May 4th -- Happy Birthday, Prince William!

William - 2 months

William - 6 months

One Year Old!!


I can't believe a year has passed since William was born. What a blessing that little bundle of joy is! So full of life and curious about everything! I believe he will be a mighty man of God. What we are instilling in our children's lives daily will indeed last a lifetime.I thank the Lord for this beautiful blessing --

William Pearce Stricklen.

We had a lovely celebration with many family and friends in attendance for the royal celebration!

Me and Little Wills

Some of the young men

We don't see this side of Grandma Harris too often!
This must have been a dull party!

Josh is great with babies!My good friend, Renee. She and her family spent the day with us

We always have time for music!

All done! Kind of gross :(

Mother's Day!

On Sunday we celebrated Mother's Day. We had a great time together! The mothers, (and Grandaddy Kitty.) played Croquet while the rest of us (Mary(me), Grace, Sarah, Callie, and Pete, and bunches of little kids) used a tarp with a string tied to each side, to make a parachute sort of thing, and it pulled us in the wagon with wind power! It was so windy, that our sail even pulled the golf cart! Peter wanted to make sure we all knew that it was his idea, so us girls don't take all the credit! As we whizzed down Estes Road, the few people who live near us were congregated on thier porch watching what we consider fun--I'm sure we looked crazy! Also, another treat was that Grandma Harris joined us! That was such a treat!!! Happy Mother's Day, Mothers--We love you!!!

Mama reading her Mother's Day card from us

Mama and us!
Gma Harris was telling stories!

The Mamas
Anyone for Croquet???
Gmamma and her Daughters

Granddaddy joined the game!

So did Kitty!

Note: I'm sure Sarah would have me tell you that she was only wearing pants because she was about to go swimming, when the mothers captured her, and appointed her "Picture Taker"

Mama takes a shot!
Mother and Son

This is Sarah in the wagon "Parasailing down the road!

(Your'e probably wondering why you hear mama talking in the background--That's because I can't figure out how to put video from the DVD recorder onto a blog post, so I played it on the computer, and recorded it with a regular camera, so you can't hear the real sound--If you could, Sarah would be screaming, It's really funny! )

Posted by: Mary Noelle

Some pics of at home!

Oh, sing unto the Lord a new song,

for He hath done marvelous things!

Psalm 98:1

A pretty flower!!

My little Buddy!

My other little buddy!

He looks REALLY happy!
Yum!!!
Don't ask....
Callie doin' schoolwork. More schoolwork!
Abby's doin schoolwork, too...

and she doesn't look too thrilled!

(she's gonna kill me!)

Math--fun, fun!!!!!!!

Father Daughter Retreat at Callaway Gardens

"Daddy, I really enjoyed the FDR. Thank you so much for taking us! The sermons were good. My favorite part was probably the games. I also greatly enjoyed the bike ride through Callaway Gardens with the Whiddons. The whole thing was fun and I'm so glad I got to spend the weekend with you and my sisters. I love you!" Callie

"Daddy, Thank you for all the time and effort you put into making our lives more enjoyable and fulfilling. I enjoyed getting to know you better and especially seeing you jump rope! I love you, Daddy!" Mary

"Daddy, the FDR was a wonderful experience! I learned alot. I appreciated it when they explained the meaning of giving your heart fully to your Father while you are under his roof. My favorite part was the High Tea -- it was so fun to see you in your tea party manners! I love you!"
Abby

"Daddy, Thank you for taking us to the Retreat. I enjoyed our special time with you. My favorite sermon was about the Proverbs 31 woman. My favorite place to go was probably the Butterfly Garden. I loved the High Tea also. I hope we can go next year! I love you, Daddy!"

Margaret

Just arriving!!

The Father Daughter Unity Games


Learning to trust your father -- they had to follow his verbal instructions and do an obstacle course blind folded

"Do I really have to do this?"


"YES - you DO!!" A good team!

You had to listen to your fathers voice - no looking at the rope

When he said "Jump" that's when you jumped!

The Twiz at FDR
Anyone for a game of croquet??
Daddy won the game :)



Picnic on the grounds



The Stricklen Girls and their Daddy at the "High Tea"

They each got a lovely tea cup to bring home

Father Daughter Retreat 2008

Bicycling through Callaway Gardens

A lovely Dogwood behind us

What beautiful azaleas! (And a mighty cute little boy, too!)

Mallory was always available to hold William!

Chris with Brent Whiddon and a new friend Mr. LaTorre (This is probably not spelled right)

In a beautiful memorial chapel on the bike trail

Laney and Mary

How sweet :)

CJ was supposed to be "helping" Margaret off the rocks, but got a little over zealous!



Emily, Brooke and Callie

In the Butterfly Gardens

Sisters!!



Cute, cute, cute!!


Margaret with "Florida Azaleas"

CJ in Mr. Cason's Vegetable Garden

Chris and Molly after almost 20 years!