the reasons

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-06-20T20:51:32-05:00June 20th, 2010|My Family|

When asked what he wanted to do today to honor him on Father’s Day, he answered that he wanted to see the kids smile. Not that he wanted a day to himself, or for me to take the kids off for the day, or to go do something specifically for him. He knew the new carousel at the mall would do the trick to get the kids smiling, so off we went, knowing full well the mall is not his favorite place. And smile they did, Taryn from ear to ear and we all got a good laugh at Teagan yelling “giddy up ELVIS”, the name of his horse. He smiled right along with him and I loved every moment […]

flashback friday, what I didn’t know then

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-06-18T22:13:43-05:00June 18th, 2010|Austin Photographer, My Family|

2 years ago….I didn’t know….

he’d be a huge fan of the karate chop.
he’d love to dance more than anyone I know. especially at random, odd, moments that would make everyone laugh. especially strangers.
he’d be capable of full, long conversations.
and when said conversations are constantly interrupted by a chatty older brother, he’d get frustrated and always say “Tyyyyyy, I not even talkin’ to you, I talkin’ to Maaaaama!”.
that he’d love ovals and octagons.
that it would take so long for he and taryn to find a happy place.
or that it would be that much sweeter when they finally did, because the road to a mutual love for one another was so curved.
he’d be […]

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Lyndsay Stradtner2010-06-09T23:08:59-05:00June 9th, 2010|My Family|

I’m not exactly sure where to start, it has been a crazy time for us. This might be a little all over the place, but so am I right now so it fits, and its real and us. I have to start somewhere, so here I go after one of the longest weekends ever….

1. Let’s start with something, and someone, who makes me smile. Every now and then I take a photo of one of my children that shows me who they are and I love it so much that I just want to hoard it and keep it all to myself. I did that with this one for awhile. She makes me smile so big.

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