Fishing at Stone Mountain

Lyndsay Stradtner2019-11-21T13:13:54-06:00January 16th, 2018|Jonah, Jude, Taryn|

I took the kids for a walk down to the fishing dock across from Stone Mountain. The view and the sunset were gorgeous, but I only had my phone camera on me at the time. We took advantage and went back on the last sunny day in the forecast for awhile with my real camera. And I am so glad we did.

I’m pretty sure Jonah was marching away to grab a stick. For real, Jonah finds sticks everywhere. We were in an empty parking lot the other day and somehow that boy found a stick with no trees and nothing around us. Jude is right, sticks find Jonah. At the end of […]

Atop Stone Mountain

Lyndsay Stradtner2019-11-21T13:04:49-06:00January 13th, 2018|Jonah, Jude, Taryn, Zachary|

Oh boy! This one gave me a run for my money today. He decided to run over and push the emergency button on top of Stone Mountain 😳 This included loud sirens, bells, flashing lights and a rushing emergency crew. Y’all. I cannot even. Then later in the day, after many conversations about why we don’t push those buttons sans emergency, he pushed the emergency button in the elevator at the MLK Center. Yes, Jonah is living his best life.

ps: this photo looks a bit scary, but he’s totally safe. The top is expansive and fenced in. There is not a drop off directly behind him 😊

The frozen mill

Lyndsay Stradtner2019-11-21T12:53:39-06:00January 7th, 2018|Taryn|

We are ready for some warmer temps but the frozen mill we visited sure was pretty. As we walked up there was a family taking pictures. I quickly offered to take a family photo of them and the mom was so appreciative. She said she’s never in their vacation photos and quickly handed over her dslr saying she hoped I could figure it out. I just grinned and said I’d try lol. She gushed over them on the back of her camera and was so thankful. It was a fun way to start our adventure. The kids had fun exploring and breaking off thick chunks of ice. Jonah busted it on the […]

She’s a creative

Lyndsay Stradtner2019-11-21T12:48:47-06:00January 5th, 2018|Craft Projects, My Family, Taryn|

She writes fiction novels (her current book has 22 chapters and counting), she draws, paints, crochets, sews. She’s always creating something. I worried that downsizing our stock of creative supplies would be hard for her but she’s risen to the challenge. Today she made a bow and arrow. A few days ago she made Jonah a fishing pole. Give that girl some string and some nature and she’s good to go.

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!! 😂😂😂