Stratton Family

Super Bowl XLVI Indianapolis

2012-02-04T22:46:00.001-05:00

Mom and Dad came over and we went downtown to see the fun.

January 28, 2012

Dad and Kaelobbe went to the NFL Experience

Brie's Baptism 11-26-2011

2011-11-29T14:34:00.001-05:00

2011-11-10T01:14:00.001-05:00

Thanksgiving is fastly approching and before we know it the holidays will be over and we will be in to the new year. Hope everyone enjoys their holiday. I will try to post more stuff later.

Mother's Day in Nashville

2011-05-13T22:36:00.002-04:00

My first Mother's Day was nice! It started out great- Special K gave me a nice gift by sleeping in, what a treat!

Matt was in Alabama helping people clean up after the tornadoes, so I had lots of quality time with my little man till he got home that afternoon.

Matt surprised me by taking Special K to Sears for his first portrait session. What a sweet gift. Click on this link to see the photos. Our little man is 8 months old today!

More fun in Nashville

2011-03-29T21:41:00.007-04:00

The family on baby K's blessing day.

Happy family of 3!

C and his cheesy grin having a great time at the hotel pool.

Baby K liked the water, but it was too chilly for him to play very long.

At the famous Opryland Hotel to enjoy all their Christmas lights and decorations.

Thanksgiving in Nashville

2011-03-29T12:12:00.007-04:00

Most of the family traveled to Nashville for Thanksgiving. We had a great time introducing them to baby K.

Meeting Grandpa.

Wearing his Halloween jammies and Thanksgiving bib...perfect.

Catching a snooze with Aunt Del.

Meeting cousins!

J wanted to hold baby K as much as possible. =)

Life in Utah

2011-03-13T13:24:00.002-04:00

We had a family night out recently and went to eat at Famous Dave's. I know, super exciting. We have eaten out at a lot of places over the years, but I have never seen the kids eat their food with more gusto than on that night. They LOVE ribs! I thought I'd share some pictures with you all so you can see how much they are growing.

Bull Shoals 8 months late

2011-03-05T11:51:00.009-05:00

Sorry that this is so late but I tried to make it in to a video and found out that windows live media is not exepted on the set up for blog movie clips. But here are some of the pictures.

10 days to go!

2010-08-29T19:04:00.001-04:00

Just an update! We think we're ready for our little man to make his entrance... at least I am!

Hello Oma and Aunt Dalyn

2010-07-11T16:08:00.002-04:00

We went to Des Moines, IA to see Oma and Aunt Dalynn. We also got to go to the Des Moines Zoo. We had fun until K ended up getting really sick. He had a fever of 103 and it was in the 90's. Poor kid.

Fun with Grandma and Grandpa

2010-05-23T19:41:00.006-04:00

Enjoying time with Mama and Papa at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. 100 acres of art and nature. We barely even touched any of it. We had a blast while we were there.

Spring Break fun with Aunt Del

2010-04-11T23:49:00.001-04:00

Aunt Del came for the last weekend of spring break and last minute we decided to go to the speedway and it closed at 5pm but no signs posted until you get in the gates. It was a fun drive though. We are going to have to go back some day before we move.

Josh and Natasha

2010-01-07T13:51:00.004-05:00

Our family Christmas photo.

We have had a great beginning to the new year with the baptism of K on January 2nd. We really enjoyed having every one that could come here to share in this moment in his life. K was baptized and confirmed by his father Josh. Grandpa and Uncle Matt stood as his witnesses.I cried from the time the opening prayer was said to the closing prayer. I really feel blessed that K took this step in his life to become more like Christ.

Dale and Laura Stratton

2010-01-07T13:48:00.003-05:00

Grandma sent this to me and I had to post it on the blog. What a great looking couple they are.

2009-12-26T09:01:00.003-05:00

Strattons in Nashville!

2009-11-08T19:22:00.011-05:00

Mom and Dad S came to visit us in Nashville towards the end of October, and we had a lot of fun!

We were able to do some free sightseeing, checking out some Civil War forts, the Grand Ole Opry, and the Opryland Hotel, just to name a few. Here are some pics of our adventures.

The Grand Ole Opry.

The Opryland Hotel was just beautiful! There were 3 different garden areas to walk through.

I'm pretty sure Dad was having fun...just not smiling!

We had such a great time visiting! Who's coming to visit us next?? =)

Happy 6 years (Sept 27, 2009)

2009-09-27T00:15:00.004-04:00

I cannot believe that Matt and Heidi have been married for 6 years now! It seems like just the other day we were fitting Kaelobbe in the tux and working with him to walk down the aisle with the ring pillow. And we cannot forget that Brie really wanted to break Heidi's rule that she could not come the day before or the day of the wedding.
CONGRATS MATT AND HEIDI ON 6 YEARS OF MARRIAGE!

Happy Birthday Oma (Sept 27th)

2009-09-27T00:11:00.002-04:00

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Oma! Happy Birthday to you.
We love you Oma hope your birthday is grand.
Hugs and Kisses

All Star Sunday (All Star Game in St. Louis)

2009-08-26T13:22:00.013-04:00

All Stars Futures Game and the All Star Legends & Celebrity softball game.

The rain storm between the 2 games.

Strattons in Tennessee!

