CURRENTLY WANDERING

Hi! We are a God loving family: Jason, Lyndsay, Ty, Taryn, Jude, Jonah and Zachary. In 2017 we sold our 2,400 square home in Leander, Texas, along with most of our belongings and bought a 400 square foot fifth wheel RV to hit the road and travel full time with 4 of our 5 kids and 2 dogs (Maggie and Pepper). We longed for a more simple life with less stuff and more adventure. Our goal is to eventually visit all 50 states! Our bucket list is long and we love adventure, hiking and national parks! Lyndsay is a professional family travel photographer and loves capturing all their family adventures. We hope you’ll follow along on our journey!

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WHERE TO NEXT?

We left Texas late 2017 and went to Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. In 2018 we hit the southwest, west coast and pacific northwest before looping back down to Texas for the fall and winter. In 2019 we meandered up the east coast, jumping up to Michigan and across to Maine before heading back to Texas for winter. 2020 landed us quarantining in Alabama before heading out Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Winter in 2020 took us to Texas, Alabama and Florida, including the Keys. 2021 we hopped around the east coast. 2022 was spent in Utah, Oregon, and Washington before we did the “wiggle down the middle” through the midwest. We visited our 48th state in early 2023! We spent 2023 on the East coast including Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts and North Carolina. 2024 brought us back to the west, Taryn graduated high school in Moab, was an extra on The Chosen TV series and we spent our summer in Colorado where she was an intern learning how to farm. In 2025 we are headed to Washington state to serve the church.

STATES

NATIONAL PARKS

CAMPGROUNDS

DAYS ON THE ROAD

MILES TRAVELED

cute jonah peeking his head out from under a blue blanket. Photo taken by Life In Motion Photography

LET’S CONNECT

brother and sister sharing a cute moment during a photo session with Life In Motion Photography

Currently booking sessions in:

Wenatchee, Washington
Seaside, Oregon

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"Lyndsay Stradtner beautifully and honestly documents her family as she also builds an impressive portfolio as a child photographer. Stradtner has a knack for making photo sessions fun for little ones - and for amazing their parents when they see the results."

~ Austin Chronicle

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We’re on the front page of The Nest Baby. Also check out Teri’s blog to see more. I owe her a huge thank you for jumping in at the last minute to help us out! Thanks Teri!

Guess what we did tonight?

Well, this proves it….rice cereal = torture. We decided to let Ty feed Teagan cereal for the first time (who was thrilled with that idea!). My poor, sweet, unsuspecting, boobie fed baby… A slight glimmer of doubt in his eyes… AACCCCCKKKKK! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!?!? Oh, sweet baby, who held onto your favorite boob forever tonight just to be sure it was still there for you, you are so, so funny.

Momma Monday – Traveling with Kids

It’s been awhile since I’ve managed to participate in a Mommy Monday post over on Erin’s blog, but this subject is fresh for us since we just got home from our first big trip with 3 kids. I can say this, traveling with 2 was MUCH easier than traveling with 3. Ok, so it’s probably that one of the 3 is a baby, because Ty is easy. At 11, he’s a huge help and has the ability to carry stuff, which is priceless. A couple of things I found useful….. 1. I bought this travel bed from Target. It was cheaper than a lot of others ones I’d seen and was perfect since it folds up flat and I could […]

Ultimate PCS

PCS = Photographer Child Syndrome It’s an adjective that describes the actions of a child who is overly photographed due to having a photographer as a parent. This term is most commonly used by photographers when describing their own children in frustration. This condition is rampant, just as any pro with kiddos at home. Exhibit A: Little stinker. I love this bathing suit my mom bought for T, I’m soooo mad at myself for forgetting to bring it on our beach trip though. I had big plans for it! Then when I tried to do a little shoot with T at my mom’s house when we got back from the beach, she wasn’t all that cooperative. We ended up giving […]

We’re Home.

