the flip side | austin family photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-05-21T22:55:11-05:00May 21st, 2010|My Family|

As always, there is a flip side. The daily reminders of time passing watching my toddler and teenager day to day are hard on this momma’s heart. But there is more. So, so much more.

I’ll never forget the day we told Ty that I was expecting Taryn. The smile on his face, one of the biggest I’d ever seen. ((Second only to the day we stood by a waterfall in Alabama where Jason proposed.)) I’ll never forget how he waited so intently and so well behaved while I was in a long 23+ hour labor with Taryn. He kept notes in a notebook and gathered details of […]

break away | austin family photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-05-20T23:28:11-05:00May 20th, 2010|My Family|

I usually just file the RAW files away in folders after I take photos of my family. I used to edit most of them within the same month. And then it got fewer and fewer the busier I got with work, and life, and marriage and motherhood. I’m a bit sad that I’m at a point that I’m not photographing them nearly as much as I used to. And very, very few ever receive any love and attention or get shared. But I’m ok throwing them in a folder labeled “someday when they are grown and I am bored”. It means I’m spending more time with my family, I’m loving them. But I have to photograph them. For them, for […]

10 on Tuesday | Austin Family Photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-05-18T13:38:54-05:00May 18th, 2010|My Family|

1. I feel like I’ve been living in a box tethered to my computer for the last month. This past weekend cured that. And I needed it more than even I realized. I’ve been chasing kids all day then logging on and working 12 hours. It’s catching up with me fast. Friday Jason’s parents came for a visit because they had a wedding to attend out on Lake Travis. It was perfect timing too because they were able to keep the kids Friday night while Jason and I went to see Conan O’Brien live in Austin. And while our seats suuuuuuucked, the show and Conan were ah-ma-zing. Seriously loved him, he was hilarious. My favorite part is that the […]

bluebonnet craft | austin family photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-05-13T13:37:56-05:00May 13th, 2010|Craft Projects, My Family|

This is not my idea or my project, it is one of the many cool things Taryn brings home from pre-k. I absolutely adore her teacher and will miss her during the 6 months between when Taryn starts kindergarten and Teagan starts pre-k. They do a lot of cool things with the kids but I really love this one so I thought I’d share for all my Texas bluebonnet loving momma friends =)

How easy is this, and super cute. A simple green line and then the bluebonnets and leaves are her fingerprints. Jase said he remembers doing something similar as a kid but they used a bit of blue dye, a […]

10 | austin photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-05-13T00:08:48-05:00May 13th, 2010|My Family|

1. My kids are in an ‘outside’ mode all.the.time. It is so much easier this year now that Teagan is a toddler to be outside all the time. Mother’s Day was spent digging in the mud, planting in our flower bed, getting dirty and just hanging outside. Teagan can dig a mean hole. And by dig I mean throw the shovel around in the mulch and make a huge mess. HA! But he loves it. This photo of he and Jase together isn’t in focus but it totally cracks me up! And Taryn took the photo of Ty on the tricycle doing a Taryn impression, funny stuff.

2. I swear we can […]

fresh | cedar park photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-05-08T21:27:45-05:00May 8th, 2010|My Family|

Did you know there is a new Farmers Market in Cedar Park? Yeah, it’s probably not news to you if you are local, unless of course you have been living under a rock. Hey, it could happen. It has been a huge success for our community and I have been itching to go for weeks. It was almost too successful at first, tons of people would show up early and they would run out of everything. But the farmers and vendors have adjusted and there was plenty to choose from when we got there this morning around 10:45. Just goes to show you how much our community needs and wants a farmers market!! I really was so excited to […]