365: Broken Arm News

Lyndsay Stradtner2020-01-30T22:12:40-06:00January 30th, 2020|366 - 2020, 365 Projects, Birth Trauma, Jonah, My Family, Zachary|

Jonah had a follow up today with his ortho. The original plan was to remove this plaster cast and put on a lighter fiberglass short arm cast at this point. Mostly so he would be able to bend his elbow. We arrived and they immediately jumped in to cast removal. Something in me knew we needed an x-ray first. Not their standard procedure but I insisted. I have learned over the years and 5 kids to follow my instincts. I lost that ability for a good long time after the birth trauma. I’d go so far as to say I was completely disconnected with […]

365: I snapped this and cried

Lyndsay Stradtner2020-01-29T22:06:06-06:00January 29th, 2020|365 Projects, 366 - 2020, Jonah, Jude, My Family, Zachary|

Jude is almost 12 and we are in this window of time where things are changing. He’s not a little boy who plays as much as he used to. He still does, he joins in with the little boys sometimes, he plays imaginary games, like pretending with Z to kayak off a waterfall (see my Insta stories for that photo). But it is not all the time like it once was. It used to be Jude and Jonah playing all the time! He asked for books for his birthday. Not a single “toy”. No legos or anything. The shift is happening and it makes me […]

Top 5 Favorite Campgrounds from 2019

Lyndsay Stradtner2020-01-29T22:34:07-06:00January 29th, 2020|My Family, Camping Adventures, National Parks, RV Life|

I recently asked a few favorite fulltime family bloggers if they wanted to share their top 5 favorite campgrounds from 2019 and I am so excited they said yes! Click on their logos below to see their fave campgrounds this year as well. Thank you Way Beyond The Norm, Incredible Dash, Prodigal Overland (more coming soon) for sharing! I am definitely saving these for the future! Scroll down to see our favorites from 2019! 1. Four Mile Creek State Park, New York

Four Mile Creek State Park is a 248-acre state park located in the Town of Porter in Niagara County, New York. The park […]

365: Kayaking on Lake Georgetown

Lyndsay Stradtner2020-01-27T21:41:17-06:00January 27th, 2020|366 - 2020, 365 Projects, Jude, My Family, RV Life|

Today was such a gorgeous day, it feels like spring here in Texas, not the dead of winter. Blue skies, 74 degrees and a cool breeze. Perfect! The kids and I spent the entire day outside. We only came in to eat so Jason could have a lot of quiet time for meetings, work and an interview. Once he was done for the day we threw dinner in the instant pot and hit the lake with the kayak my mom bought the kids last summer. She bought it right before Jonah broke his arm for the first time. Being in a cast we avoided most water outings. […]

365: Memory

Lyndsay Stradtner2020-01-25T14:14:00-06:00January 25th, 2020|365 Projects, 366 - 2020, Jude, My Family, Zachary|

Zachary got a Marvel Memory Game for Christmas and he is obsessed with it. It helps that Jude asks him to play it (of his own free will – ha!) several times a day. Z is so good at it! I think Jude has only beat him one time in the last month! And yet there was still a little drama when he flipped over the wrong card this morning haha!

365: Warm Knees

Lyndsay Stradtner2020-01-24T23:08:27-06:00January 24th, 2020|365 Projects, 366 - 2020, Jonah, Jude, My Family, RV Life, Taryn, Zachary|

The weather was completely gorgeous today. At 5 pm we decided to have a fire pit dinner. Jude and I ran to the store for essential fire pit food, Jason’s brother picked up firewood on his way over. It was gorgeous outside but once the sun set it was pretty chilly, perfect night for a fire. I love the feeling of warm knees when the rest of your body is cold, roasting marshmallows and stargazing. It was a good end to a very chaotic and draining week.