house alarm beep and I thought someone was breaking in to the house!! She’s finally starting to calm down just a bit. She still chews, and steals things, but that’s normal for labs. She knows which toys are hers and loves to […]

Taryn’s gift.

Lyndsay Stradtner2011-07-23T20:07:12-05:00July 23rd, 2011|My Family|

My mom was able to come visit for 5 whole days during the week of Taryn’s birthday. We were all so thrilled to have her here. We decided that this year we’d forgo all the big birthday parties for the kids and just take each one to do something special on their special day. For Taryn, it was really easy for us to pick something we knew she’d love. Our animal lover has moved from being fascinated with sea horses to dolphins to horses since May. Jason found several stables that offer lessons in our area and ended up choosing Raymaker […]