2009-08-22T23:03:00.003-04:00

Follow this link to our blog, to take a photo tour of our house.

Hope you like the pics! Wish you could all come see it in person. =)

Love, Matt and Heidi

Saying goodbye to one house and hello to another.

2009-08-07T14:02:00.003-04:00

Matt and Heidi have packed up their house and headed to start a new adventure in their lives. Wednesday they packed the truck, Thursday they pulled into their new driveway, and today Friday they are unloading the truck. They are only just over 4 ours from us. Yeah!!!! We can be the halfway point for mom and dad.

Grants farm Saint Louis, Missouri June 13th

2009-07-08T13:52:00.008-04:00

We took a trip to Grants farm before we put Oma on her plane to go home. We all enjoyed a train ride, and the walk around the park looking at all the animals. Jardel and the kids got the chance to feed the llamas and camels.

May 25 through June 8th

2009-07-08T13:33:00.004-04:00

This is a quick over view of pictures from our stay at Grandma and Grandpa Strattons house. We really enjoyed everything that we got to do. Like spending time at Grandpas apartment and going to the zoo, Nauvoo and Carthage trip, playing in the pool, and just hanging out with everyone.

Wieber family trip to DIsneland

2009-06-13T12:03:00.012-04:00

We took our annual trip to Disneyland and I thought I would post some pictures on here for you all to see since most of you haven't seen any pictures of us in forever. lol.

Cheyann and one of the horses on Main street U.S.A.

Richard and the kids with Dale.

The kids and I with Chip.

Richard and I on Space Mountain.

Dakota by the Rivers of America.

We went into California Adventure too and Dakota got to see his favorite Disney Characters. He loves CARS. lol.

We had a blast and hope to be able to go again next year. We miss you all and hope to be able to see you soon and look forward to meeting the new additions to the Stratton family.

Love,
Richard, Tavonnie, Cheyann and Dakota

Congratulations Matt

2009-06-13T03:01:00.001-04:00

We just wanted to congratulate Matt. We miss you all and hope to see you soon.
Love,
Richard Tavonnie Cheyann and Dakota

Matt's Graduation 5/17/09

2009-05-22T21:08:00.013-04:00

Way to go, Matt! We're all so proud of you!

Matt graduated from the University of Illinois with honors and a Master of Fine Arts in Scenic Technology on May 17th.

We were grateful to have many members of the Stratton family and Heidi's parents with us to celebrate.

Here's some pics!

Matt getting hooded by his advisor.

Receiving his diploma

Matt and Heidi

With Dad and Mom

With Grandma

With Jardel

With the Bokish Family

A day at the park. 5-16-09

2009-05-20T20:11:00.010-04:00

We went to the park and had a picnic. It was a bit chilly, so we decided to go to the museum to warm up.

Oma looking at stuff

Matt carding wool

J carding wool

B carding wool

K weaving

Matt showing K and B how to be a blacksmith

J billowing the fire

J with a copper mustache

K being a blacksmith

"G POWER"

G power churning butter

J carrying water buckets

K doing a puzzle- nice hat!

B playing dress up

Heidi in a wigwam

B sweeping the hearth

Jardel riding a barrel horse

Heidi, B, and J paddling a canoe

Heidi and B dressed up

Jardel treating C to a taste of a candy stick

J in a Abraham Lincoln hat

Going through the covered bridge

Josh's Birthday

2009-05-13T22:47:00.006-04:00

Oma took us all out for Josh's birthday dinner- his choice. He thought that he would take us out for something new. We went to Ginza, which is a Japanese restaurant. They cooked our food right in front of us! The kids loved watching all the cool tricks that he did. We all tried the chopsticks. J was the first one of the kids to figure out how to pick up the food and get it to his mouth. Way to go J! We loved it. Thanks, Oma.

Oma has landed

2009-05-13T19:17:00.005-04:00

Oma made it safely to the stormy Midwest. She arrived at 3:50pm, and now the fun begins!

Can't wait!!!!!!

2009-05-06T15:07:00.003-04:00

We can't wait until next Wednesday when Oma gets here. The kids have lots planned for her to see in the 2 days she is here with us.
Then we head off to meet Grandma (Mom), Grandpa (Dad), Aunt Del, Uncle Matt, Aunt Heidi, and everyone else that will be at Uncle Matt's grad school graduation.
We love it when we are able to be with family!

Our weekend with Aunt Del

2009-04-19T14:36:00.004-04:00

We enjoyed Easter weekend at the Zoo and having a Easter egg hunt at home. But we can't forget celebrating Aunt Del's birthday early.

Check out our family blog for more pictures and stuff.

Wedding Party

2009-03-29T00:00:00.002-04:00

Bride and Groom

2009-03-28T23:17:00.000-04:00

Stratton Family Photos 2009

2009-03-28T22:57:00.006-04:00

1st Day of Spring

2009-03-20T23:17:00.002-04:00

Happy 1st day of spring Stratton family. It was a beautiful spring day our tempature was just below 50 degress. We really enjoyed spending the day outside. pictures will be posted on our blog after we get the sd card reader back. Hope that you all enjoyed today.

Welcome! 3-17-2009

2009-03-16T23:40:00.006-04:00

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!
Welcome to our family blog!
We LOVE you all!

Love,

The Stratton Family