After a wonderful 8 day vacation in Louisiana and Orange Beach, Alabama, we’re home. It was so wonderful to see our family and spend some quality time with everyone. It was a blast showing off Teagan too. I took so many photos, and it still doesn’t feel like enough. One thing I learned, it is A LOT harder to travel with 3 kids than it is with 2. Well, maybe it’s my kids, but man, does Teagan hate the car. Makes it really, really difficult. But we did it. And it was still tons of fun. Now we’re home and in our standard "let’s all be depressed and start counting the days until the next gee-gee visit" moods. So that […]

5 months old today

He’s my happy little man…loves peek-a-boo. He’s filled with belly laughs and drooly smiles. He watches us all, figuring us out with his big, bright blue eyes. He’s constantly chewing on his fingers, usually two, sometimes three. Rolls over both ways, hates the car and stares at us in envy as we eat real food. And I’m totally in love with him… Going by way, way too fast.

trash the dress, stephanie fisher style

I love, love, love working with other photographers. Nine times out of ten, they are totally up for anything and everything. I was so psyched that our first thing to do once arriving at the beach was to meet my longtime online buddy Stephanie. We started this whole photography journey around the same time and it was so fun to finally meet her and her gorgeous little girl in person. So after a quick dinner, we hit the beach for a quick trash the dress session. It was Teagan’s first time at the beach and he was so chill about it…. A couple of confessions….first, I love it that my husband is always willing to wear Teagan, even when I […]

33 sounds pretty good to me

I had an awesome birthday, thank you for all the well wishes. First, my wonderful little dude gave me the best birthday gift ever, he slept through the night for the first time! From 8:30 pm until 5:45 am…..way to go buddy!! Then I had several mini-sessions and a big family birthday party after that. My husband even took over camera duty for awhile at the party, how cool is that….I love finding photos on my camera. A great day! I promised sneak peeks before I head to the beach for a few days of relaxation. The Slidell mini-sessions were a huge success, we managed to dodge the rain and it was fun to hang out with some old friends….thank […]

the month of birthdays

first, the good old US of A… then tomorrow, it’s my birthday. I’ll be a ripe old 33. Which I would be depressed about if 3 wasn’t my most favorite number in the world. It’s gonna be a great year. Then Tuesday is my Mom’s birthday. I won’t say how old she’ll be as she’s likely to reach over and smack me if I do. 😉 Then T’s birthday is on the 21st. What do we do with all these birthdays? Well, we have a great big party. Tomorrow. Can’t wait to celebrate with my favorite girls!

Even more.

Sweet baby Calla, a few more from her recent session…

that’s just wrong

LOL! We’ve been using AIM to chat with Ty at night while he’s gone and this just totally cracked me up. My A and B student….sigh….I guess its true what they say about summer and knowledge retention huh? Gosh I miss him. I didn’t realize just how many times a day he brightens my world. He has this energy about him, its infectious, and I love having it in my day. Can’t wait to get him back, even though I know he and the Gee are having a great time.

uhm, where did June go?

I opened my laptop this morning and couldn’t believe the date that popped up on my iCal. Where did June go?! July is a big month for birthdays at our house, fun times ahead! First photo of July…can’t help but wonder what she’s got in store for us next… I just love her squishy little face

My Mommy Is Tired

Just a few more of my funny little dude.I bought this little getup to use during our family photoshoot with Michele, but I couldn’t resist breaking it out after the last few days of exhaustion. I got quite a few emails asking where I got the shirt. I designed it in photoshop and then uploaded the graphic to Cafe Press. Easy smeeshey. Jase says he wants one that says "The Daddy is Too". 😉

Yeah, this pretty much says it all.

you know that movie “groundhogs day”….

where Bill Murray lives the same day over and over again. Only in the Stradtner version, it gets progressively worse. Two weeks ago, Taryn wrecked havoc on the floor in Teagan’s room by dumping out an entire bottle of baby shampoo onto the carpet in the doorway. This equaled hours of steam cleaning to get it out because you know what happens if you add water? You guessed it, bubbles. Jase took the brunt of the work on that one. One week ago, her two year old self did THIS. Funny, if you’re not me. Ok, well, slightly funny if you’re me and it was a week ago. I took the brunt of the work on that one since I […]

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